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Cat Dog Dog : The Story of a Blended Family
by Nelly Buchet
Featuring illustrations by the award-winning creator of Wolf Camp, a riotous blended-family story traces the experiences of three pets who are challenged to live harmoniously when their human parents move in together and have a baby.
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On the other side of the garden
by Jairo Buitrago
Taken to live with her grandmother in the country, a young city girl finds a way to cope with the change brought about by her parents' separation when an owl, a frog, and a mouse take her on a nighttime tour of her extraordinary new world
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The ring bearer
by Floyd Cooper
An endearingly illustrated celebration of blended families finds little Jackson diligently preparing for his role as ring-bearer at his mother's wedding while looking out for his new stepsister, who is struggling with her duties as flower girl. Simultaneous eBook.
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Emily's Blue Period
by Cathleen Daly
An art-loving little girl manages the painful changes of her parents' separation by immersing herself in the work of Pablo Picasso, realizing that she can relate to the master artist's use of primarily blue tones during a sad time in his life. Illustrated by the artist of The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming.
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Florence and Her Fantastic Family Tree
by Judy Gilliam
"Explores the idea of what it means to have a big, messy, complicated, and remarkable family as a young girl tries to complete her family tree assignment for school"
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Mom and Dad Glue
by Kes Gray
Divorce is an unhappy fact that affects many children's lives; parents who are divorcing will value this story that can be read to their children, its message one of comfort to help soothe and make them aware that their parents' separation is in no way their fault.
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Stuck In The Middle
by Tom Tinn-Disbury
"Divorce and separation can be hard on any family and a difficult topic for children to understand, including Tilly. Tilly lives in the mountains with her mummy and daddy. She loves it--there are beautiful views and lots of space to play. The only downside is that she lives some of the time with Mummy on one mountain and the rest of the time with Daddy on another. Even though their mountains are joined by a bridge,
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Monday, Wednesday, And Every Other Weekend
by Karen Stanton
Although Henry enjoys the time he spends at his mother's apartment and his father's house, his dog Pomegranate gets confused about which place is home
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Hello, Jimmy!
by Anna Walker
Enjoying his peaceful visits to his father’s home, young Jack begins doubting himself when his lonely father adopts an obnoxiously raucous parrot who helps impart unexpected messages of reassurance and unconditional love.
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365 Days To Alaska
by Cathy Carr
When eleven-year-old Rigel Harman's parents divorce, she and her sisters must move from the Alaskan wilderness to suburban Connecticut, and while she yearns to return in a year, she eventually realizes she must move forward
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Blended
by Sharon M. Draper
Piano-prodigy Isabella, eleven, whose black father and white mother struggle to share custody, never feels whole, especially as racial tensions affect her school, her parents both become engaged, and she and her stepbrother are stopped by police
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The Island of Dr. Libris
by Chris Grabenstein
Spending a summer at a lakeside cabin belonging to the mysterious Dr. Libris, Billy is astonished when he hears sounds of adventures in progress whenever he opens one of Dr. Libris' books. By the best-selling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library.
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The Great Treehouse War
by Lisa Graff
A difficult custody arrangement in the aftermath of a divorce compels Winnie to barricade herself in a treehouse, where she is joined by friends who have grievances of their own. By the National Book Award-winning author of A Tangle of Knots.
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The Lost Boy's Gift
by Kimberly Willis Holt
Moving across the country in the wake of his parents' divorce, 10-year-old Daniel struggles with anger before befriending a kind woman with an unusual affinity for communicating with animals. By the National Book Award-winning author of When Zachary Beaver Came to Town. Simultaneous eBook
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That Thing About Bollywood
by Supriya Kelkar
An Indian American girl who would bury her feelings about her parents’ separation involuntarily breaks into a Bollywood song-and-dance routine before waking up to an alternate reality where everyone is behaving like a Bollywood character.
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You Go First
by Erin Entrada Kelly
Charlotte, twelve, and Ben, eleven, are highly-skilled competitors at online Scrabble and that connection helps both as they face family issues and the turmoil of middle school
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Summer of Brave
by Amy Noelle Parks
Twelve-year-old Lilla wants to make everyone happy, so when her best friend Vivi dares her to start telling the truth as part of their Summer of Brave, Lilla hesitates because if she says out loud what she really wants, her whole life might crash down around her
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The Adventure Is Now
by Jess Redman
Playing a favorite video game to cope with the stress of his parents’ estrangement and being ditched by his friends, a middle grade student with anxiety spends a life-changing summer with his naturalist uncle on mysterious Lone Island.
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