Living with her father and sister in a trailer on Welsh Mountain, twelve-year-old Maizie comes to terms with her mother's decision to leave the family four years ago.
After her mother goes away to find herself, Desdemona, her father, the twins, and the three dogs learn to cope by themselves with a strict housekeeper, a heartless landlord, and an odd aunt.
a story about a single-parent child with a special section for single mothers and fathers
Lindsay, Jeanne Warren
2000
A single mother explains to her son that his daddy left soon after he was born. Includes a section with suggestions for answering the question, "Do I have a daddy?".
Nine-year-old Alice must write about herself for an assignment in her London school, and in doing so, she sorts out her feelings about her somewhat prickly single mother, the father she has never met, her flamboyant paternal grandmother, and the rest of her sometimes confusing life.
Looking after an eccentric scientist's greenhouse does not seem any stranger than the other odd jobs taken by Mozie and his partner Battie--until Mozie discovers a large, mummy-shaped pod on one of the plants.
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 a mine.
