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Sport
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Louise Fitzhugh
This novel featuring characters from the book HARRIET THE SPY focuses on Harriet's friend Sport. Sport's life changes when his grandfather dies and he inherits a huge fortune. The fact that her son is now a multimillionaire brings about the return of Sport's greedy mother--who kidnaps him in the hopes of getting her hands on his money.
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A Solitary Blue
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Cynthia Voigt
This companion to DICEY'S SONG focuses on Dicey's friend, Jeff Greene. Jeff has learned to adapt to the fact that his mother abandoned him and his father years ago, so he is surprised when she suddenly invites him to visit her. Jeff is delighted to discover that his mother is very different from his remote, perfectionist father. Unfortunately, ...
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Fred Stays with Me!
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Nancy Coffelt, Tricia Tusa (Illustrator)
Told from the point of view of a young child whose parents are divorced, Fred Stays with Me follows the child and her dog, Fred, from one parent's house to the other's, giving the child a sense of continuity and stability. With a simple text and kidlike language, the story expresses and addresses a child's concerns, highlights the friendship ...
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Amber Brown Sees Red
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Paula Danziger
Another beginning chapter book featuring Amber Brown. In this entry, Amber must deal with the engagement of her mother and her boyfriend, Max, and the loss of her father, who is moving back to the United States from Paris. To further complicate matters, Amber is going through a growth spurt and must deal with having a haircut that she hates.
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You Can't Eat Your Chicken Pox Amber Brown
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Paula Danziger
Amber Brown is visiting an aunt who lives in England when she develops a severe case of chicken pox. Disappointed because she must cancel a trip to France to see her father, she worries that his trial separation from her mother will become permanent.
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How It Feels When Parents Divorce
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Jill Krementz
Boys and girls, ages seven to sixteen, share their feelings about their parents' divorce.
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Flower Girl Butterflies
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Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard, Christiane Kromer (Illustrator)
A young girl named Sarah nervously prepares to serve as the flower girl at her aunt's wedding. Will Sarah have what it takes to make it through the entire ceremony? Watercolor, colored pencil, and collage illustrations accompany the text.
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Some Frog!
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Eve Bunting
There's a frog-jumping contest and Billy hopes that his absent father will return to help him catch a frog and train it for the competition. Even though his father doesn't arrive, Billy is still able to enjoy the contest. Color illustrations accompany the text.
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How to Survive Your Parents' Divorce
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Nancy O'Keefe Bolick
In these intimate and revealing interviews, teenagers discuss the various ways their parents divorces affected them; tell how they coped with the associated stress, disappointment, confusion, and feelings of guilt; and offer valuable advice so others can also "survive".
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Working Myself to Pieces & Bits
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Katy Kelly, Peter Ferguson (Illustrator)
In her fourth book, eight-year-old Lucy Rose, a not-so-average girl with a not-so-boring life in Washington, D.C., helps a friend turn a plumbing store into a bakery--among the many, many other things that are keeping her a busy bee. Illustrations.
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The Days of Summer
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Eve Bunting, William Low (Illustrator)
Sisters Jo-Jo and Nora are shocked when their grandparents announce they are divorcing. Although Jo-Jo attempts to force her grandparents to reconcile and Nora worries that she will lose touch with her grandfather, the two are eventually able to accept their grandparents' decision. Color illustrations accompany the text.
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Newly Wed
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Nancy Krulik
After being hooked up by an online dating service, Jesse and Jen agree to write about their first year of marriage for the service's website, but after the glow of the honeymoon wanes and reality sets in, they find married life more than they bargained for. Original.
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Divorced Kids' Club: And Other Stories
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W D Valgardson
This collection of stories features kids count who on their considerable inner resources to survive and adapt, no matter how rocky their journeys. These characters' triumphs are sometimes small (being there for a friend), other times great (discovering it's better to be alive than dead, even if your parents aren't perfect), and instantly ...
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It's an Aardvark Eat
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Paula Danziger
The characters from "The Divorce Express" return in this sequel. In this story, Rosie's mother marries the father of Rosie's best friend, Phoebe. The girls discover that there is a lot more to being sisters than being just friends and must overcome such trials as sharing a bedroom and dealing with romantic rivalries.
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Dustbin baby
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Jacqueline Wilson
April knows she was found in a dustbin fourteen years ago as a new-born baby. And now she's fairly happily settled with her foster mother, Marion. But she's desperate to recall what happened in the intervening years, and to see if she can find out where she really came from in the first place. This is a highly moving but very accessible novel, in ...
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Safely Through the Storm: Divorce Recovery for Kids
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Dan Quello
Compares a child's growth toward maturity to a voyage at sea, and divorce to a storm the family has encountered.
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When Mom and Dad Divorce
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Steven L Nickman, Diane de Groat (Illustrator)
Focuses on the thoughts, feelings, and emotional problems of children whose parents are divorcing, accompanied by brief stories of young people in such situations.
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
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Paul O. Zelinsky, Beverly Cleary
Given a homework assignment of writing to a famous author, sixth grader Leigh Botts writes to Boyd Henshaw, the author of his favorite book, WAYS TO AMUSE A DOG. Mr. Henshaw's reply includes some silly answers to Leigh's questions about a writer's life, but he also encloses a series of questions about Leigh that Leigh must answer and send back to ...
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What Is a Wedding?
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Harriet Ziefert, Claire Schumacher (Illustrator)
Young children about to attend their first wedding (or who will actually take part in the ceremony), can find out what to expect in this charming lift-the-flap picture book. As Little Mouse's mother prepares her to be a pretty flower girl, Mom explains what a wedding is, what a bride and groom are, and why they're getting married. The adorable art ...
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Gateway
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Lee Robinson
Mac, an eighth grader, relates the breakdown of her parents' marriage and how she feels she is used as a pawn in their settlement negotiations. Frustrated by both her passive father and her career-driven mother, Mac finds comfort with her therapist and her court appointed guardian, the elderly Henrietta Porter LePage Middleton.
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To & Fro, Fast & Slow
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Durga Bernhard (Illustrator)
A young girl shares her experiences of living with her divorced parents--her city-dwelling father and her country-housed mother. As the girl explains the differences in her parents' lifestyles, she also introduces readers to the concept of opposites such as over and under, low and high, work and play, night and day, and noisy and quiet. Colorful ...
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Koko Doll and Divorce Book Package: It's Not Your Fault, Koko Bear
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Vicki Lansky, Jane Prince (Illustrator)
Vicki Lansky provides a comforting way of going through an inevitably painful process while gently showing children that they didn't cause the breakup. Because small children in particular often have trouble understanding new everyday arrangements, this book and doll helps children cope with and express new feelings.
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Welcomes a Dad
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Leigh Anne Florence, James Asher (Illustrator)
They captured our hearts in Woody The Kentucky Wiener: The Adoption. They are back to continue their journey. Read along as Woody and Chloe learn about their new human family member. Written in rhyme with colorful illustrations, this book will be a favorite for all ages.
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Changing Tunes
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Donna Jo Napoli
Eileen feels terrible enough that her father is divorcing her mother, but when he moves out and takes the family piano with him, she is devastated. Now Eileen is forced to practice on the decrepit piano in her school auditorium. When her mother takes a job, Eileen feels more alone than ever, and begins to shut herself off from the rest of the ...
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Conditions of Love
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Ruth Pennebaker
Teens starting at a new school will be able to relate to this realistic and witty portrayal of a freshman girl's struggle to survive the trauma of losing her father and the pitfalls of adolescence. Pennebaker's first novel, "Don't Think Twice", was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults.
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