Charlie Anderson
- Barbara Abercrombie

Published: 1993
Price:
Age Range: 5-10
ISBN: 0 14 05564 X
Publisher: Viking
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Elizabeth and Sarah live with their mum in the country. At weekends they go to their father and stepmother in the town. A cat turns up at their country house and spends the night there. They feed it and grow to love it When it disappears they are devastated. It appears the cat also has two homes and two families who love him.

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The longest weekend
- Honor Arundel

Published: 1969
Price: 1.25
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN: 241 01769 6
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Eileen met Joel at a Hogmanay Party, he was a refreshing contrast to the quiet ordered home life, which she had outgrown. She had run to Joel for protection and he had failed her - in spite of herself, she allows the security of her parents to envelop her - and the baby.

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A bit of give and take
- Bernard Ashley

Published:
Price: 1.75
Age Range: 5-10
ISBN: 05525 2450 6
Publisher: Young Corgi
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Scott lives with his mum and sister in a block of council flats. He finds a kitten and discovers an elderly neighbour.

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Tiger Eyes
- Judy Blume

Published: 1983
Price: 2.99
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN: 03302 6954 2
Publisher: Piper
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Adaption to emigration by a young girl, her mother and brother, after the death of the father.

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Big Sarah`s little boots
- Paulette Bourgeois

Published: 1988
Price: 3.5
Age Range: 0-5
ISBN: 03334 9172 6
Publisher: Picturemac
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No

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Letters to my semi-detached son
- Helen Braid

Published: 1993
Price: 5.99
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 0 7043 4339 8
Publisher: The Women's Press Ltd
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Tom is just fifteen years old when her mother - at the end of her tether - finally tells him to leave home. Real problems and conflict of emotions.

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Relative Danger
- Janice Brown

Published: 1992
Price: 2.99
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN: 0 7459 2539 1
Publisher: Lion
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
On holiday with his long-estranged and rathe moody father, Jon quickly finds they have little in common and even less to talk about. Boredom sets in. Then he sees Casey. She seems just his kind of girl - but what is she really like? How can he get to know her? Jon's chance comes when a strange and chilling chain of events unexpectedly throws the two together.

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The Cybil war
- Betsy Byars

Published: 1987
Price: 2.50
Age Range: 10-12
ISBN: 01403 0863 6
Publisher: Puffin
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
11 year old Simon struggles with the problems of growing up, love, friendship and rivalry as he and his best friend Tony compete for the attention of Cybil. At the same time he attempts to make sense of his father's departure and his infrequent letters, and grow out of his daydreams that his father will reappear dramatically and kipnap him.

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Bernard's Magic
- Dick Cate

Published: 1997
Price: £3.99
Age Range: 5-12
ISBN: 0-7445-5494-2
Publisher: Walker Books
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Bernard is feeling sorry for himself. For a start he's not happy about his mother going out with Mr. Rabbet. And the tricks in his easy magic book are too difficult. And then there's the school play... OK, he's only got five words to say, but he has to say them to Attila the Hun, the snobbiest girl in the school. No wonder he's got "stagefright"! Follow Bernard's comic misadventures as he learns some hard truths about love and discovers that you don't need to be a magician to be magic.

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Bernard's Prize
- Dick Cate

Published: 1996
Price: £3.50
Age Range: 5-12
ISBN: 0 7445-4759-8
Publisher: Walker Books
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
All Bernard gets from Sports Day is a pain. He never wins a prize. Ozzie Flatt wins every race, And he can knock big boys down with a single blow. Perhaps Bernard should stick to painting. Except that the dragon he's just done looks amazingly like Ozzie. And if Ozzie happens to see it...

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Strider
- Beverly Cleary

Published: 1992
Price: 3.75
Age Range: 5-12
ISBN: 0140348174
Publisher: Puffin
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Two boys work out how to share a pet and remain friends. Lively narrative embracing themes of generosity, divorce and school pressures.

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The Domino effect
- Ann Coburn

Published:
Price: 8.99
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 0 370 31917 6
Publisher: Bodley Head
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Eleanor and her 16 year Rowan share an idyllic life in the countryside until Eleanor is sexually assualted by her boss. Both mother and daughter suffer hostility from a small town which chooses to take sides.

