Divorce: Talking Points

Published: May 1998
Price: Not known
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 0 7502 2177 1
Publisher: Wayland
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Due to be published May 1998. Mature look book dealing with real life case studies. Older children will respond to the sophisticated setting of text and photographs.

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Divorce (Facts About Series)

Published:
Price: £6.99
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN: 07500 0826 1
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
With colour photographs to illustrate it, this book uses simple language to enable children to understand social issues. Includes case histories and a glossary.

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It's Not the End of the World
- Judy Blume

Published:
Price: £2.99
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN: 03302 6954 2
Publisher: Pan Piper
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Karen is 12 and her world is crumbling - her parents are getting divorced. Can she and her brother and sister prevent it?

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Dinosaur's Divorce
- Krasnay Brown

Published: 1987
Price: £5.95
Age Range: 5-10
ISBN:
Publisher: Collins
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
The dinosaur characters in this picture book will help young children and their parents deal with the confusion, misconceptions and anxieties which often arise when divorce occurs.

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We're Talking About Divorce
- Anne Charlish

Published: 1997
Price: £8.99
Age Range: 5-Teenage
ISBN: 0 7502 21143
Publisher: Wayland
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Why do parents split up? Will they stop loving you if they have stopped loving each other? Who should you talk to? Divorce affects many people, both parents and children. This book will help you understand why so many people get divorced, and will help you come to terms with the unhappiness it creates.

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Holding Me Here
- Pam Conrad

Published: 1990
Price: £2.99
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 0192716689
Publisher: Puffin Plus
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
A moving account of a teenager coming to terms with her parents' divorce.

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The Divorce Express
- Paula Danzinger

Published: 1982
Price: £2.99
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN: 03302 9657 4
Publisher: Heinemann
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
14 year old Phoebe is having to deal with a split family life since her parents' divorce. She lives with her father during the week in Woodstock and her mothers at the weekends in New York City, riding the Divorce Express. She finds it hard to make friends and feels lonely. Things, get better when she meets Rose, but then her mother announces that she is going to marry a new man, whom Phoebe hates.

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Step by Wicked Step
- Anne Fine

Published:
Price:
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN:
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Five pupils on a school trip to Old Harwick Hall. They all have one thing in common, that their parents are divorced.

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Divorce (Understanding Social Issues Series)
- Liz Friedrich

Published: 1988
Price: £5.95
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 08631 37776
Publisher: Aladdin books
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
An exploration of the social and personal issues surrounding divorce. Aimed at young adults.

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At Daddy's on Saturdays
- Linda Girard

Published:
Price: £3.99
Age Range: 5-10
ISBN:
Publisher:
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
How a child copes with her parents' divorce and only seeing her father at weekends.

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Water Wings
- Morris Gleitzman

Published: 1996
Price: £9.99
Age Range: 5-12
ISBN: 0 33 67896 6
Publisher: Macmillan
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Pearl has a secret hidden in the family freezer, but Gran's dark secrets are buried much deeper. Pearl, Grand and Winston the guinea pig face some tough truths in this brilliant, funny and moving novel.

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How it Feels when Parents Divorce
- Jill Krementz

Published:
Price:
Age Range: 5-Teenage
ISBN: 057505 1833 0
Publisher: Gollancz
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
American children aged between 7 - 16 tell in their own words what the experience their parents' divorce has been like for them.

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Divorce: What Shall We Tell the Children?
- Peter Mayle

Published: 1979
Price: £3.50
Age Range: 5-12
ISBN: 0 491 02268 9
Publisher: W H Allen & Co Ltd
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Provides a simple and sympathetic explanation of what can go wrong in a marriage.

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Divorce
- Ann Mitchell

Published: 1990
Price: £7.50
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN: 1 85210 800 2
Publisher: Wayland (Publishers) Ltd
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Dealing with sensitive issues which arise when parents divorce.

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Families, Can't Live With Them, Can't Live Without Them
- Anita Naik

Published: 1996
Price: £3.99
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 0 340 636203
Publisher: Hodder children's books
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Invaluable advice on coping with more serious family matters such as divorce, adoption and bereavement.

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Piper's Gate
- Marjorie O'Hara

Published: 1991
Price: £8.99
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 04349 5416 0
Publisher: Mammoth
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No

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Hatchet
- Gary Paulsen

Published: 1987
Price: £3.99
Age Range: 10-12
ISBN: 0 330 31045 3
Publisher:
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Brian Robeson has a secret, he knew what was the cause of his parents' divorce. On his way home from visiting his mother, the plane crash lands in the Canadian wilderness, all he is left with him is a hatchet - and the need to survive. From now on he learns everything the hard way.

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When Gemma's Parents Got Divorced
- Sveriges Radios Forlag

Published: 1976
Price: £1.60
Age Range: 5-12
ISBN: 0 340 19685 8
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
In Print:
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Gemma and her brother John's parents decide to get divorced. She is afraid she and her brother may have to live apart. Gemma has a friend called Olly who she can talk to about it. The conclusion of the story is that both parents meet new partners. It is quite a sad book, full of illustrations of people with sad faces.

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An Open Mind
- Susan Sallis

Published:
Price: £2.25
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 0140 32607 3
Publisher: Puffin Plus
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
A subtle and compassionate novel in which David,Working at a school for children with special needs, comes to understand his parents' divorce.

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Divorce is a Grown Up Problem
- Janet Sinberg

Published:
Price: Not known
Age Range: 5-10
ISBN:
Publisher:
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Designed to be read aloud by a parent to reassure children that the divorce is not their fault and that they are still loved, safe and secure.

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Sam's New Dad
- Nigel Snell

Published: 1985
Price:
Age Range: 5-10
ISBN:
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
A picture book about Sam who lived on his own with his mummy after his parents' divorce and learning that parent's new friends and partners can be fun to have around.

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Children Don't Divorce
- Rosemary Stones

Published: 1991
Price: £3.99
Age Range: 5-10
ISBN: 08512 28119
Publisher: Dinosaur
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Divorce viewed through the eyes of a child. Examines the pressures and feelings of guilt often suffered by the children involved. Looks at step partners and what to tell friends. Good basis for discussion for children in this situation.

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It's Not Your Fault
- Rosemary Stones

Published:
Price: £5.40
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN: 1853402338
Publisher: PB
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Divorce for children is generally bewildering and painful. The author offers clear, comprehensive, non-patronising advice covering emotional as well as legal aspects.

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Out of Control
- Kate William

Published: 1992
Price: £2.50
Age Range: 10-12
ISBN: 0553 263412
Publisher: Bantam
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
The school football star can't control his temper. He has problems relating to his parents' divorce and his father taking out his feelings on his son.