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"Strange World" introduces a legendary family of explorers, the Clades, as they attempt to navigate an uncharted, treacherous land alongside a motley crew that includes a mischievous blob, a three-legged dog and a slew of ravenous creatures.

A woman finds the strength to overcome a painful history and faces the challenge of learning to trust and love again in this powerful and uplifting novel. Shay has never had a happy life. After growing up in an abusive home, she finally secures a job at a bank when her father passes away. Her brother, Caden, quickly falls into the wrong crowd and finds himself indebted to a dangerous drug lord. In a desperate attempt to rescue her only living family...

The misadventures of a family with a home business father and a journalist mother.

Watch an original story and contemporary Gospel stage play about the Anderson family and their strength that comes from the love they share for each other and their home. After living away from each other as they pursued their careers and own lives, three siblings, Angela, Ayana and Joseph, Jr. reunite when they return to their childhood home.

"In this African-American comedy, a delightfully dysfunctional family settles their differences after a series of hilarious misadventures surrounding the annual, summer reunion"--Container insert.

A year after her family suffers an unimaginable loss, teenage Tess pens a heartfelt letter to her dead little sister Zoe, reflecting on what was lost, her resistance to traveling with her family down recovery road, and the surprising sources from which she gains love and support so that she can begin to get better.

Two sisters attempt to win over their terminally ill, difficult-to-please aunt in hopes of becoming the beneficiaries of her wealthy estate, only to find the rest of their greedy family members have the same idea in this hilarious comedy about family being the worst.

Estranged sisters are at odds over the fate of a pecan grove they inherited from their mother. Matters are complicated when they discover an elderly woman living on the property, claiming it as her own.

In this engaging, family-friendly film for kids and tweens, Dr. Amber Jenkins is a single mom and centers on JK, a precocious six-year-old Louisiana girl, her teenage big sister Alex, and her pint-sized pals. Blending family values with music and dance, it entertains while teaching kids important life lessons about such topics as being thankful, patience, manners, caring, sharing, and much more.

Trapped on her family's secluded farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and domineering watch of her devout mother. Yearning for a glamorous life like she's seen in the movies, Pearl finds her ambitions, temptations, and repressions all colliding in this origin story of X's iconic villain.