stepparents

"With the help of her fairy godmother, Cluckerella finds love at the ball--until the stroke of midnight makes her fly away!"--Back cover.

"Ethan has a new stepmom. She can't throw a ball like his mom can, but she makes great pancakes, and makes him laugh"--Back cover.

"The holiday break in Las Vegas was going to be epic. There was so much to do. Amusement parks! Hoover Dam! The strip! But that's not what happened. 'Don't you have homework?' Iggy's dad asked. So much for having fun. And being stuck at her dad's place with her new stepmom was boring. Then she met Lucas at the park. His family was definitely not dullsville"--Back cover.

Combining families after a divorce isn’t as easy as The Brady Bunch made it look. Adapting to divorce is difficult enough without dealing with another change in your family. This valuable resource will expose readers to the different scenarios they might encounter when a parent marries again. Teens will glean tips on getting to know their stepparent and stepsiblings, sharing their parent’s love with new family members, and even welcoming a new baby half sibling. Anyone feeling lost in the confusion of a newly blended family will benefit from the advice found in this volume.

Ten-year-old Polly Winkler just wants to be normal, but it looks like her goal is going to remain out of reach when her dad decides to marry Veronica Kreep, the mother of the weirdest family in town.

Presents two novels by Earl Sewell: in "Keysha's Drama" African-American sixteen-year-old Keysha Kendall takes up with a bad crowd as she struggles to adjust to life in her affluent biological father's home after her mother is arrested; and in "If I Were Your Boyfriend" after having her reputation ruined by a girl who planted drugs on her, Keysha returns to school to find she is a social outcast and builds a relationship with Wesley Morris, a sexy guy who wants to help her, even though her family does not approve of him.

Advice for children of divorced or remarried parents on adjusting to life with a stepfamily.

Eleven-year-old Emily invents a variety of schemes to get rid of her new step-grandmother since she poses a threat to Emily's close relationship to her grandfather.