Juvenile & Young Adult / Family / Marriage & Divorce

Amber Brown Sees Red

by Paula Danziger

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...

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

by Jennifer Smith

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...

Sincerely: Sincerly, Sophie; Sincerely, Katie

by Courtney Sheinmel

Eleven-year-old Sophie Turner attends an all-girls private school in Manhattan. When Sophie’s family falls apart and her best friend rejects her for a faster crowd, Sophie’s only source of comfort is the...

A Solitary Blue

by Cynthia Voigt

A Newbery Honor–winning installment of the Cynthia Voigt’s classic Tillerman series.

Jeff Greene was only seven when he came home from school to find a note from his mother. She felt that the world needed...

Thou Shalt Not Dump the Skater Dude

by Rosemary Graham

Readers who love Sarah Dessen will enjoy this companion to My Not-So-Terrible Time at the Hippie Hotel Just when Kelsey is finally fitting into her new California life, C. J. Logan comes along. He's hot, popular,...

The Dancing Pancake

by Eileen Spinelli & Joanne Lew-Vriethoff

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The grand opening of the Dancing Pancake isn't the only new thing in Bindi's life: new friends, a new apartment, maybe even a cute new...

My Mother Got Married and Other Disasters

by Barbara Park

In this sequel to Don't Make Me Smile, Charlie Hickle's life has become a three-ring circus. Why did his mom have to get remarried anyway? He wants things back the way they used to be—right now!

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Notes from the Blender

by Trish Cook & Brendan Halpin

Declan loves death metal--particularly from Finland.  And video games--violent ones.  And internet porn--any kind, really.  He goes to school with Neilly Foster and spends most of his classroom time wondering...

Nerd Camp

by Elissa Brent Weissman

Pack your sleeping bag, grab your calculator, and celebrate geekdom with this humorous and empowering middle grade novel by the acclaimed author of Standing for Socks. Nerd Camp, here we come!

Ten-year-old Gabe...

Just Another Day in My Insanely Real Life

by Barbara Dee

Twelve-year-old Cassie has a lot to cope with when her father moves "out of the picture." Her mom's constantly working overtime, her teenage sister's going AWOL, and her little brother seriously needs attention....

Hold Me Tight

by Lorie Ann Grover

"I'm leaving."

Dad's words come as a complete shock to Essie. How can he just walk out on her and the family, especially when Mom is pregnant?

Essie keeps her dad's leaving a secret. Then Essie's classmate, Chris...

Secret Agent

by Robyn Freedman Spizman & Mark Johnston

LISTEN UP PEOPLE, because we've got a problem here. It's time to get really worried, and by that I mean majorly concerned, about Kyle Parker. he used to be a cool guy. Okay, not the smartest kid at school or...

Don't Stop

by Maureen Holohan

Be strong, Angel. Be strong.

I sprinted from soccer to cross-country practice, quietly reminding myself what I had to do to make it through the season. Staying in motion was the only way to keep the pain in...

He Forgot to Say Goodbye

by Benjamin Alire Saenz

"I mean, it's not as if I want a father. I have a father. It's just that I don't know who he is or where he is. But I have one."

Ramiro Lopez and Jake Upthegrove don't appear to have much in common. Ram lives...

Changes in Latitudes

by Will Hobbs

Trouble In Paradise

Sixteen-year-old Travis is looking for a good time. A vacation in Mexico with his mother, sister, and little brother might cramp his style, but he's willing to take that risk for a chance...

No Limit

by Pete Hautman

A teen develops a gambling addiction in this risk-heavy read—in trade paperback for the first time.

Sixteen-year-old Denn Doyle’s troubles begin with a seemingly harmless—and extremely profitable—game...

The Cupcake Queen

by Heather Hepler

When Penny moves to Hog?s Hollow from New York City, her life changes drastically. Penny?s mom now runs a cupcake bakery, and Penny is stuck helping out. But that isn?t the worst of it. Not only did she leave...

Guy Time

by Sarah Weeks

It's bad enough that thirteen-year-old Guy Strang's parents are getting divorced and his middle-aged mother is suddenly acting like a rebellious teenager. But to top that off Autumn Hockney asks him out to...

Vanish

by Karen Spafford-Fitz

Fourteen-year-old Simone becomes a key witness in a parental-abduction investigation.

A Friend at Midnight

by Caroline B. Cooney

Lily has settled into life in Connecticut after her parent's divorce but it's been harder on her eight-year-old brother Michael. After their mother remarries, her brother chooses to go live with his father in...