Thirteen-year-old Gary MacDonald tries to cope with his coach's threats that he will cut him from the hockey team, his divorced parents dating other people, and the chance that the farm team that plays in his town will move to another city, while his favorite player's brother gets involved with the Russian mafia.
Focuses on various aspects of divorce, including life before and after the split, the question of who is responsible, and why relationships can fail, and provides practical advice for surviving your parents' divorce.
Nina used to live with her parents in one house, but now she lives in two houses, sometimes with her mom and other times with her dad, and although she is confused about what is happening, Nina knows both her parents love her very much.
Advice for surviving parents' divorce. Deals with custody, child support, visitation rights, guilt, loneliness, remarriage, step relatives, and organizations to turn to for help.
Discusses the legal, financial, and emotional aspects of the divorce process, examining the impact of divorce on the lives of young people and providing resources for more information and for help.
Bo learns about kindness, love, loyalty, appearances, and pretense from the unusual characters he meets when he is sent to live with his father after his mother decides to remarry.
Provides case studies that look at how different children dealt with their problems and feelings about being part of a stepfamily, and includes checklists of where to go or what to do to get help, and resources for more information.
Twenty children, aged 11 to 14, discuss various aspects of divorce, including custody arrangements, parents' boyfriends and girlfriends, how they were first told about their parents' divorce, and how divorce has changed them.
