single-parent family

Alice experiences the joys and embarrassments of seventh grade while advising her father and older brother on their love lives.

When the fate of a once prominent person becomes the topic of an eleventh-grade English report, Tim chooses one of baseball's finest shortstops as his subject.

Fifteen-year-old Red's troubled relationship with his father, a policeman in a small Canadian community, acquires a new perspective when his best friend's long-missing mother suddenly returns.

Relates, in verse, the excitement and joy of a young boy anticipating as well as celebrating Christmas in the city.

Fifteen-year-old Patrice's quiet life with her mother is disrupted when Patrice finds herself experiencing pregnancy and motherhood.

Children describe their experiences and problems living with a single parent, including unmarried mothers, divorced parents, and parents whose spouses have died.

A year after her father has left home for good, fifth-grader DeDe helps her mother cope with the realities of life after divorce.

When his stepfather leaves home, Tim must cope with his loneliness and learn to deepen his relationships with those still close to him.

Having lived all her life with her widowered father in their small Southern town, twelve-year-old Letty resents his new girlfriend and tries to grow up in a hurry to stop him from remarrying.

Discusses the various types of one-parent families and explores the problems and the advantages and disadvantages of being a child in a single-parent family.