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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.
3) You go first
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Charlotte, twelve, and Ben, eleven, are highly-skilled competitors at online Scrabble and that connection helps both as they face family issues and the turmoil of middle school.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Despite her parents' divorce, her father's coming out as gay, and his plans to marry his boyfriend, ten-year-old Bea is reassured by her parents' unconditional love, excited about getting a stepsister, and haunted by something she did last summer at her father's lake house.
5) Melinda zone
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
While spending the summer with her cousin, who is preoccupied with problems of her own, fifteen-year-old Melinda learns to assert herself instead of always trying to please her divorced parents.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Marianne has felt a supernatural presence since she stopped dancing, and is afraid that she is following her mother into mental illness until a new friend, Ron, helps her find the truth.
11) Strider
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In a series of diary entries, Leigh tells how he comes to terms with his parents' divorce, acquires joint custody of an abandoned dog, and joins the track team at school.
12) The DH
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Embarking on a baseball season marked by his parents' divorce, Alex is confronted by unexpected rival Matt, a disgraced athlete who has been given another chance after taking steroids and who wants to steal the affections of Alex's crush.
Author
Series
Amber Brown volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Unhappy over her parents' divorce and her mother's boyfriend Max, nine-year-old Amber finds her schoolwork suffering.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Description
When Auden impulsively goes to stay with her father, stepmother, and new baby sister the summer before she starts college, all the trauma of her parents' divorce is revived, even as she is making new friends and having new experiences such as learning to ride a bike and dating.
Author
Series
Amber Brown volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Amber Brown faces further complications because of her parents' divorce when her father plans to move back from Paris and she must decide which parent she will be with on Thanksgiving.
16) I, Cosmo
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
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?
Author
Series
Amber Brown volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The year that she is in the fourth grade is a difficult one for Amber, as she tries to deal with escalating telephone fights between her divorced parents and her father's impending return to take joint custody of her.
18) Top of the order
Author
Series
4 for 4 series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Jackson lives for baseball, but becomes distracted by the approach of middle school, his mother's latest boyfriend, and the presence of a girl--his good friend's sister--on his team.
19) Southpaw
Author
Series
Winning season volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
After moving to New Jersey following his parents' divorce, Jimmy Fleming tries out for the seventh-grade baseball team while also trying to cope with his new life and dealing with his overly-competitive father.
Author
Series
Rainbow Street Shelter volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Logan's dog runs away as he and his mother are moving to a new home after his parents separate, a girl named Hannah, who longs for a dog of her own, finds him.