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2) Weekend dad
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English
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""This home is home because my dad is here, and it's nothing like home because my mom isn't here," thinks the boy in this story when he enters his dad's new apartment for the first time. His dad moved out on Monday and now it's Friday night, the start of his weekend with his dad. The boy and his dad follow their normal weekend routine -- they eat eggs for breakfast, play cards and spend time at the park. And then they do the same things on Sunday....
4) Pia's plans
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English
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"Ever since her parents separated, Pia has been desperately trying to make sure everything is perfect."--
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English
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Eleven-year-old Juliet, her newly separated mother, and her older sister have moved to a Mission Beach, where she forms an instant bond with a girl her own age, Emma, even throwing bottles with secret messages into the sea; and then an email arrives, inviting Juliet to join the Starry Night Society, and all she has to do is make someone else's wish come true--but what about her own family, whom she seems to be growing apart from?
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Max Disaster volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Max's secret collection random thoughts about school, family breakups, and the power of Alien Eraser. Pimply older brothers. Good parents who get into bad fights. Lucky for Max, he has a place to jot down his mixed-up thoughts and brilliant ideas. In a quirky mix of comics, concoctions, and contraptions, Max tells the story of his topsy-turvy life, and how he tries to hold it and himself all together.
9) Swim or sink
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English
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Although only in eighth grade Baxter Reilly is an important member of the Edgeview High School in Tempe, Arizona, and lately the pool has been his place of refuge from the stress of his parents' separation--but now, between the pending divorce, his father's miserable apartment, his mother's new boyfriend, and the resentment and bullying from his older teammates, it is getting harder to focus on his role as the anchor of the 4 x 400 freestyle relay...
10) Home games
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English
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"Twelve-year-old Ben is a shy, quiet kid. His life isn't perfect, but he feels at home in his New York City apartment. Then his dad takes a job in London, and everything changes. His parents separate, and Ben's mom moves them back to her hometown of Austin, Texas. Ben's simple life is suddenly complicated. He misses his apartment, his best friend, Jake, and his dad. Then he meets Mabley, who becomes a bright spot to Ben's day. But when his mom starts...
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English
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Patrick has been desperate for a dog of his own for as long as he can remember, and this summer, with his father away, he longs for a canine friend more than ever. Meanwhile, in his short doggy life, Oz has suffered at the hands of bad people. Somewhere out there, he believes, is an awesome boy - his boy. And maybe, when they find each other, Oz will learn to bark again.
12) Tiny infinities
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Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Angry that her father has left, twelve-year-old Alice swears that she will live in her family's old Renaissance tent until he agrees to return; but after she meets her mute four-year-old neighbor Piper she finds herself becoming involved in the child's life--and when she hears the little girl speak a word for the first time in years she sets out to prove to Piper's parents that the dismal diagnosis they received for their daughter may be all wrong....
Author
Series
Max Disaster volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Max's book of inventions, experiments, comic strips, and random thoughts about school, the universe, evolution, and parents who definitely don't act the way parents are supposed to act. Lucky for Max, he has a place to jot down his biggest questions and most amazing discoveries."--Page 4 of cover
14) On the line
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Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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All Jordie wanted was for his parents to stop fighting. Soon, he gets his wish. His parents separate and then his dad announces he's gay. Shocked, Jordie struggles with how to process all this. His dad taught him everything he knows about basketball, and there's an important championship game coming up. He needs him more than ever. But Jordie feels like his dad has abandoned his family. He doesn't want anything to do with him now and he definitely...
15) Party of nine
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Series
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Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
Description
It is the first Thanksgiving since their parents split up, and twelve-year-old Arnie has come to the farm to spend the weekend with eleven-year-old Annabelle and their father at the farm--and when it starts to looks like it will just be the three of them, Arnie and Annabelle decide to invite several of their neighbors over for the feast.
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Porto Editora
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Portuguese
Description
"Viveram felizes para sempre... mas não juntos. A Branca de Neve e o Príncipe separaram-se! A filha, Violeta, não queria acreditar! Afinal, não era suposto ser um conto de fadas? Este é um livro para crianças com pais separados, mas é também para que as crianças que vivem com os pais sintam empatia e aprendam a gerir os seus medos. No final, existem sugestões muito úteis de como comunicar às crianças que os pais se vão separar e a...
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