single-parent family

A young boy describes some of the good and bad aspects of living with his single working mother.

When her father's printing business goes broke, 13-year-old Molly wants to leave Schenectady, New York, and start over in Connecticut, but matters are complicated by two selfish, conniving people.

Ninth-grader Andy's relatively stable life with his father and his cat living above their Manhattan restaurant is threatened when his father falls in love and their restaurant is discovered by a restaurant critic, bringing the Mafia in for a cut of the increasing business.

Since Sydney knows very little about her real father, she makes up a story about her dad being a Boomerang and things start getting out of hand.

Discsses the problems and adjustments involved in having only one parent in the family and what happens when that parent remarries, giving the child a stepfamily.

When motherless Alice turns thirteen she feels in-between, no longer a child but not yet a woman, and discovers that growing up can be both frustrating and wonderful.

Reluctant to see any changes in his life on Dove Island, eleven-year-old George tries to get rid of his father's new girlfriend.

Reluctant to admit that he suffers from claustrophobia and anxious not to alienate his friends, Rudy tries to find a way to distract them from pursuing their plan of exploring an abandoned gold mine.