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4) The ghost
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Architect Charlie Waterston, reeling from an unexpected divorce, takes refuge in a small New England chateau where he discovers the diaries of Sarah Ferguson, the countess who first owned the house, and through her story of heartbreak and passion, learns to love again.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
8) Blended
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Janna Yusuf, a Flannery O'Connor-obsessed book nerd and the daughter of the only divorced mother at their mosque, tries to make sense of the events that follow when her best friend's cousin--a holy star in the Muslim community--attempts to assault her at the end of sophomore year.
10) I, Cosmo
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
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?
12) Hatchet
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
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.
Author
Series
American girls collection. Julie volume 1
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
AmericanGirl
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"It's 1974, and Julie Albright has just moved to a new neighborhood and started at a new school. So when she finds out the basketball team is 'boys only,' Julie is determined to fight for her right to play. Will a petition with 150 names be enough to make the coach change his mind and give her a chance?"--
15) Happyface
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
After going through traumatic times, a troubled, socially awkward teenager moves to a new school where he tries to reinvent himself.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"What if you suddenly found yourself in Julie's world--sunny San Francisco in the 1970s? Join her on this adventure where the two of you can challenge the boys to a basketball contest, or spend a day at the beach and rescue a baby sea otter. Your journey back in time can take whatever twists and turns you choose, as you select from a variety of options in this multiple-ending story"--
17) The walk on
Author
Series
The Triple Threat volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
After moving to a new town his freshman year in high school, Alex Myers is happy to win a spot on the varsity team as a quarterback but must deal with the idea of not playing for two years since the first-string quarterback is not onlya local hero, he is also son of the corrupt head coach.
Author
Series
Amelia Rules! volume 1
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A collection of comic stories featuring nine-year-old Amelia, who's moved from Manhattan to a small town in the wake of her parent's divorce, and her fourth-grade friends, the Gathering of Awesome Super Pals, otherwise known as G.A.S.P.
20) El hacha
Author
Series
Cuatro vientos volume 93
Publisher
Editorial Noguer
Pub. Date
2006.
Lexile measure
1130L
Language
Español
Description
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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