stepfamilies

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stepfamilies

Ostrich eye

2004
Fifteen-year-old Ginger, who lives with her mother, stepfather, and younger stepsister and never knew her father, is convinced that the strange man who keeps showing up unexpectedly is really her dad.

The Steps

2003
Over Christmas vacation, Annabel goes from her home in Manhattan to visit her father, his new wife, and her half- and step-siblings in Sydney, Australia.

Ten miles from Winnemucca

2002
When his mother and her new husband take off on a long honeymoon and his new stepbrother throws his belongings out the window, sixteen-year-old Martin J. Miller takes off in his Jeep and settles in Red Rock, Idaho, where he finds a job, enrolls in school, and suffers from loneliness.

Spellfall

2001
After twelve-year-old Natalie, unaware of her own powers, is kidnapped by a wizard, she, her stepbrother, and their friends are caught up in the sorcerer's attempt to cross an invisible boundary in order to invade another world.

Timon's tide

2000
Haunted by the thought that he may have been responsible for his older brother Timon's death six years earlier, sixteen-year-old Daniel struggles to come to terms with his own self-doubts, his new stepfamily, and the sudden reappearance of Timon in his life.

Being with Henry

2000
Forced out of his home by a disagreeable and bullying stepfather, sixteen-year-old Laker moves to another town and strikes up an unexpected friendship with a frail but determined old man.

Journey into terror

1996
A country kid and his half-brother from the city team up and learn from each other in order to save their lives in an adventure set in rural Oklahoma.

Drummers of Jericho

1995
A fourteen-year-old Jewish girl goes to live with her father and stepmother in a small town and soon finds herself the center of a civil rights battle when she objects to the high school band marching in the formation of a cross.

Bunny drop

2010
When attending his funeral, thirty-year old bachelor Daikichi discovers his grandfather fathered an illegitimate young girl, whom, after being ostracized from the family, is taken in by Daikichi, who knows nothing about children.

Far from you

2010
A novel-in-verse about sixteen-year-old Ali's reluctant road trip with her stepmother and new baby sister, and the terror that ensues after they end up lost in the snow-covered woods.

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