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single-parent families

Books about single-parent families for readers of all ages.

Cover of The bicycle man

The bicycle man

David L. Dudley

Ages 9–14friendshipmentorship

Cover of H, my name is Henley

H, my name is Henley

Colby F. Rodowsky

Ages 9–13familysingle-parent families

Cover of The distance between us

The distance between us

Kasie West

Ages 14–18class and wealthromance

Cover of No beasts! No children!

No beasts! No children!

Beverly Keller

Ages 8–12friendshipfamily

Cover of Lemonade sky

Lemonade sky

Jean Ure

Ages 10–14familymental health

Cover of The winds of heaven

The winds of heaven

Judith Clarke

Ages 10–15family relationshipscousins

Cover of The life of glass

The life of glass

Jillian Cantor

Ages 10–14loss and grieffamily relationships

Cover of Mama, I'll give you the World

Mama, I'll give you the World

Roni Schotter

Ages 4–9lovefamily

Cover of Alice in-between

Alice in-between

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Ages 8–12familysingle-parent families

Cover of Stormwalker

Stormwalker

Mike Revell

Ages 10–14fantasy and magicsingle-parent families

Cover of Robbie and the leap year blues

Robbie and the leap year blues

Norma Klein

Ages 8–12friendshipsingle-parent families

Cover of Gadget Girl

Gadget Girl

Suzanne Kamata

Ages 10–14coming of agesingle-parent families

Cover of Resan till världens ände

Resan till världens ände

Henning Mankell

Ages 10–15family relationshipsfathers and sons

Cover of Gina.Jamie.Father.Bear

Gina.Jamie.Father.Bear

George Ella Lyon

Ages 10–14familysecrets

Cover of The kings are already here

The kings are already here

Garret Freymann-Weyr

Ages 12–16ballet and dancesingle-parent families

Cover of Turkey monster Thanksgiving

Turkey monster Thanksgiving

Anne Warren Smith

Ages 7–12familythanksgiving

Cover of Davey McGravy

Davey McGravy

Mason, David, Grant Silverstein

Ages 9–14naturefamily

Cover of Gyrfalcon

Gyrfalcon

Grace Wells

Ages 10–15familymagic

Cover of Hanging by a thread

Hanging by a thread

Sophie Littlefield

Ages 10–15familysingle-parent families

Cover of Poor Gertie

Poor Gertie

Larry Bograd

Ages 8–12single-parent familiescreativity

Cover of My War with Goggle-Eyes

My War with Goggle-Eyes

Anne Fine

Ages 9–13family dynamicssingle-parent families

Cover of Cashing in

Cashing in

Susan Colebank

Ages 9–14family lifefinancial responsibility

Cover of Since you left me

Since you left me

Allen Zadoff

Ages 13–18faithfamily

Cover of Rocky road

Rocky road

Rose Kent

Ages 7–12familydisability representation