Divorce/Separation in Children's Fiction 

Weekends with Max and his Dad by Linda Urban

• Pub Date: 2016
• Grades 2-4 interest
• A series of slice of life adventures on the weekends Max spends with his dad. 

Bird Lake Moon by Kevin Henkes

• Pub Date: 2008
• Grades 4-7 Interest 
• See also: Summer Vacation 
• Max's parents separate, and he moves with his mother to Bird Lake where he meets a new friend. 

Dancing Pancake by Eileen Spinelli

• Pub Date: 2010
• Grades 4-6 interest 
•  See also: In verse

Octavia Boone's Big Questions about Life, the Universe, and Everything by Rebecca Rupp

• Pub Date: 2010
• Grades 5-7 interest 
• When Octavia's mom converts to a fundamentalist version of Christianity, the whole family is strained.
• On the blog: Evolution, the controversy for kids 

Double Dog Dare by Lisa Graff

• Pub Date: 2012
• Grades 4-6 interest 
• See also: Moving/New Kid, Competition

Big & Little Questions by Wren Jo Byrd by Julie Bowe

Words with Wings by Nikki Grimes

• Pub Date: 2013
• Grades 4-8 interest
• See also: Words/Language   

Booked by Kwame Alexander

• Pub Date: 2016
• Grades 5-8 interest
•  See also: Words/Language 

As Brave as You by Jason Reynolds

• Pub Date: 2016
• Grades 5-8 interest
• Diversity: African-American characters
• See also in Children's: Intergenerational, Forbidden Places,  Research, Words
• See also in Teen:  Guilt, Extended Family
• 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.

Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand

• Pub Date: 2016
• Grades 4-7 interest
• See also in Children's: Summer vacation, Writers
• See also in Teen: Extended Family, Secrets, Writers
• Finlay is sent to her estranged grandparents house for the summer while her parents consider divorce. 

The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson

• Pub Date: 2018
• Grades 5-8 interest
• See also: Searching, Summer vacation, Only Children
• Candice spends her summer searching for a mysterious fortune that may or may not exist. 

You Go First by Erin Entrada Kelly

• Pub Date: 2018
• Grades 4-6 interest
• Ben's parents tell him they are getting divorced, and Charlotte's dad is in the hospital. 

Blended by Sharon Draper

• Pub Date: 2018
• Grades 4-6 interest
• Isabella struggles to figure out her identity when her weeks are split between her parents. 

Dear Sweet Pea by Julie Murphy

• Pub Date: 2019
• Grades 4-6 interest
• Sweet Pea is adjusting to her parents' divorce and also having BFF trouble.