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3) Strider
Author
Series
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In a series of diary entries, Leigh tells how he comes to terms with his parents' divorce, acquires joint custody of an abandoned dog, and joins the track team at school.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Always turning to her Wheel of Fortunes, a cardboard circle covered with wisdom she's collected from fortune cookies, for answers and a dose of luck, 12-year-old Maya must find the courage to write her own fortune to answer her deep-down questions.
6) Hatchet
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
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.
7) Meet Julie
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In 1974, after Julie's parents divorce, she moves to a new San Francisco neighborhood where the school does not have a girls' basketball team, so she fights for the right to play on the boys' team.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Ellis discovers family secrets, makes new friends, and adjusts to his parents' recent divorce during a hijinks-filled summer helping his father open the world's first chocolate chip cookie store in 1976 Hollywood.
9) Southpaw
Author
Series
Winning season volume 6
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
After moving to New Jersey following his parents' divorce, Jimmy Fleming tries out for the seventh-grade baseball team while also trying cope with his new life and dealing with his overly-competitive father.
10) Leading the way
Author
Series
Keystone Stables volume 5
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Although Skye has looked forward to teaching Katie, a blind camper, about riding and handling horses, Katie's bitterness over being blind and her parents' upcoming divorce challenge Skye's ability to teach and to share God's love.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Rescuing a squirrel after an accident involving a vacuum cleaner, comic-reading cynic Flora Belle Buckman is astonished when the squirrel, Ulysses, demonstrates astonishing powers of strength and flight after being revived.
12) The house swap
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Allie is British and dreams of being a spy. Sage is an only child from sunny California. They meet when their families swap houses for the summer. Though they're polar opposites, Allie and Sage quickly realize that they're both dealing with family issues--Sage's parents may be on the brink of divorce, and Allie's struggling to feel heard in her big family. It may take a trip around the world for them to find their place at home. This sweet and emotional...
13) Power play
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ninth-grade hockey player Kyla Woodson is hoping to win a spot on the varsity team mid-season--but she has at least one serious rival for the coveted position, and her supressed anger over her parents recent divorce seems to keep getting in the way.
14) Stacey's choice
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 58
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1992.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
The hit series is back, to charm and inspire another generation of baby-sitters!
Since Stacey's parents got divorced, it hasn't been easy. Stacey hates being put between them, and she misses her dad sometimes even though she gets to see him often.And now both of her parents are depending on Stacey. They each need her badly. And she can't be in Stoneybrook and in New York at the same time. How will Stacey choose between her mom and her dad . . ....
15) Winter's tide
Author
Series
Sisters in all seasons volume 4
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2013], c2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Building a family is hard, especially with stepsisters who are complete opposites. During the bleak and dreary days of winter, Diana continues to be bullied at school, Stephanie continues hiding a painful secret, and both their lives are shaken by two tragic accidents"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Sisters in all seasons volume 1
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
While vacationing on a horse ranch in North Carolina, stepsisters Stephanie and Diana put aside their differences to help free a pair of caged wolves.
Author
Series
Sisters in all seasons volume 3
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Embarking on a Grand Cayman cruise with their extended family to celebrate Grammy Verra's birthday, stepsisters Stephanie and Diana discover a plot to smuggle a rare, endangered blue iguana.
18) Kristy's big day
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club (revised editions) volume 6
Publisher
Grey Castle Press
Pub. Date
1988.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her mother gets married, Kristy and the other members of the Baby-sitters Club have their hands full taking care of fourteen children at the wedding.
19) Running overload
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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 the pressure her to quit the team.
20) Season of change
Author
Series
Sisters in all seasons volume 5
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When Stephanie's father and Diana's mother go on a marriage retreat to deal with some big problems, Stephanie goes to cheerleading camp and Diana stays with her father, but when everyone returns, things seem worse than ever.
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