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Our horrible friend
- Hannah Cole

Published: 1986
Price: 2.99
Age Range: 5-10
ISBN: 07445 2369 9
Publisher: Walker
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Diane and Jenny live with their mum but when their parents get new friends they have to adapt to their children.

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Ellie and the Hagwitch
- Helen Creswell

Published: 1991
Price: 2.50
Age Range: 10-12
ISBN: 04408 6208 6
Publisher: Yearling
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
A fantasy tale revolving around a girl who lives with her mother and a brother who was stolen by a witch when a baby.

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Charlie Coppins
- Neville Crine

Published:
Price: £1.99
Age Range: 5-12
ISBN: 04408 6204 3
Publisher: Yearling
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Charlie lives with his feckless mum while his dad is "away". He does pretty much as he pleases and knows a lot about animals but longs for his dad to return.

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Wolf
- Gillian Cross

Published: 1988
Price: 7.95
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN: 01927 1633 6
Publisher: Oxford-Eagle
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Cassy goes to join her mother in a squat and then becomes involved in a travelling theatre. "Wolf is an outstanding achievement".

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Jellybean
- Tessa Duder

Published: 1985
Price: 1.99
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN: 0140 321144
Publisher: Puffin
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Geraldine (Jellybean) is an only child of a single mother. Her mother is very busy as a professional cellist. Geraldine was lonely until she met Gerald and confides her secret ambition. Surprises are in store for her after he disappears.

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Flour babies
- Anne Fine

Published: 1994
Price: 3.99
Age Range: 10-12
ISBN: 0140361472
Publisher: Puffin
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No

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Poor Monty
- Anne Fine

Published: 1992
Price: 7.99
Age Range: 0-5
ISBN: 0416 171332 2
Publisher: Methuen
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No

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Crummy, mummy and me
- Anne Fine

Published: 1988
Price: 6.50
Age Range: 10-12
ISBN: 02339 8059 8
Publisher: Puffin
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Crummy Mummy never washes dishes or helps Minna with her homework, but she comes up trumps when needed. Black and white drawings.

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Good times Bad times Mummy and me
- Priscilla Galloway

Published: 1980
Price: 2.50
Age Range: 0-10
ISBN: 0 88961 066 5
Publisher: The Women's Press
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
A story written from a little girl's viewpoint. The child says she hates her mummy. The bad times for the child are when her mum, a lone parent, leaves early in the morning for work and cannot collect her from school. The good times are when the mum reads nightly bedtime stories and takes her daughter to eat out occasionally. The story ends with the little girl saying that she loves her mummy. A realistic look at how lone parenthood affects families. The illustrations are true to life without being depressing.

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Lizzie's List
- Maggie Harrison

Published: 1997
Price: £3.50
Age Range: 5-12
ISBN: 0 7445 5276 1
Publisher: Walker Books
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Lizzie lives with her mum on the seventh floor of a block of flats. She's a strong character who usually get what she wants. Top of the list at the moment is a family, so she decides to go out and collect one.

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Tales of Lily Larkin
- Diana Hendry

Published: 1992
Price: 9.99
Age Range: 10-12
ISBN: 18568 1083 6
Publisher: Julie MacRae
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Lily is a small girl who lives with her mum in a flat in town. She goes to nursery school, plays with her friends and all the other things small girls do. A heart warming and humorous collection.

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Grace and Family
- Mary Hoffman

Published:
Price: 8.99
Age Range: 5-10
ISBN: 0711208689
Publisher:
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
"Stories are what you make of them" said Nana. "Just like families". Grace comes to terms with her father's new family in the Gambia and her own life in London with her mother and grandmother in this irresistible sequel to Amazing Grace.

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Mum, will dad ever come back?
- Paula Hogan

Published: 1980
Price: 2.50
Age Range: 5-10
ISBN: 08625 6002 0
Publisher: Blackwell Raintree
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
When Laura becomes so unhappy she decides to run away, she finds an old derelict house to hide in. The house is scary, just as Laura gets upset, her parents turn up to take her home to tell her of the new arrangement for seeing dad.

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Juniper
- Gene Kemp

Published: 1986
Price: £2.50
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN: 01403 2410 0
Publisher: Puffin
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Life for Juniper has changed since her father left. Her beautiful mother is in debt and unable to cope. A terrible secret must be solved before they can lead a normal life.

