problem families

Kidnapped seventeen years before, a man's daughter by a former marriage appears at his new home in Pittsbugh and affects the entire family.

In the wake of his parents' separation, ten-year-old Billy seems to have continual conflicts with his father, who is also his basketball coach, but his quiet, younger brother Ben, a piano prodigy, is having even more trouble adjusting, and only Billy seems to notice.

Sixteen-year-old Nomi struggles not to give in to despair when her mother and sister flee their home in East Village, a Mennonite community in Manitoba, leaving her in the care of her increasingly depressed father.

Ro, already on the defensive because her mother was a lesbian, does not know quite how to react when Jodie, a beautiful new girl, arrives at school and makes it clear she wants to be more than just friends.

Contains information for children experiencing termination of parental rights, and focuses on a variety of families who cope with adoption, foster homes, abusive situations, and other forms of trauma. Also offers resources for aiding serious problems.

A young woman with a mentally ill sister struggles to find her own identity.

Suddenly and unwillingly the girlfriend of a popular baseball player, seventeen-year-old Kate DelVecchio goes from social invisibility to paid matchmaker for her fellow students, progressing toward her goal of becoming a self-made millionaire by age twenty while proving herself to her absent mother.

Expelled from boarding school, Charles' presence at home proves disruptive, especially for sister Rachel, a gifted seventh grader juggling friendships and school activities.

Dicey struggles to make a go of a boatbuilding business while facing family concerns, romantic problems, and the uncertainties of a drifter who offers to help her in her work.

When the family piano is sold, Emily tries to find it since it reminds her of the times when she sat underneath it and daydreamed about her parents not fighting, and she believes that retrieving it will bring back a pinch of happiness.