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Divorce Fiction Bibliography

J Bir

Birdseye, Tom. Tucker. 1st ed. New York: Holiday House, [1990].

Eleven-year-old Tucker likes his life with his divorced father, until the nine-year-old sister he has not seen in years moves back in with them and claims that their mother wants them to become one family again.

J Col

Cole, Brock. Celine. 1st ed. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, [1989].

J Blu 6/91/Blume

Blume, Judy. It's not the end of the world. Scarsdale, N.Y: Bradbury Press, [1972].

When her parents divorce, a sixth grader struggles to understand that sometimes people are unable to live together.

F Rab

Rabinowitz, Ann. Bethie. 1st ed. New York: Macmillan, [1989].

Growing up in New York City during World War II, Beth's friendship with Grace is strained as Grace grows more and more despondent following her parents' divorce.

F Pau

Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet. New York: Bradbury Press, [1987].

After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.

J Hin

Hines, Anna Grossnickle. Boys are yucko! 1st ed. New York: Dutton, [1989].

While hoping that her divorced father will come from California to help celebrate her tenth birthday with her mother and brother, Cassie reluctantly agrees to boy-crazy Stacy's suggestion to have an additional party that includes boys and dancing.

J Adl 11/89

Adler, C. S. The silver coach. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, [1979].

Neither 12-year-old Chris nor her 6-year-old sister look forward to spending the summer with their unknown grandmother in a remote woodland cabin, but the summer holds many surprises for them, not the least of which is a gradual acceptance of their parents' divorce.

J Ang

Angell, Judie. What's best for you : a novel. New York: Dell, [1983, 1981].

J Blu

Blue, Rose. A month of Sundays. New York: F. Watts, [1972].

A ten-year old struggles to accept his parents' divorce and his new life in New York City.

J Dan c.2

Danziger, Paula. It's an aardvark-eat-turtle world. New York: Delacorte Press, [1985].

At fourteen, Rosie, her mother, her best friend, and her best friend's father form a new family unit and find it takes a lot of work to make a family in a world of changing relationships.

J Fin

Fine, Anne. Alias Madame Doubtfire. 1st U.S. ed. Boston: Joy Street Books, [1987].

Miranda's three children thoroughly enjoy their huge, overdressed baby sitter/cleaning woman who is actually their father in disguise, and they dread the day when their mother discovers Madame Doubtfire is really her ex-husband.

J Cle 2/87/Cleary

Cleary, Beverly. Dear Mr. Henshaw. New York: Morrow, [1983].

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.

F Maz 10/88/Mazer

Mazer, Norma Fox. Taking Terri Mueller. New York: Morrow, [1983, 1981].

Fourteen-year-old Terri remembers only life with her father, but then she discovers that he kidnapped her from her mother after a divorce and that her mother is still alive.

F Dan 1/84/Danziger

Danziger, P. The divorce express.

J Shr

Shreve, Susan Richards. Family secrets : five very important stories. New York: Knopf : distributed by Random House, [1979].

Eight-year-old Sammy tries to come to terms with several dificult situations including the death of his dog, the divorce of his aunt and uncle, the suicide of his best friend's brother, coping with his terminally ill grandmother, and cheating on a school test.

F Sto

Stone, Bruce. Half Nelson, full Nelson. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, [1985].

When his parents separate, Nelson and his friend Heidi concoct a plan to kidnap Nelson's little sister and bring his family back together.

J Hun

Hunter, Evan. Me and Mr. Stenner. 1st ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, [1976].

When her mother remarries, an eleven-year-old learns that she can love her stepfather and her real father at the same time.

J Man

Mann, Peggy. My dad lives in a downtown hotel. [1st ed.]. Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, [1973].

Convinced that his parents' separation is somehow his fault, a young boy tries to persuade his father to come home.

J Maz

Mazer, Norma Fox. I, Trissy. New York: Delacorte Press, [1971].

A sixth-grade girl types out all the frustrations she feels following the separation of her parents.

F Hav 10/89

Haven, Susan Perkis. Maybe I'll move to the lost & found. New York: Putnam, [1988].

Fourteen-year-old Gilly strives to assert herself as she tries to cope with her parents' divorce, problems with friends, and a basic lack of confidence.

J Vig

Vigna, Judith. Grandma without me : story and pictures. Niles, Ill: A. Whitman, [1984].

