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A nuts-and-bolts survival guide for teens living in a dual custody arrangement, this practical yet humorous self-help book is packed with tips and strategies to help teens deal with the frustrations of life in two households. Providing teens who shuffle between two residences on a regular basis with constructive information, this resource helps increase self-reliance, build self-confidence, and improve organizational and communication skills. Including...
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"Jeremy is not excited about the prospect of spending the summer with his dad and his uncle in a seaside cabin in Oregon. It's the first summer after his parents' divorce, and he hasn't exactly been seeking alone time with his dad. He doesn't have a choice, though, so he goes . . . and on his first day takes a walk on the beach and finds himself intrigued by a boy his age running by. Eventually, he and Runner Boy (Evan) meet--and what starts out as...
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Summer Olympics: Sports Fiction for Kids
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Best friends and neighbors Isaac and Marco are opposite in looks--Isaac is tall and Marco is short--and in abilities--Isaac excels at basketball, while Marco excels at schoolwork. However, that doesn't stop the sixth graders from having each other's back and helping each other get better. Isaac wants to finally take his schoolwork seriously while Marco wants to make the basketball team to make his dad proud of him. As they each work through difficulties...
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For as long as Katie can remember, it's just been her and her mom. But that's about to change. First her mom gets a boyfriend. And then Katie gets an email from her dad, whom she's never met, saying he wants to get together. Katie's not sure she's ready for so much change in her life. With so much happening at once, Katie's counting on her friends in the Cupcake Club to help her find the sweet side of what seems like a sticky situation.
10) Hatchet
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After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce. Includes an introduction and sidebar commentary by the author.
13) In another life
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When she became Chloe Holden at three years old, her adoption didn't scar her. Now, fourteen years later, her parents' marriage has fallen apart and her mom has moved them to Joyful, Texas. Everything Chloe loved about her life is gone.-- and she's haunted by feelings of déjà vu. Cash Colton seeks Chloe out because she looks exactly like the daughter his foster parents lost years ago, and he;s determined to figure out the truth. As they delve...
14) Better together
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Jamie's an aspiring stand-up comic in Los Angeles with a growing case of stage anxiety. Siri's a stunning ballerina from New Jersey dealing with a career-changing injury. When the two girls meet at the Rediscover Yourself retreat in Colorado, they discover they are sisters separated as young children by their bitterly divorced parents. With some fortuitous magic, the two change places to confront their pasts.
15) Lucy in the sky
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"It's the first day of seventh grade, and everything is going downhill for Lucy Sutcliffe. At school, she has the feeling her friends are all leaving her behind. At home, her single father is in a rut, and her globe-trotting photojournalist mother is more absent that ever. Worst of all, Lucy's grandmother is undergoing chemotherapy and is no longer the warm, vibrant presence that her family has come to depend on. But everything changes the day Lucy...
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My Blended Family is the story of a normal day in Olivia's life. When classmate Lenny visits her home, he discovers Olivia has a stepmom and four stepsiblings. Who gets her snack? All the kids! Who helps with her homework? Eve and Tiffany! Who reads her bedtime story? Nora and Dad! Lenny realizes love makes a family.
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Fifth-grader Kat Greene is struggling with her boy-crazy best friend, her lame role in the production of Harriet the Spy at her progressive New York City school, and her mother's preoccupation with cleanliness--a symptom of her worsening obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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The house at Number 8 Sunflower Street tells the stories of three teenagers who have lived within its walls in the 21st century--Ana, a lesbian forced to leave her home, Greg sent to live with his aunt when his parents divorce, and Beto, a would-be photographer living during the COVID pandemic.
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"The ultimate summer read--featuring indelible characters, crackling wit, and sophisticated storytelling--about one season when everything in a woman's life goes wrong On Memorial Day weekend in a seaside town on Long Island, Ruthie, her still-adored ex-husband, Mike, and the couple's sullen fifteen-year-old daughter, Jem, are packing up the last bits of their household in preparation for the yearly arrival of a wealthy renter from Manhattan. It is...