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Divorce Books for Older Kids and Parents |
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Joker
by Ranulfo
After his best friend is killed and his mother remarries soon after divorcing his father, Matt's once happy home is turned chaotic and he is left to deal with the remnants of a life he previously had while coping with all the unhappy changes facing him during this difficult period of transition in his young life.
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When the black girl sings
by Bil Wright
Adopted by white parents and sent to an exclusive Connecticut girls' school where she is the only black student, fourteen-year-old Lahni Schuler feels like an outcast, particularly when her parents separate, but after attending a local church where she hears gospel music for the first time, she finds her voice.
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Along for the ride : a novel
by Sarah Dessen
Dealing with insomnia since her parents' divorce and an overly demanding mother, Auden is excited to be staying with her father in a beautiful beach town for the summer, but when she develops a crush on a fellow insomniac named Eli, powerful feelings emerge as they begin to share their deepest secrets while the rest of the world sleeps.
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Pop
by Gordon Korman
Lonely after a midsummer move to a new town, sixteen-year-old high-school quarterback Marcus Jordan becomes friends with a retired professional linebacker who is great at training him, but whose childish behavior keeps Marcus in hot water
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The way they were : dealing with your parents' divorce after a lifetime of marriage
by Brooke Lea Foster
A groundbreaking study offers a timely and compassionate resource for adults confronting the midlife divorce of their parents, explaining how to recognize and manage parent-child role reversal, cope with a stepfamily and remarriage, set boundaries with parents, and deal with other painful issues. Original. 20,000 first printing.
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