"I felt like I was going to my own execution...." Cat had listened patiently as the other three girls in Dr. Marlowe's therapy group shared their innermost feelings. They had described their broken families honestly, to the...

Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything?Today should be one of the worst days of seventeen-year-old Hadley Sullivan's life. Having missed her flight, she's stuck at JFK airport and late to her father's second ...

Holy unanticipated occurrences! A cynic meets an unlikely superhero in a genre-breaking new novel by master storyteller Kate DiCamillo.It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequence...

Grace has major problems. Her favorite grown-up neighbor is getting married, and she has to get over her disappointment about not being chosen for a flower girl. She also has to figure out what to give as a wedding present! With a ...

Amber is used to change—her life has been full of it lately. First her best friend Justin moved and she became best friends with Brandi. Then she had to deal with her parents' divorce and her dad's move to France. She's even getting...

I'M LUCY ROSE and here's the thing about friends: I am lucky in them. And here's the thing about that: sometimes they are in need indeed, especially when one of them buys a plumbing store and needs to diva it up so it can turn into a ...

America's favorite series returns with a new look and a Netflix tv show. Dawn can't wait for her trip to California. Besides all the sun and fun, it's her first visit since her brother, Jeff, moved back to live with their dad. Cal...

Amber Brown isn't entirely ready for fourth grade. She has her pens, pencils, new clothes, and new shoes. But the one thing she doesn't have is her best friend, Justin Daniels. Justin has moved away, leaving Amber utterly best frie...

Amber Brown's going through a growth spurt . . . and her body's not the only thing that's changing. Her mom and Max are engaged. Her dad is moving back from Paris. And now her school's overrun by skunks, and she feels like she's being...

With childlike innocence and humor, a young narrator living with his single father and brother explains divorce and it?s grown-up words ? like ?New Arrangement,? ?Ideal Situation,? and ?Differences? ? from a kid?s point-of-view. Spec...

'Parents looking for a book about separation or divorce will find few offerings as positive, matter-of-fact, or child-centered as this one. . . . Simple, yet profoundly satisfying. - BOOKLIST (starred review)At Mommy's house, Alex has...

'Show a little maturity,' he said, which I've doped out to mean: Pass all your courses, avoid detection in all crimes and misdemeanors, don't get pregnant.Celine's father has left her with these instructions. She's not too worried abo...

Amber Brown is in deep trouble. Lately, no matter what she does, it isn't enough. She straightens up her room—sort of. She does her homework—well, most of it. And she agrees to meet Max, her mother's new boyfriend—but she doesn'...

When a child's parents tell her that they have decided to divorce, the last thing she wants to do is to talk about it. Instead, she wants to roar like a lion so she can't hear their words. This story reveals a range of feelings a youn...

The author of 'After Charlotte's Mom Died' explores the topic of divorce in this story of the Bear family. One sad day, Mama and Daddy say they are getting a divorce, and Dinah is scared. But when Daddy moves into his new home, Dinah ...

Twelve-year-old Andy feels he would be better off with his father in England than in his San Francisco home with his mother and her new husband. To raise the money needed to finance his trip to England, he stages his own kidnapping, b...

This can’t be good! Suddenly Suze’s mom wants back into her life, and her teacher wants her to “try harder”?!As if middle school wasn’t hard enough, Suze Tamaki's life gets turned upside down when her mother reappears after ...

Having two homes is nothing new to Matthew. Really, it's all he has ever known. Sometimes having friends over can create questions. Matthew shares how he has two fantastic homes with his own belongings at each. Riding four-wheelers, p...

Can Karen keep her parents from getting a divorce? This classic novel from Judy Blume has a fresh new look.Karen couldn't tell Mrs. Singer why she had to take her Viking diorama out of the sixth-grade showcase. She felt like yelling, ...

It's an unsettled summer for Sirena. Back in Texas, her family's splitting apart, but here in Rhode Island, at the cottage of her free-spirited aunt, it's a different world. There are long days at the beach and intriguing encounters w...

Is it possible to leave a piece of you wherever you go? Violet Mackerel thinks so in this fourth illustrated chapter book of a charming series.Violet Mackerel believes that wherever you leave something small, a tiny part of you gets t...

(Grades 2-6) Otis used to have the perfect family. That all changed when his parents told him that they were getting a D...D...D... The D Word he cant even say it! At first Otis blames himself. With the help of his Gram, Otis discover...

Always Bright, Amazingly Bold, Amber Brown!  Amber's parents just aren't acting the way she thinks parents should. Sometimes her dad goes out on dates when he is supposed to be spending time with her. And her Mom went to Disneyland...

Beloved Amber Brown returns in a new book! Amber Brown is excited about her mom and Max's upcoming wedding. Not only does Amber get to be the Best Child but all her best friends are invited, including Justin, whose family will be ...

Amber Brown loves the holidays. But this year, the season is bringing big changes. Amber's dad has moved back to New Jersey, which means shared custody. Soon Amber feels as if half of her belongs to her mom and half of her belongs to ...

Hope for a Better Tomorrow Are you a kid split in the middle? It's not easy finding the balance between two worlds. Join Blake, Jeff and the other students of Ms. Hope's class - as they explore what it's like to be The Weekend Kid. Th...

The beloved 2014 Newbery Medal winner by former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Kate DiCamillo is now available in a movie tie-in edition. Holy unanticipated occurrences From #1 New York Times best-selling author ...

Appropriate for 'Tween/Teen' market. Ginny Morris is in the fourth grade and her parents have been divorced for two years. She goes back and forth between her mother's apartment and her father's house, switching each Sunday ('switch d...

What would you do to win a dare war?In a humorous and insightful novel reminiscent of her award-winning titles The Thing About Georgie and Umbrella Summer, Lisa Graff tells the story of fourth-graders Kansas Bloom and Francine Halata,...

Selena Taylor thought her only worry this fall was starting her junior year at a new arts school in North Carolina, miles away from home. But when she finds out her mom could graduate from rehab sooner than expected even worse, she co...