Thirteen-year-old Jessica longs for the mother who abandoned her as a baby, and allows her fantasy of a perfect natural mother to color her attitude toward her father's new wife.
In 1847, when her mother's remarriage sends them on a difficult journey to California, Willow is swept overboard fording the South Platte River and must survive and search for her family.
When her mother remarries, 16-year-old Leigh abandons her acting career and tries to lead the life of a normal teenager. She is coached by her 17-year-old stepbrother, homebound with hemophilia.
A child experiences a bewildering set of life changes upon the remarriage of one parent after a divorce. Includes helpful tips for parents and teachers.
Upset by her mother's coming remarriage, ten-year-old Marcy is upset further when she learns she'll be staying with her father whom she hardly remembers.
A fourteen-year-old who feels betrayed by his father's remarriage and who is the butt of some pranksters' jokes becomes filled with a hostility that permeates all his relationships and carries him into a near-tragedy.
Thirteen-year-old Katie has a difficult time adjusting to her new family situation, especially after her mother and new stepfather announce that they are expecting a baby.
When his father forgets to come for him after his mother leaves on her wedding trip with her new husband, twelve-year-old Jerry runs away from both of them to his grandparents' house, only they don't live there any more.
