children of divorced parents

"A child growing up with divorced parents shows [the reader] both houses"--Amazon.

"Eleven-year-old Shelly Anderson just wants to be popular. Her parents have split, and she had to start over at a new school with different classes, a brand-new swim team, and an unfamiliar social scene. So what if she just wants the cool kids to like her? Is that really too much to ask? So when Shelly finds a mysterious nautilus shell that summons the infamous sea witch Ursula, she jumps at the chance to make a deal that will solidify her as one of the coolest girls in school"--Back cover.

"Rhen's mother and father are getting a divorce. Rhen knows things won't be the same. What will change? And will it change Rhen?"--Back cover.

"With graduation on the horizon, budding writer Claudine Henry is making plans: college in the fall, become a famous author, and maybe--finally--have sex. She doesn't even need to be in love. Then her dad drops a bombshell: he's leaving Claude's mother. Suddenly, Claude's entire world feels like a lie, and her future anything but under control . . . Claude's mom whisks them away to the last place Claude could imagine nursing a broken heart: a remote, mosquito-infested island off the coast of Georgia. But then Jeremiah Crew happens. Miah is a local trail guide with a passion for photography--and a past he doesn't like to talk about. He's brash and enigmatic, and even more infuriatingly, he's the only one who seems to see Claude for who she wants to be. So when Claude decides to sleep with Miah, she tells herself it's just sex, nothing more. There's not enough time to fall in love, especially if it means putting her already broken heart at risk"--Provided by publisher.

Discusses the problem of children being kidnapped by one of their parents, usually parents involved in a divorce, and suggests ways for children to deal with the problem.

Eighth-grader Somali American Nimo Mohamed is the youngest runner on the varsity cross-country team, but she is determined to keep up with the older girls, so she has set herself a grueling training schedule; too grueling because her body is exhausted, her grades at school are slipping, and her father, who is still very much in her life despite the divorce, is starting to pressure her to quit the team.

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.

Judith Wallerstein explains the results of her twenty-five year study of 131 children of divorce parents, discussing how the children's adolescent and adult lives were affected by their parents' divorces.

Katie must rely on her Cupcake Club friends to help her deal with the change presented by her mom's new boyfriend and unexpected communication from her long-lost dad.

Journalist David Sheff tells the story of his son Nic's happy early childhood, the transformation wrought by Nic's addiction to methamphetamine, and his own obsession with Nic's well-being.