Ruptured by Fritz, Joanne Rossmassler 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2023)

BTSB #: 359608 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
F&P: Y

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Novels in verse Aneurysms - Fiction Brain - Fiction Mothers - Fiction Emotions - Fiction Family problems - Fiction

Summary: Phoebe navigates fear, grief, and hope for recovery when her mother has a ruptured brain aneurysm while their family is on vacation, and right after her mother shares that she's planning to leave Phoebe's father.

Secrets of Eastcliff-by-the-Sea : the story of Annaliese Easterling & Throckmorton, her simply remarkable sock monkey by Beha, Eileen 

BTSB Prebound(Beach Lane Books, 2014)

BTSB #: 101915 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.9 MG RC: 4.4 3-5 Lexile: 720

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Toys - Fiction Mothers - Fiction Separation (Psychology) - Fiction

Summary: Relates an abandoned sock monkey's adventurous quest to reunite his owner with the one person she most longs to know.

Storyteller by Hobson, Brandon 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2023)

BTSB #: 449568 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 4.4 MG

Genres: Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Cherokee Indians - Fiction Missing persons - Fiction Mothers - Fiction Storytellers - Fiction Magic - Fiction Mystery fiction

Summary: Ziggy's mother disappeared ten years ago, one of the many Native women who have mysteriously gone missing, and Ziggy believes a secret cave may hold the key--so with his sister, Moon, and friends Alice and Corso, he sets out to find the cave and solve the mystery of his family's origins.

There flies the witch by Paasewe-Valchev, Mayonn 

BTSB Prebound(Greenwillow Books, 2023)

BTSB #: 694978 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Orphans - Fiction Belonging (Social psychology) - Fiction Mothers - Fiction Witches - Fiction Nature - Fiction

Summary: Red may not know who her true family is, but she is determined to find out where she truly belongs.

Truth about Twinkie Pie by Yeh, Kat 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2015)

BTSB #: P03006 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Moving - Fiction Sisters - Fiction Mothers - Fiction

Summary: When twelve-year-old GiGi and her big sister DiDi move to Long Island from South Carolina for GiGi to attend a fancy new private school, GiGi has a new recipe for success and makes new friends, but then discovers a family secret that turns her life upside-down.

Waiting for normal by Connor, Leslie 

Paperback(HarperCollins, 2008)

BTSB #: 235959 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 3.7 MG RC: 2.9 6-8 Lexile: 570

Genres:

Subjects: Family problems - Fiction Mothers - Fiction Stepfathers - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Schenectady (N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: Addie tries to cope with her mother's odd behavior and separation from her stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother move to a trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of town.

Worser by Ziegler, Jennifer 

Paperback(Holiday House, 2023)

BTSB #: 980549 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.2 MG F&P: Z

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Change - Fiction Vocabulary - Fiction Plays on words - Fiction Cerebrovascular disease - Fiction Aunts - Fiction Mothers - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Bookstores - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: William Wyatt Orser's life is turned upside down after his mother has a stroke, but the socially awkward, word-loving twelve-year-old finds glimmers of hope when he discovers friends who share his love of wordplay and books.

Worser by Ziegler, Jennifer 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2022)

BTSB #: 980788 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.2 MG F&P: Z

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Change - Fiction Vocabulary - Fiction Plays on words - Fiction Cerebrovascular disease - Fiction Aunts - Fiction Mothers - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Bookstores - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: William Wyatt Orser's life is turned upside down after his mother has a stroke, but the socially awkward, word-loving twelve-year-old finds glimmers of hope when he discovers friends who share his love of wordplay and books.

Your mama by Ramos, NoNieqa 

BTSB Prebound(Versify, 2021)

BTSB #: 738254 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-7   
AR: 2.7 LG

Genres: Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: Mothers - Fiction Family life - Fiction Conduct of life - Fiction Latinos (U.S.) - Fiction

Summary: Illustrations and easy-to-read text twist classic "your mama" jokes into a celebration of the beauty, power, and love of motherhood.