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Children of divorced parents Juvenile fiction Divorce Divorce Fiction Divorce Juvenile fiction Divorce Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse Familles Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse Family life Fiction Friendship Fiction Friendship Juvenile fiction Interpersonal relations FictionGraff, Lisa (Lisa Colleen)
Summary: Winnie's last day of fourth grade ended with a pretty life-changing surprise. That was the day Winnie's parents got divorced, the day they decided that Winnie would live three days a week with each of them and spend Wednesdays by herself in a treehouse smack between their houses, to divide her time perfectly evenly between them. It was the day Winnie's seed of frustration with her parents was...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD GRAUrban, Linda.
Summary: Third-grader Max pursues neighborhood adventures with his dad as they both adjust to recent changes in their family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC URBHigginbotham, Anastasia
Summary: ""How can you not love a children's author who sees so clearly from her reader's point of view?"-Julie Bowen, actress, Modern Family"This book provides, through honest language and evocative imagery, a uniquely realistic view of how children experience divorce. While neither softening or white-washing this difficult topic, Higginbotham offers an ultimately comforting message to parents and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Feminist Press at the City University of New York 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.8 HIGPaulsen, Gary
Summary: Haunted by his parents' divorce and the secret that caused it, young Brian Robeson, the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness, must draw on untested skills and strength to survive.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1992
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD J PAUCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC PAUCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC PAUPaulsen, Gary
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018
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Summary: A twelve-year-old boy, worried that his parents may divorce, discovers that an island in the middle of the lake where he is spending the summer is the testing grounds of the mysterious Dr. Libris, who may have invented a way to make the characters in books come alive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GRABlume, Judy.
Summary: When her parents divorce, a sixth grader struggles to understand that sometimes people are unable to live together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC BLUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Blume 2003Burt, Marissa
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Christa's plans for her favorite holiday are derailed when her parents announce their divorce and Christa spends Christmas in Europe with her mom, but even though her dad remains in Chicago, he sends Christa on a scavenger hunt made up of dares that send her all over Florence, Paris, and London.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BURCollier, Nicole D.
Summary: Always turning to her Wheel of Fortunes, a cardboard circle covered with wisdom she's collected from fortune cookies, for answers and a dose of luck, 12-year-old Maya must find the courage to write her own fortune to answer her deep-down questions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC COLLeno, Katrina
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Anna Lucia Bell expects the worst from her summer vacation in Rockport with her recently divorced parents, but everything changes with the arrival of new friendships and a magical comet that lead Anna to broaden her understanding of herself, love, and friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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Summary: When Auden impulsively goes to stay with her father, stepmother, and new baby sister the summer before she starts college, all the trauma of her parents' divorce is revived, even as she is making new friends and having new experiences such as learning to ride a bike and dating.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DESCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DESGuillain, Adam
Summary: Funny and heartfelt, this picture book follows Lily-May as she learns to embrace the positive aspects of her blended family after her parents get divorced, discovering just how many people love her!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nosy Crow 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GUIGraff, Lisa (Lisa Colleen)
Summary: Winnie's last day of fourth grade ended with a pretty life-changing surprise. That was the day Winnie's parents got divorced, the day they decided that Winnie would live three days a week with each of them and spend Wednesdays by herself in a treehouse smack between their houses, to divide her time perfectly evenly between them. It was the day Winnie's seed of frustration with her parents was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2017
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Summary: "Living in two homes can be a big adjustment, but it can also present opportunities for growth. Jessica Young's poignant story and Chelsea O'Byrne's tender illustrations offer gentle reassurance to kids navigating separation or divorce and remind us that while families change, love is constant"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YOUSmith, Tamara Ellis
Summary: "After Ivan's parents separate, he has trouble finding joy at either of their homes until he discovers that the birds and music that he loves may be found in both places." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2019
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Summary: Seven-year-old Pinkie has mixed feelings about her divorced mother's wedding especially when she learns that her beloved father will be an attending guest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION BuntingAlvarez, Julia.
Summary: Esta novela "cuenta la deliciosa historia de una familia dominicana, instalada en Vermont, que recibe la visita de una pariente muy especial. La irresistible, incontrolable e incluso mágica tía Lola transforma la vida de su familia. Sombreros, pañuelos, vestidos alegres, tacones, maracas, un tambor para las fiestas, café, hierbabuena, orégano, anís, hojas de guanábana, ajíes--su alegría invade...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yearling 2004
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 ALV SPANISHMcDunn, Gillian
Summary: Struggling with ADHD, loneliness, and connecting with his divorced father who would rather see him embrace sports instead of cooking, sixth-grader Elliott finds an unlikely friend in popular, perfect Maribel when the two are paired in a school-wide contest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MCDTougas, Shelley
Summary: Even though it was not easy at first, Lily learns to how to embrace Mommy's new friend Carl as a member of her family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TOUAmos, Shawn
Summary: Eleven-year-old Ellis discovers family secrets, makes new friends, and adjusts to his parents' recent divorce during a hijinks-filled summer helping his father open the world's first chocolate chip cookie store in 1976 Hollywood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC AMOKing, A. S. (Amy Sarig)
Summary: Middle schooler Liberty likes to make her own maps of the stars, in fact she is obsessed with them, especially since her family is falling apart; her parents are getting divorced, her nine-year-old sister will barely leave the house and carries a stuffedtiger at all times, her father is suffering from depression, but will not talk about it, and the brothers down the street, once friends, have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KINOckler, Sarah.
Summary: Hudson Avery gave up a promising competitive ice skating career after her parents divorced when she was fourteen years old and now spends her time baking cupcakes and helping out in her mother's upstate New York diner, but when she gets a chance at a scholarship and starts coaching the boys' hockey team, she realizes that she is not through with ice skating after all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC OCKRowland, Joanna.
Summary: Children whose parents no longer live together discover that although much has changed, and time spent with Mom is different than time spent with Dad, love is there no matter what.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Social Emo Rowland 2014Tan, Amy Rebecca
Summary: "Vic Brown did not want to go to camp this summer. It's nice being back with her friends in the woods of New Hampshire, but Vic still can't forget about the secret reason her mom wanted her and her brother out of the house--or how much her family is going to change. When her homelife is blowing up, it can be hard to focus on campfires and canoeing. But there is something about summer and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020