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Author
Publisher
Lizzie Skurnick Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Reissue edition.
Physical Desc
153 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
When they meet for the first time at summer camp, two ten-year-old girls discover they are twins and agree to exchange identities in an attempt to reconcile their divorced parents. The inspiration for the film, "The parent trap".
Author
Publisher
Little Gestalten
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
English edition.
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 31 cm
Language
English
Description
A young reindeer lives with his mother and visits his father on weekends. The story of Lou Caribou will help small children come to terms with their own parents' separation. This book shows that parents who live apart still lovingly care for their child, and that their separation has not diminished their love for him. Translated from French, it is written by children's author Marie-Sabine Roger and illustrated by Natalie Choux.
7) My two homes
Author
Series
Publisher
Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lenny follows Skye for a school project and learns about her life with two homes.
Author
Publisher
Point, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
286 pages : 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Ever since her mother left, Maia has struggled with depression, which has only gotten worse since her father remarried; so Maia decides run away to Canada to find her mother, together with Billy, a boy who now lives in a group home and has his own family tragedy--but when they finally arrive in Tadoussac, Quebec, Maia discovers that even her mother has been keeping secrets.
11) Rebound time
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
65 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twin girls Sarit and Allie have always been coached in basketball by their father, but now that their parents are divorced and he has moved away, Sarit is unhappy playing on the school team, and resentful that her sister still enjoys the game.
13) Endangered
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
264 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Sophie is not happy to be back in the Congo for the summer, but when she rescues an abused baby bonobo she becomes more involved in her mother's sanctuary--and when fighting breaks out and the sanctuary is attacked, it is up to Sophie to rescue the apes and somehow survive in the jungle.
15) Pardalita
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"16-year-old Raquel lives in a small town in Portugal, the kind of place where everyone knows everyone else's business. Her parents are divorced and she's just been suspended for cursing out a school aide asking about her father's new marriage. She has two best friends, Luísa and Fred, but wants something more. Then, from afar, she sees Pardalita, a senior and a gifted artist who's moving to Lisbon to study in the fall. The two girls get to know...
16) Knockout
Author
Series
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
339 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Told in assonant free verse, Levi was once a premature baby who suffered from respiratory problems; he recovered, and now in seventh grade, he struggles to demonstrate to his divorced mother and overprotective brother that he is okay--so when his father suggests he take up boxing, he falls in love with the sport, but he still must find a way to convince his family to set him free to follow his dream.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
103 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
School is over and Kylie Jean and her cousin Lucy are going to summer camp for a week of fun, but a girl named Miley seems determined to spoil the experience for everyone, and Kylie decides to discover what her problem is.
Author
Publisher
Roundtree Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Penny can't figure out why she is getting smaller and smaller. Her roller skates are too big. Her clothes no longer fit. And, she can no longer reach the kitchen sink or her desk at school! But, when a kind teacher notices something is wrong and shares her own experience of getting smaller, Penny discovers she is not alone, and that her parents' divorce need not be her story.
20) The twin
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After sixteen-year-old Ivy's twin sister, Iris, moves in with her and their father, Ivy learns that Iris is trying to push her out of her own life--and may be responsible for their mother's death." --
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