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Glad Rags
- Joan Lingard

Published: 1994
Price: 17.55
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN: 0745124526
Publisher: Penguin
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No

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Rags and Riches
- Joan Lingard

Published: 1993
Price: 17.55
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN: 0745144954
Publisher: Penguin
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No

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Freedom Machine
- Joan Lingard

Published: 1988
Price: 3.99
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN: 0140323708
Publisher: Penguin
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No

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Road ahead, The
- Lois Lowry

Published: 1990
Price: 4.75
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 04351 2356 4
Publisher: Heinemann
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No

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Spinner
- Anthony Masters

Published: 1995
Price: 3.99
Age Range: 5-10
ISBN: 185213867X
Publisher: Orchard Books
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No

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Snakes and ladders
- Michael Morpurgo

Published: 1994
Price: 3.99
Age Range: 5-10
ISBN: 0434966363
Publisher: Heinemann
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Wendy is tired of school and especially tired of Simon McTavish who keeps teasing her about not having a dad. Wendy has a friend in the form of her grandad's snake "Slinky" to whom she confided all her thoughts and worries. A Christmas exhibition of interesting things provide an adventurous time for Wendy and her school friends.

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Kiesha
- Millie Murray

Published: 1994
Price: £3.99
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 0 7043 4129 8
Publisher: Livewire/Women's Press
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Kiesha has spirit and determination, and works hard at getting her parents back together. But now it looks like dad has gone for good and to make matters worse her grandmother is moving in.

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The magnificent two
- James Pope

Published:
Price: 9.99
Age Range: 10-12
ISBN: 0 86264 619 7
Publisher: Andersen Press
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Jeremy is just coming to terms with his parents separation when his mother announces that Bob, her new boyfriend is moving in. Jeremy takes an instant dislike to Bob and as far as possible tries to make his life a misery. Jeremy tries to escape his troubles by spending all of his time on the streets with his friend Pencil thinking up fund-raising schemes to buy more football cards. When Bob is accused of a robbery carried out in the town, Jeremy discovers some evidence that would clear Bobs name, but Jeremy has to decide first whether he wants to help Bob or not.

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Seven weeks last summer
- Catherine Robinson

Published: 1992
Price: 8.99
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 037031 7343
Publisher: Bodley Head
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No

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A Kindness
- Cynthia Rylant

Published: 1992
Price: 4.95
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 18521 3163 2
Publisher: Orchard
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Chip has always felt responsible for his mother. Wise and beautifully written, this is a novel about how to love but not to possess.

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Just Like a Friend
- Marilyn Sachs

Published: 1992
Price: 8.95
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN: 01927 1653 0
Publisher: Oxford
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Patti's best friend Vi is also her mother. Sometimes they are mistaken for sisters. Then there's the family crisis and Patti becomes disturbed by her mum's increasing helplessness and dependency.

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Annie and moon
- Miriam Smith

Published: 1988
Price: 2.99
Age Range: 0-5
ISBN: 01405 4206 X
Publisher: Picture Puffin
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Annie, her mother and Moon, the cat, move to lots of different homes after her father leaves. One day her grandma offers the perfect solution; or is it?

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Living with mum
- Jackie Storrie

Published: 1989
Price: 1.99
Age Range: 0-5
ISBN: 08512 2752 X
Publisher: Dinosaur
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Nicholas lives with his mum. Sometimes he wishes his dad was still with them but mostly he's happy since he knows many children like him live with just one parent.

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Thin Ice
- Matt Talbert

Published:
Price:
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 0241 12420 4
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Martin feels torn between the dependence of his diabetic sister, his ever busy mother and his own need for his absent father. His school work suffers as do his friendships. He is lonely and frustrated, unable to come to terms with happenings beyond his control. When his mother begins to date his teacher, Martin feels his life has been completely shattered.

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Charlie the champion liar
- Hazel Townson

Published: 1994
Price: 2.99
Age Range: 5-10
ISBN: 0749717203
Publisher: Mammoth
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No

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Chair for my mother, A
- Vera Williams

Published: 1983
Price: 5.95
Age Range: 5-10
ISBN: 086203 140 0
Publisher: Julie MacRae
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No