Divorce Child

A delightfully entertaining story of family and culture from acclaimed author Julia Alvarez. Moving to Vermont after his parents split, Miguel has plenty to worry about! Tía Lola, his quirky, carismática, and maybe magical aunt makes his life even more unpredictable when she arrives from the Dominican Republic to help out his Mami. Like her stories for adults, Julia Alvarez’s first middle-grade audiobook sparkles with magic as it illuminates a child’s experiences living in two cultures.

Octavia has big questions on her mind: Why do bad things happen, like Hurricane Katrina and 9/11? What is the meaning of life? Is there a God? Octavia’s father is convinced that art and Henry David Thoreau hold the key to life. Her mother, Ray, though, has always been seeking greater meaning - up until now. Octavia’s problem is not only that her parents have different answers to the big questions but that their answers are threatening to tear her family apart.

Sona and her friends are eager for their midterm break to begin, but Sona’s plans to write a book and go on adventures are pushed aside when her teacher, Miss Rao, announces that she’s getting married—and Sona and her classmates are all invited! But Sona’s excitement sours when she and her friends realize that after the wedding, Miss Rao might go to live with her husband in a different city. What if she never returns? Sona wishes Miss Rao would never get married!

Marc hubiese jurado que allí no había ningún agujero, y sin embargo, en el momento de caerse, sucedieron dos cosas que eran todavía más inexplicables. La primera es que sintió una atracción hacia el fondo, como si alguien le estuviese tirando de los pies, aunque no duró mucho, porque todo fue tan rápido... La segunda cosa insólita es que el agujero se cerró a su alrededor y le aprisionó a la altura del pecho.

How to Catch a Cheating Husband is your guide to finding the truth when your gut is telling you something’s not right. This isn’t about playing detective—it’s about getting real answers. Whether you’ve noticed strange behavior, changed routines, or just have a nagging feeling, this book walks you through what to look for, where to start, and what steps to take next.

Nine-year-old Daniel must move across the county with his mom after his parents’ divorce. He’s leaving behind his whole life - everything - and he’s taking a suitcase of anger with him. But Daniel is in for a surprise when he settles into While-a-Way Lane and meets his new neighbors - the Lemonade Girl, the hopscotching mailman, the tiny creatures, and especially Tilda Butter. Tilda knows how to look and listen closely, and it's that gift that helps Daniel find his way in that curious placed called While-a-Way Lane.

Amber's parents just aren't acting the way she thinks parents should. Sometimes her dad goes out on dates when he is supposed to be spending time with her. And her Mom went to Disneyland with Aunt Pam while Amber was with her dad (not fair!). Then Mom and Max decide to get married even sooner and move to a new house—maybe even a new town. Some kids seem to have no problems . . . and that makes Amber Brown green with envy.

For nine-year-old Flora Smallwood, Rosetown, Indiana, is full of surprises, many of the best of which happen at the Wing and a Chair Used Book Shop, where she loves to read vintage children’s books after school in the faded purple chair by the window. But lately, those surprises haven't been so good. Her dear old dog, Laurence, recently passed away. Not long after, her parents decided to take a breather from their marriage, and now, Flora has to move back and forth between their two houses. Plus, she's just begun fourth grade, and it is so much different than third.

Twelve-year-old Annabel thought Christmas break was going to be amazing. She’d planned to stay home in New York City with her best friend and do traditional things like go ice-skating in Rockefeller Center, hit the after-Christmas sale at Bloomingdale’s, and scream with the TRL crowd at MTV in Times Square. But when her best friend bails, Annabel’s mom decides it’s high time Annabel visit her father and his new family in Australia.

Seventeen-year-old Olivia hasn’t seen her father since she was eight months old. But when he summons her out of the blue, Olivia travels cross country to New Hampshire to meet him. That summer, she learns to adapt to rural life and to try to understand her reclusive father. The next summer, following high school graduation, she returns to recreate her father’s seventy-mile annual bike ride - reflecting on her own personal journey to understand the true meaning of love and kinship.

Fourth grader Odessa Green-Light lives with her mom and her toad of a little brother, Oliver. Her dad is getting remarried, which makes no sense according to Odessa. If the prefix "re" means "to do all over again", shouldn't he be remarrying Mom? Meanwhile, Odessa moves into the attic room of their new house. One day she gets mad and stomps across the attic floor. Then she feels as if she is falling and lands...on the attic floor. Turns out that Odessa has gone back in time a whole day!

I'm Lucy Rose, and here's the thing about this summer: I am big on fun and big on plans. I am desperate to make a lanyard keychain, and Jonique is feeling the same about potholders. Plus I have to get rid of 78 or more squirrels that are climbing all over Madam and Pop's apricot tree and taking bites out of the puny fruits and flinging them to the ground which is maddening to Madam who wants to make them into jam. The apricots, not the squirrels.

Just as Daniel is trying to fit in at his new school, his mum, the head teacher, stops taking her medicine. As she starts behaving more and more weirdly, Daniel realizes that his mum is ill - and he is the only person who can help her.

I'm Lucy Rose and here's the thing about me: I am eight and according to my grandfather I have the kind of life that is called eventful, which means NOT boring. According to my mom and my grandmother I'm what they call a handful. And according to my dad I am one smart cookie.

April has lots of nicknames: there's April Showers, because she's always crying, and April Fool, because of when her birthday falls. Her worst nickname of all, though, is Dustbin Baby. That reminds her of how she started out in life: abandoned in a rubbish bin. When she turns 14, April decides that she must find out who she really is, where she came from and, most importantly, who her real mother is. There have been lots of people she's called Mum, and now she lives with Marion.

Luna Rae has moved to a new house and a new school. It’s hard fitting in - especially when there’s so much to worry about at home. She’s sure that the way to solve everything is by winning the school baking competition with her mum...but there’s a problem. Luna’s mum has disappeared.

When eight-year-old Cappy discovers a whale swimming outside of his bedroom window, it's fair to say he's quite surprised. Given how long he's spent in hospital, Cappy has had plenty of time to read a LOT of books on animals, and he's never heard of a whale that can fly. What with his leukaemia, Cappy's used to not being allowed to do things he wants—like eating sweets, playing with dogs, or roaming too far from his protective family—so he's delighted when the amazing whale not only speaks to him, but asks him to join him for a ride in the sky.

"لم يعد والداي يعيشان في بيتٍ واحد، ولكنهما لا يزالان يحبانني.

أعيش في بيتين، لكنني ما زلت أقول في كل مساء:

""تصبحين على خير ماما""

""تصبح على خير بابا""

ما الذي سيحدث لبطلنا؟ وكيف يقول تصبحون على خير لأبيه وأمه بالرغم من عيشه في منزلين؟

هذا ما ستعرفه في قصتنا التي تناسب الأطفال من سن تسع سنوات.

استمع الآن. "

Celem niniejszej publikacji jest przedstawienie skali i znaczenia już społecznego problemu utrudniania dziecku kontaktów z rodzicem przez drugiego rodzica.

Mucho está cambiando para Cici. Sus padres se están separando, su abuela se mudó con ellos, y en su décimo cumpleaños, ¡se despierta con alas de hada! Los nuevos poderes mágicos de Cici le permiten ver a las personas como realmente son. Pero lo que descubre acerca de sus amigos y su familia no es fácil de aceptar. Tiene solo un día para decidir si se queda con sus alas. Cuando Cici solo desea que la vida sea normal de nuevo, ¿elegirá creer en el poder de las hadas?