Paulsen, 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 Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC PAUUrban, Linda.
Summary: Third-grader Max pursues neighborhood adventures with his dad as they both adjust to recent changes in their family.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC URBGraff, 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 GRAMcDunn, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MCDMarr, Shirley
Summary: Rebecca Stead's The List of Things That Will Not Change gets a "Space Oddity" sci-fi twist in this moving middle grade novel about one boy's journey to go back in time to prevent his parents' divorce. The present is the last place James wants to be. Since his parents have separated, he's been living two different lives and neither of them add up to the great one he used to have. He thinks about...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MARGraff, 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: Findaway World, LLC 2017
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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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Social Emo Rowland 2014Burt, 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.
Format: text
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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC COLDessen, Sarah.
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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009
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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!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nosy Crow 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GUIKing, 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...
Format: text
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 KINDraper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)
Summary: 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DRAAmos, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC AMOSorosiak, Carlie
Summary: Cosmo would do anything to make his boy happy, but when Max decides they should learn a dance routine to stave off his parents' divorce, will the old dog be up to the challenge?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SORCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Sorosiak 2019Grabenstein, Chris
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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRACopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GRALeno, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LENOckler, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2012
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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"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: When her parents divorce, a sixth grader struggles to understand that sometimes people are unable to live together.
Format: text
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 2003McDonald, Megan.
Summary: In 1974, after Julie's parents divorce, she moves to a new San Francisco neighborhood where the school does not have a girls' basketball team, so she fights for the right to play on the boys' team.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC AMEMcDonald, Megan.
Summary: In 1974, after Julie's parents divorce, she moves to a new San Francisco neighborhood where the school does not have a girls' basketball team, so she fights for the right to play on the boys' team.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2007
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MCDAlvarez, 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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yearling 2004
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 ALV SPANISHTougas, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2024