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English
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Seventeen year old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father, a former concert pianist and teacher, moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alienated from her parents, especially her father...until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she and her younger brother spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Resentful and...
2) The everything parent's guide to children and divorce: reassuring advice to help your family adjust
Author
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
"It's been over two years since Effie's beloved parents got divorced, destroying the image of the happy, loving childhood she thought she had. Since then, she's become estranged from her father and embarked on a feud with his hot (and much younger) girlfriend, Krista. And now, more earth-shattering news: Greenoaks, the rambling Victorian country house Effie called home her whole life, has been sold. When Krista decides to throw a grand "house cooling"...
Author
Series
Stuntboy volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Portico Reeves is the greatest superhero a lot of people have never heard of. He likes it that way--then no one can get in the way of him from keeping other other people safe. Super safe. He's Stuntboy. He's got the moves. And the saves. Except. There's been one major fail. He couldn't save his parents from becoming Xs. Which is a word that sounds like coughing up a hairball. But don't talk to him about the divorce, because of the hairball thing,...
5) Rogue
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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Description
Meet Maxine Williams, a dedicated doctor with three great kids, a challenging career, and the perfect new man in her life. Her only problem? Her irresistibly charming, utterly infuriating ex-husband, aka the Rogue, who wants her back is his life as a partner in a humanitarian project that could change countless lives.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"The celebrated author of Single, Carefree, Mellow, returns with her debut novel--a rueful, funny examination of love, marriage, infidelity, and origami. Divorcing his wife to marry his girlfriend, Audra, is the one impulsive thing Graham Cavanaugh has ever done. Audra is charming and spontaneous and fun, but life with her can be exhausting, constantly interrupted by phone calls, burdened by houseguests, and populated by old men with backpacks full...
Author
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
If you are divorced, or are contemplating divorce, you've probably heard the diatribe: Divorce is messy. Divorce is a tragedy. Divorce will scar your children for life. Befriending Your Ex challenges many of these destructive myths about divorce, and sets out to change the way we think about the process of divorce and its ultimate outcome. While divorce certainly can have negative effects upon children, when they occur, these effects are likely to...
Author
Series
Cupcake diaries volume 13
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
For as long as Katie can remember, it's just been her and her mom. But that's about to change. First her mom gets a boyfriend. And then Katie gets an email from her dad, whom she's never met, saying he wants to get together. Katie's not sure she's ready for so much change in her life. With so much happening at once, Katie's counting on her friends in the Cupcake Club to help her find the sweet side of what seems like a sticky situation.
Author
Publisher
Unhooked Books
Pub. Date
c2015
Language
English
Description
Divorce is not something that happens once in a courtroom. It is a lifetime change for everyone in the family. Old patterns have to be changed and new patterns have to be tried out and then kept or thrown away. Using a GPS analogy, CoParenting After Divorce: A GPS for Healthy Kids presents a road map to making changes in the new family system, either with or without the help of a parenting coordinator. Included are: - Explanations of the process -...
13) Dream on, Amber
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Language
English
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Description
Amber's Japanese father left when she was little, and her sister Bella was just a baby, so now she fills in the frustrating gap in her life with imagined conversations, and writes letters to Bella that seem to come from their father.
15) I have two homes
Author
Publisher
Clavis
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A young girl named Nina recounts her feelings about her parents' divorce and describes what it is like to live in two households in this touching picture book. Everything is different from the way it was, and sometimes the behavior of the adults around her is upsetting to Nina. This honest, uncomplicated account of divorce from a child's point of view will reassure and comfort young readers who are experiencing the changes that divorce brings to a...
Author
Publisher
Zuiker Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Sophia's tale of her parents' divorce is a heart-wrenching story. Sophia was eleven years old when her parents unexpectedly announced their divorce. Feeling lost and alone, Sophia initially blames herself. Over time, Sophia's self-loathing manifests into empowerment. Sophia goes on a mission to get her parents back by demanding they both remain in her life. Her heroism is driven by the prophetic words written on an old report card, an innocuous paper...
17) Con ojos de niño
Author
Publisher
Cuento De Luz
Pub. Date
[2015].
Language
Español
Description
William was a happy little boy who lived with his parents in a green house with a lovely little garden, decorated with paper flowers. But one day everything changed. It was as if he'd been torn in two and turned into two different kids: one who went with his dad, and another who stayed with his mom.Through the Eyes of a Child reminds us of the importance of communicating, and that after a change in a family's structure, a child can feel whole" again...
18) Hatchet
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Series
Language
English
Description
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
19) Custody
Author
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Français
Description
A man embittered by his impending divorce gets joint custody of his son despite the son's visible reluctance to spend more time with his dad and the soon-to-be-former wife's complaints about his abusive behavior.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Uses first-person accounts from young people to describe the effects of divorce and remarriage and how to handle them. Includes a section for adults discussing how to minimize both the short- and long-term impact of divorce.
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