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Divorce

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Dealing with Divorce in Teen Fiction

 

As Brave as You by Jason Reynolds

  • Pub Date: 2016
  • Grades 5-8 interest
  • Diversity: African-American characters
  • See also: Intergenerational, Guilt
  • I wrote about it: Author Spotlight: Jason Reynolds 
  • Genie and his brother are sent to stay with their grandparents for the summer while their parents try to work things out. Genie worries about what will happen if they get divorced.

 

Between Mom and Jo by Julie Anne Peters

  • Pub Date: 2007
  • See also: LGBT Parents 
  • Nick's moms have never been married, but when they split up, it tears his world apart.

 

Notes From the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick

  • Pub Date: 2006
  • Middle and high school interest 
  • Alex, still reeling from  his parents' recent divorce, gets in trouble with the law.

 

Total Constant Order by Crissa-Jean Chappell

 

A Little Friendly Advice by Siobhan Vivian

 

The Sweet Life of Stella Madison by Lara Zeises

  • Pub Date: 2009
  • See also: Food, Divorce
  •  Stella's parents have been separated for years, but she still has a hard time when they start dating other people.

 

Stick by Andrew Smith

  • Pub Date: 2011
  • See also: Abuse 
  • When Stark's abusive parents split up, Stark decides he can't stay with either of them and runs away. 

 

How to Build a House by Dana Reinhardt

 

Return to Me by Justina Chen

  • Pub Date: 2013
  • High school interest
  • See also: Extended Family 
  • Rebecca's family is thrown off balance when they learn her father is leaving her mother for another woman. 

 

The Beauty of the Moment by Tanaz Bhathena

  • Pub Date: 2019
  • High school interest
  • See also: Artists, BFF Trouble
  • Susan's parents' marriage is struggling.

 

 

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