Ariel Flack is stuck on a two-week bus tour with her mother, sister, uncle, and grandparents, and although she was dreading the trip, she is surprised by what she learns when she begins to get to know her family.
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world. Winner of the Newbery Medal 1984.
Judith Wallerstein explains the results of her twenty-five year study of 131 children of divorce parents, discussing how the children's adolescent and adult lives were affected by their parents' divorces.
Miki just wants an ordinary family, but her life is turned upside-down when her parents meet the Matsuuras, and she winds up living in a house with four parents and a stepbrother she can't stand.
In the remote mountains of Arizona where he lives with his mother, stepfather, and two sisters, fourteen-year-old Chase discovers two kidnapped boys and gets caught up in a dangerous adventure when he comes up with a plan to get them to safety.
Fifteen-year-old Mia feels like a ghost watching her own life when her parents' arguments escalate into a separation, triggering counseling sessions, strange behavior in her brother and sister, and a new connection with her brother's best friend.
