stepfamilies

A young girl describes her relationship to the various members of her family, including her stepfamily, as they all gather to celebrate her birthday.

Papa tells his daughter what will change and what will stay the same after he and his new wife have a baby.

Feeling out of place when she visits her father's new family, Kathy decides to spend Christmas with the close-knit family of Erin, one of her friends from summer camp.

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.

In 1978, when her restless father moves the family to Racine, Wisconsin, fourteen-year-old Libby quickly becomes friends with neighbor Angie, but there is something strange about Angie's stepfather and when Libby learns the truth, she must make a very difficult choice.

While in London visiting her mother, fifteen-year-old Miranda guiltily enjoys the company of a British boy while wondering why her boyfriend is out of touch, but she returns home to find her friendships, love life, family, and math team are all in turmoil.

Known as "The Human Calculator," fifteen-year-old Miranda is anything but popular, and it seems that will only get worse when she has to move in with her estranged father and his family, then is blackmailed into planning a school dance, where she will be escorted by a freshman while her stepsister dances with Miranda's dream date.

Back in San Francisco for her senior year in high school, seventeen-year-old Cyd attempts to reconcile with her boyfriend, Shrimp, making some girlfriends and beginning to feel more a part of her family in the process.

After being expelled from a fancy boarding school, Cyd Charisse's problems with her mother escalate after Cyd falls in love with a sensitive surfer and is subsequently sent from San Francisco to New York City to spend time with her biological father.

Discusses the personal problems and social pressures experienced in stepfamilies and provides methods of coping with these pressures.