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Author
Series
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
1983
Physical Desc
133 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Large print ed.
Physical Desc
483 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bonnie Markham, her divorce pending and her quilt shop out of business, accepts an offer from her friend Claire to help run a quilting retreat at a bed and breakfast in Hawaii where she learns the quilting traditions of the islands, but her idyll is threatened by her estranged husband's demand for her share in the Elm Creek Quilts cooperative.
4) Hatchet
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce. Includes an introduction and sidebar commentary by the author.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Marley is not given a choice when her newly separated parents decide she will spend the summer with her dad and make her take a job she did not ask for, but things start to look better for Marley after she meets a cute boy who loves dogs as much as she does.
Author
Language
English
Description
Mackenzie Dienes seems to have it all - a beautiful home, close friends and a successful career as an elite winemaker with the family winery. There's just one problem - it's not her family, it's her husband's. In fact, everything in her life is tied to him - his mother is the closest thing to a mom that she's ever had, their home is on the family compound, his sister is her best friend. So when she and her husband admit their marriage is over, her...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Once upon a time, when her dad married Sage's mom, Daisy was thrilled to get a bright and shiny new sister. But Sage was beautiful and popular, everything Daisy was not, and she made sure Daisy knew it. Sage didn't have Daisy's smarts--she had to go back a grade to enroll in the fancy rich-kid school. So she used her popularity as a weapon, putting Daisy down to elevate herself. After the divorce, the stepsisters' rivalry continued until the final,...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young boy describes his life with each of his divorced parents and also discusses aspects of himself that could be considered strange, such as walking around with soap in his hair or squawking like a chicken on the phone.
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
401 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Janice Miller and her two daughters band together to face off against divorce lawyers, debt collectors, mean girls, and other foes when Janice is informed her husband Paul is divorcing her just when his pharmaceutical company is hitting the big time, Margaret is dumped by her newly famous actor boyfriend, and Lizzie learns that her winning battle to lose weight has made her the target of school bathroom graffiti.
14) Blended
Author
Language
English
Description
Piano-prodigy Isabella, eleven, whose black father and white mother struggle to share custody, never feels whole, especially as racial tensions affect her school, her parents both become engaged, and she and her stepbrother are stopped by police.
15) Double vision
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
258 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
British journalist Stephen Sharkey escapes the trauma of covering the terrorist attacks on New York City to live in a country cottage and write a book about violence and the reporter's complicity in it, and learns, along with his former partner's widow, Kate Frobisher, that no place is completely safe.
Author
Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
28 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
After reluctantly talking with her parents about their upcoming divorce, a young girl discovers that there will be some big changes but that their love for her will remain the same. Includes an afterword for parents on helping children through such a change.
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the months between high school and university, eighteen-year-old Natalie must deal with her parents breaking up, her best friends getting together, and her own budding romance.
Author
Series
Silver Springs volume 6
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
366 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When Harper Devlin's rock star husband ditches her on his way to the top, she takes her two daughters to her sister's place in Silver Springs for the holidays, hoping family can heal her broken heart. Tobias Richardson recognizes a sadness he knows all too well. After spending thirteen years in prison paying for his regretful past, Tobias thinks helping Harper is one way to make amends. He doesn't divulge his ex-con status, let alone the shameful...
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
218 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
Despite her parents' divorce, her father's coming out as gay, and his plans to marry his boyfriend, ten-year-old Bea is reassured by her parents' unconditional love, excited about getting a stepsister, and haunted by something she did last summer at her father's lake house.
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