It is important for kids to be able to see themselves and new situations they may be facing in the books they read. Divorce can be super difficult for a child to navigate, something young characters from these books understand. 
Something Maybe Magnificent

There’s a new man in her mom’s life, and Victoria is determined to get rid of him—no matter what. Both a standalone novel and a follow up to The First Magnificent Summer, this pitch-perfect middle grade story is destined to become a classic.

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The First Magnificent Summer

Judy Blume meets Barbara Dee in this tender and empowering middle grade novel told in journal entries and poetry about a young writer on the verge of becoming a woman whose summer with her estranged father doesn’t turn out the way she’d hoped.
 

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The In-Between

For fans of Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle and Life in Motion by Misty Copeland, this middle grade memoir in verse chronicles a young girl and her family who must start over after losing their home.

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That Thing about Bollywood

Bollywood takes over in this contemporary, magical middle grade novel about an Indian American girl whose world turns upside down when she involuntarily starts bursting into glamorous song-and-dance routines during everyday life.

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Blended

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. Draper.

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It's Not the End of the World

Can Karen keep her parents from getting a divorce? This classic novel from Judy Blume has a fresh new look.

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Ella Unleashed

The Parent Trap meets Best in Show in this charming novel about a girl who must learn to make peace with the unpredictability of life.

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Moon Shadow

Thirteen-year-old Lucia Frank discovers that she can become the girl she’s always wanted to be with the help of a little “moon magic” in this charming novel about the value of friendship, family, and finding yourself.

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Molly in the Middle

A girl finds herself in the middle of a big decision—follow the crowd or follow her heart—in this hilarious M!X novel.
 

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The Power Within

Darren receives a mysterious bracelet that helps him control his lightning abilities in the third action-packed novel of The Hidden World of Changers series!

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Honeybees and Frenemies

Twelve-year-old Flor faces a bittersweet summer with a pageant, a frenemy, and a hive full of honey in this “sweet and satisfying read about friendship, sisterhood, and change” (Kirkus Reviews).

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The Care and Keeping of Freddy

For fans of Kate DiCamillo and Sharon Creech comes this sweet and funny middle grade novel about a young girl, her pet bearded dragon, and the friends who make her summer one to remember.

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If This Were a Story

In the tradition of Crenshaw and The Thing About Jellyfish, ten-year-old Hannah copes with the bullies at school and troubles at home through the power of stories in this sweet and sincere debut.

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