Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Divorce, separation, family break-up

WINNER OF THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS 2022.

A lonely girl, a missing father and a trail of lies .

A story of friendship to treasure this Christmas .

From the author of bestselling THIS LIE WILL KILL YOU comes another unputdownable thriller about a group of friends who will do anything to protect each other even murder .

Absolutely incredible, honest, gut-wrenching!

Ferris Bueller meets Nick and Noras Infinite Playlist in this fun-filled romp through the city that never sleeps, from the New York Times-bestselling author of Since Youve Been Gone.

By award-winning Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho, the first book in the Luna Loves.

Like lightning/you strike/fast and free/legs zoom/down field/eyes fixed/on the checkered ball/on the goal/ten yards to go/can't nobody stop you/can't nobody cop you.

Nominated for the Carnegie Medal.

The world is dying, overcrowded and polluted.

Thirteen-year-old wrestling fanatic Henry used to have a normal life.

Meet Minny: her life is a complicated whirlwind of unbearable PE lessons, annoying friends and impossible-to-live-with siblings.

Meet Stewart.

Mum knew she shouldn't have left the children alone.

Joe and Claire can see why Mum chucked Dad out.

Just as Long as We're Together is Judy Blume's classic novel about changing friendships.

From the author of Are You There God?

Aisha is a thirteen-year-old refugee living in London.

There were three people, standing in the darkest place, watching him.

Katrina has always relied on her grandparents to provide stability in comparison with her rather volatile parents.

Kev's a loner, a hard case.

Eleven-year-old Isabella's blended family is more divided than ever in this ';timely but genuine' (Publishers Weekly) story about divorce and racial identity from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Out of My Mind, Sharon M.

Jason has had enough of his parents' arguments.

America, 1955.

'I know Mum will be heartbroken if I don't go with her, but I'm the only family Dad's got.

'I m Em I love when Dad pretends that it s short for Emerald, which is much better than boring old Emily.

April knows she was abandoned in a rubbish bin as a newborn baby, fourteen years ago.

"e;I said, 'It's my life and it hasn't been very special so far, has it, so why shouldn't I write any old rubbish?

MEET TEN-YEAR-OLD ANDY.

'I looked at my mum then and knew I hated my dad.

Meet Elsa - The Bed and Breakfast star!

Tracy is back on TV in My Mum Tracy Beaker!

The brand new novel from the critically-acclaimed author of Snow Foal and Otters' Moon.

In this sweet and funny companion to Weekends with Max and His Dad by acclaimed author Linda Urban, Max and his mom embark on a road trip as they adjust to their new understanding of family.

A touching story that introduces children to separation, following the challenges a family face going through a divorce.

From theNew York Times bestselling author Simone Elkeles comes an epiclove story like no other .

Fresh, innovative, and loaded with laugh-out-loud wit and humor, Just Grace is a series that stands out from the pack, just like Grace herself.

Will Nikki and Deja's friendship survive a race for student body president?

When a new job falls his way, Chance jumps at the opportunity, becoming a runner who picks up strange packages on a daily route and delivers them to a shady man at the marina.

All the good things in Margarets world are collapsing, one by one, like a row of dominoes.

In this funny, action-packed middle grade novel from the author of the American Girl Luciana books,Alison gets invited to be on her dad's reality show, Survivor Guy, and faces important realities about her family, self-reliance, and learning to work together with friends.

In fifteenth-century France, the convent of Saint Mortain provides sanctuary to girls seeking refuge from the cruelty of the outside world.

'It's good that I've found this secret place .

From the critically acclaimed author of Train I Ride and Echos Sister comes a moving story of friendship between two girls looking for some happiness in a world that can be a little cruel.

The first middle grade novel from Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin (now a popular Netflix film), is a funny, heartwarming story perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead, Ali Benjamin, and Holly Goldberg Sloan.

"e;Later, I would think of it as crossing over.

Inspiring, cozy, and full of heart!

Jen Malone, author of teen novels Wanderlost and Map to the Stars, will take readers to the high seasliterallyin this contemporary YA novel about a girl facing the dissolution of her parents marriage, a new romance, and self-discovery while sailing down the Pacific coast.

Perfect for fans of Mike Lupicas sports books and Dan Gutmans Baseball Card Adventures, New York Times bestselling author and former NFL player Tim Green gives readers a thrilling new addition to his bestselling Baseball Great series.