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"Parents can be mom and dad, dad and dad, single parents, stepparents, and more. Explore the many ways that diverse parents care for children"--Provided by publisher.

As Sam learns his parents are separating, a stranger offers him a magic flute that will grant his greatest desire, but soon Sam discovers that while it worked on his parents, his two siblings have disappeared, as if they never existed.

Touches on many of the emotions that a child might feel following the loss of a parent.

"Sneaking out of the palace into the outside world to find the legendary Peaches of Immortality to gift to his father, 12-year-old Shang-Chi refuses to fail in his quest until he hears things that make him wonder if his father deserves to be saved"--OCLC.

The adopted daughter of an outlaw, Catriona Macgregor, once the Blessed, meets a renegade priest who helps her understand how her ability may be part of a much bigger picture -- one involving facing the man who ordered her parents killed and his son, who betrayed them all.

". . . Billy misses his Mommy very much. She lives in the clouds. Some days the sun is shining and Mommy's clouds are nowhere to be seen. Those are Billy's favorite days when he and Daddy would play in the garden all day long, and Billy knows that Mommy is letting the sun shine for them. But not all days are like that. Sometimes Mommy's clouds are dark, and Billy feels sad and alone . . ."--Provided by publisher.

"Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people... In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance--and Papi's secrets--the two girls are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered. And then, when it seems like they've lost everything of their father, they learn of each other."--.

When Maisie reconnects with her estranged twenty-two year-old brother abroad while trying to save her family's portrait studio, she uncovers a truth about her parents that changes everything.

"Losing a parent at any time in one's life is difficult, but losing a parent when a teenager brings its own distinct challenges. Coping with Parental Death offers coping strategies, expert advice, useful resources, and valuable insight from other young adults, providing support to those struggling with the death of one or both of their parents"--Provided by publisher.

Told in text messages, middle-schooler Ava is having a really bad day: her parents are getting divorced, she has had a big argument with her best friends, and the charge on her cellphone is getting low; but things are about to get a lot worse because the lockdown alarm has just gone off, and there is an intruder in the school building.