A young boy finds a way to keep in touch with his beloved grandmother despite his parent's divorce.

F Con

Conrad, Pam. Holding me here. 1st ed. New York, N.Y: Harper & Row, [1986].

Fourteen-year-old Robin tries to patch up the broken home of a battered wife and in the process discovers how deeply she's been hurt by the divorce of her own parents.

F Cor

Corcoran, Barbara. Hey, that's my soul you're stomping on. 1st ed. New York: Atheneum, [1978].

While her parents discuss possible divorce, sixteen-year-old Rachel spends the summer with her grandparents and realizes everyone has problems, many more serious than hers.

F Dan

Dana, Barbara. Necessary parties : a novel. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, [1986].

Stunned when his parents' intention to get a divorce begins to tear his family apart, fifteen-year-old Chris enlists the help of an idealistic lawyer to stop them in court.

F Gol

Goldman, Katie. In the wings. New York: Dial Press, [1982].

Playing one of the leading roles in her school's production of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" helps Jessie forget about the increasing rift between her parents.

F Voi

Voigt, Cynthia. A solitary blue. 1st ed. New York: Atheneum, [1983].

Jeff's mother, who deserted the family years before, reenters his life and widens the gap between Jeff and his father, a gap that only truth, love, and friendship can heal.

F Pec

Peck, Richard. Unfinished portrait of Jessica. New York: Delacorte Press, [1991].

A trip to Mexico to visit the divorced vagabond father whom she idolizes cures fourteen-year-old Jessica of certain illusions and helps her reconstruct her relationship with her mother.

J Adl

Adler, C. S. Tuna fish Thanksgiving. New York: Clarion Books, [,1992].

Thirteen-year-old Gilda's parents are getting a divorce, and she seems to be the only one interested in keeping the family together and looking out for her younger brother and sister.

J Cle 7/95

Cleary, Beverly and Zelinsky, Paul O. Strider. New York: Morrow Junior Books,

[1991].

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.

J Fra c2

Franklin, Kristine L. Lone wolf. 1st ed. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, [1997].

When a large family moves into the house near where he and his father live in the woods, Perry's friendship with the oldest girl helps him come to terms with his sister's death and his parents' divorce.

J Juk

Jukes, Mavis. Getting even. New York: Knopf, [1988].

Finding herself the victim of an obnoxious classmate, ten-year-old Maggie receives conflicting advice from her crazy friend Iris and both of her parents, who are still at war two years after their divorce.

J Ore

Orenstein, Denise Gosliner. When the wind blows hard. Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley, [1982].

After her parents' separation and a subsequent move to Klawock, Alaska, Shawn endures loneliness until her friendship with Vesta and Vesta's grandfather brings new insight into human relationships.

J Pev

Pevsner, Stella. A smart kid like you. New York: Seabury Press, [1975].

Just as Nina begins to accept her parents' divorce, she discovers her father's new wife is to be her seventh grade math teacher.

J Dan

At the end of third grade, Amber is excited about her trip with her aunt to London and Paris, where she will see her father again, but her plans change when she comes down with chicken pox.

J Har

Almost-twelve-year-old Marlee tries to adjust to her parents' separation and even tries magic to get them back together.

J Lis

Lisle, Janet Taylor. The gold dust letters. New York: Orchard Books, [1994].

When nine-year-old Angela and her friends begin investigating the letters she has received from her fairy godmother, it helps take Angela's mind off her strained relationship with her father.

J Dan

Danziger, Paula and Ross, Tony. Amber Brown sees red. New York: Putnam's, [1997].

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.

J Bun

Bunting, Eve and Medlock, Scott. Some frog! 1st ed. San Diego, Calif: Harcourt Brace, [1998].

Billy is disappointed when his father doesn't show up to help him catch a frog for the frog-jumping competition at school, but the one he and his mother catch wins the championship and Billy begins to accept his father's absence.

J Dan

Danziger, Paula and Ross, Tony. Amber Brown is feeling blue. New York: Putnam's, [1998].

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.

J Dan

Danziger, Paula and Ross, Tony. I, Amber Brown. New York: Putnam's Sons, [1999].

Because her divorced parents share joint custody of her, nine-year-old Amber suffers from lack of self-esteem and feels that she is a piece of jointly-owned property.

August 2001