parent and child

The special relationship shared by brothers Bob and Rex becomes strained when their father dies suddenly while umpiring a softball game, but a game against a cross-town baseball rival teaches them a valuable lesson.

Twelve-year-old Sebastien Ranes is sent by his mother on a Greyhound bus to live with his grandmother, and, as he travels across the country, he learns about life and himself while having a series of misadventures with an ex-convict.

The lives of upper-class professional Johannesburg couple Harald and Claudia Lindgard are shattered when their twenty-seven-year-old son Duncan shoots and kills one of his friends.

Concerned about their parent's smoking, a group of children get together to try and make them stop.

Two different sets of children and parents describe a day's activities from two different points of view.

Oliver is going to be a big brother, and doesn't like the idea one bit.

Twelve-year-old Billy discovers that his parents' extermination business is really a cover for something a whole lot more sinister.

Discusses why families break down and the long-term effects of this on children. Treatment methods are also discussed.

Readers learn about some of the reasons that can cause a parent to lose his or her job, and how to help their families cope with change and the possibility of hard times.