single-parent family

Discusses why some families have only one parent and examines some of the problems that occur in single-parent families.

Eighth-grader Alice has lots of questions about sex, relationships, prejudice, and change.

Eleven-year-old Jasmyn gets a different perspective on life when her mother is sent to Saudi Arabia at the beginning of the Persian Gulf War, leaving her and her baby half brother behind in Maine in the care of her mother's boyfriend.

When Mark discovers money and a note concealed in the pages of a copy of Dickens' "Great Expectations, " he undertakes a quest with his classmate Zeena that leads to more money, more clues to follow, and ultimately more knowledge of himself.

Eleven-year-old Steven has vague and disturbing memories of being left alone on a road in the middle of nowhere when he was young, but his mother, faced with her own problems, continually avoids answering his questions about their earlier life in an Australian city.

When his mother gives him a garden plot for his tenth birthday, Jackson Jones hopes to earn enough money to buy a basketball, but all he seems to get is trouble.

Discusses the myths and misconceptions that sometimes surround single-parent families.

The only child of a single mother, Geraldine is tired of having to fit into her mother's busy orchestra schedule but things begin to change when she discovers a new friend and an ambition to be a conductor.

In 1947, his head filled with the advice and wisdom of his runaway father, thirteen-year-old Freddy moves his mother from their Georgia farm into town and takes on the challenge of holding his family together.

Starting a new school year, everything is "easy-peasy, simple-pimple" for Charlie until her strict teacher assigns a tough school project and Charlie's mother loses her job.