stepfamilies

Former "bad girl" Cyd Charisse moves to New York City to live with her half-brother Danny while exploring career options and various relationships, including the one with Shrimp, who is surfing in New Zealand.

While staying at the remote and reputedly haunted Maine inn run by her father and pregnant stepmother, sixteen-year-old Cynda feels increasingly isolated from her father's new family and finds solace in the attentions of a charming but mysterious guest.

Discusses, for the young adult, problems that arise in stepfamilies and how to cope with them.

Loosely based on "Cinderella," this story is set in Alaska, the fairy godmother is an eagle, and the hero, the son of a cannery owner, finds his true love through her Sitka slipper, a heavy rubber boot she left at the Silver Salmon Festival.

With her boyfriend, Dex, in Maine and her friends facing their own issues, Miranda Bloom, girl genius, befriends Nora, a shy new student, but soon Nora's relentless imitation of Miranda threatens to ruin junior year at Geek High.

Paranoia descends on Cheryl and her children when they move into her new husband's luxurious Manhattan home. Realistic nightmares, a "dead" child who may be living in the building, and her husband's secret past make Cheryl doubt her very sanity.

When Quest (Q) and his stepsister Angela head to Chicago for their parents' concert, they uncover another plot by the terrorist group Ghost Cell in the Windy City.

Gerald, a teenager who has spent years protecting his fragile half-sister from their abusive father, must face the prospect of one final confrontation before the problem can be solved.

Josh and his new stepbrother, Tom, seem to have nothing in common when they first move in together, but when Tom begins sleepwalking, Josh makes a frightening discovery.

Fifteen-year-old Miranda's summer job as au pair to a ten-year-old piano prodigy proves to be as challenging as keeping out of her stepmother's way, passing her driving test, and holding her boyfriend's interest when his former girlfriend returns.