Single parent families (facts about series)

Published:
Price: 6.99
Age Range: 10-12
ISBN: 07500 0830
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No

Are we nearly there?
- Louis Baum

Published: 1986
Price: 5.95
Age Range: 0-5
ISBN: 03703 0692 9
Publisher: Bodley Head
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
A picture story: playing in the park and then travelling on a train. Illustrates that it is alright to enjoy time with one parent, but also want to get home to the other one.

Dear Mr Henshaw
- Beverly Cleary

Published: 1988
Price: 2.5
Age Range: 5-12
ISBN: 01403 1797 X
Publisher: Puffin
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Winner of Newbury Medal. Leigh has a dog called Bandit whom he chooses as subject for a school project. He is impressed by a book called Ways to Amuse a Dog and develops a rapport with the books author. This helps him build a relationship with his wayward father.

In at the Shallow End
- Hannah Cole

Published: 1990
Price: 2.99
Age Range: Teenage
Publisher: Walker
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
For Dawn, it's nerve racking enough being with a father she hasn't seen for years, but when he arranges swimming lessons, the holiday looks like turning into a nightmare.

A seal upon my heart
- Pam Conrad

Published:
Price: 2.99
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 01403 4316 4
Publisher: Puffin Plus
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Darcie has never known her father and two brothers. When two men appear in her life she discovers the love that has eluded her.

Going to Egypt
- Helen Dunmore

Published: 1992
Price: 8.99
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN: 18568 1103 4
Publisher: Julie MacRae
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Colette dreams of visiting far off lands, of being a foreign correspondent for a big newspaper. Instead she is on her way to Weston to visit her dad for the summer holiday, a holiday which provides a week of adventure as she befriends 2 local boys. This book is a story about self-discovery, the joy of first love and betrayal. An enjoyable book with an exciting ending.

The moonlight man
- Paula Fox

Published: 1988
Price: 7.95
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 04600 6243 3
Publisher: Dent
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Catherine meets the divorced father she hardly knows and finds he challenges her perceptions and forces her to examine her actions carefully. Written with subtle use of language and a gift for storytelling

Change the locks
- Simon French

Published: 1991
Price: 4.99
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 02339 8746 0
Publisher: Andre Deusch
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Steven remembers being along on a road but not what happened next. His mother answer's answers are evasive - so how can be unravel the past? A sensitive novel.

Lexie
- Mary Hooper

Published: 1987
Price: 1.99
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 04161 0352 9
Publisher: Teens
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Lexie and her sister go to live with her dad for a while whilst her mum is in Saudi Arabia with her new husband. She soon finds life tests her powers of endurance.

Great comfort
- Geraldine Kaye

Published: 1988
Price: 3.50
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 02339 8300 7
Publisher: AdLib
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Sequel to Comfort Herself. Now visiting her father and his family in Ghana. Comfort senses all is not well.

Comfort Herself
- Geraldine Kaye

Published: 1984
Price: 5.95
Age Range: 10-12
ISBN: 02339 7614 0
Publisher: Scholastic
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Comfort Katey-Jones lives with her mother Margaret, who is separated from Comforts' father, a Ghanaian. When Margaret is killed in a road accident, Comfort is sent to live with her mothers parents in the country. During her short time living with her grandparents, Comfort finds it difficult to fit in with the children of the village but is befriended by Lettie, a local girl. Then Comfort receives a letter from her father in Ghana asking her to go to him. This book is about Comfort's new life in Africa and how she copes with life in a different culture.

If This is the Real World
- Brian Keany

Published:
Price: 7.95
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN: 10927 1661 1
Publisher: Oxford
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Brian was only 5 when his dad disappeared and he thinks he can't remember him. Then one day he sees a familiar face in a supermarket queue. "Perceptive and revealing".

The Gooseberry
- Joan Lingard

Published: 1984
Price: 2.99
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 00993 4090 9
Publisher: Beaver
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Ellen finds herself playing gooseberry to her mum and her new boyfriend. When the prospect of moving house arises an unhappy Ellen seeks escape dreaming of her "long dead" father.

Worlds Apart
- Jill Murphy

Published: 1988
Price: 2.5
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN: 07445 1475 4
Publisher: Walker
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
This book is about a 12 year old girl called Susan who lives with her mum Petunia, who works in a clothes shop and used to go to acting school. Susan never knew who her dad was until one night when she asks her mum about him for the first time since she was 3 years old. Susan is determined to find out who her dad is and is soon involved in a deep quest to find him which takes her to the busy streets of London.

The postbox mystery
- Robert Swindells

Published: 1991
Price: 2.50
Age Range: 5-12
ISBN: 04408 6275 2
Publisher: Yearling
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
A story featuring twins Sam and Laura with the lone parent element very positively presented. This time they are caught up in an exciting adventure when they discover a postbox with a pair of eyes looking out at them!

Marmalade, Jet and the Finnies
- Edel Wignell

Published: 1987
Price: 3.5
Age Range: 5-10
ISBN: 0241 12099 3
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Jessica's parents are separated and she spends one month with her dad and one month with her mum and nan. She hates leaving Marmalade, the cat, behind at mum's. She is not allowed pets at dad's. On changeover day, she is upset at school. With help from her teacher and her dad's neighbour, they come up with a solution and Jessica enjoys staying with her dad.

When someone comes along
- Anna Greta Winberg

Published: 1972
Price: Not known
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 03332 2727 1
Publisher: Topliner
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Maddie lives with her divorced mum and brother. Everything is well until her mum suggests moving in with George and his daughter. First published in Sweden. Sequel to When Someone Splits.