Social Issues: Divorce / Separation
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TITLE & AUTHOR
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SYNOPSIS
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Bygones
SPENCER, L |
Forgetting the special bond that first brought them
together, Bess and Michael Curran engage in a bitter divorce until their
daughter, Lisa, makes a shocking announcement that forces the family to
amend past mistakes.
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It's Not The End Of The World
BLUME, J |
Karen Newman, who is stunned when her father moves out
of the house, is determined to come up with a plan that will prevent her
parents’ divorce.
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Jade*
ANDREWS, V |
Beautiful and sophisticated, Jade has every material
thing she could need, and both of her parents want her. But they end up
using her as a weapon in their divorce, so Jade resorts to drastic
measures. |
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Just As Long As We're Together
BLUME, J |
Stephanie’s relationship with Rachel, her best friend,
changes as she tries to conceal a family problem and meets a new girl from
California.
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Looking For Alibrandi
MARCHETTA, M |
17-year-old Josie Alibrandi worries about all the things
girls worry about during their last year of high school, but she has the
added complication of being illegitimate - and coming face-to-face with
her father for the first time in her life. |
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Missing Pieces*
MAZER, N |
Jessie's father walked out on his family when she was
just a baby. Why should she care about him when it's clear he never cared
about her? Yet after years of anxiety, Jessie needs to know more about
him, and so, despite her mother's objections, she decides to track her
father down.
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Misty*
ANDREWS, V |
Misty faces the trials of her devious, divorced parents
and the terrors of a deep secret. When she meets three other girls in
therapy, also children of divorce, she learns that she's not alone - and
not alone in sharing secrets. |
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Moonlight Man*
FOX, P |
Catherine's parents were divorced when she was a
toddler, and her contact with her father over the years has been erratic.
Subsequently she has a somewhat romantic picture of the man who is her
father. Over the course of a summer holiday spent with him in Nova Scotia,
Catherine comes face to face with his alcoholism.
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Taking Terri Mueller*
MAZER, N |
14-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. |
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Turtle Moon*
HOFFMAN, A |
Captivating story of a divorced woman, her disillusioned
teenage son, and the events that change their lives in ways both simple
and extraordinary.
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