Miss Dirt The Dustmans Daughter
- Allan Alberg

Published: 1996
Price: 6.99
Age Range: 0-5
ISBN: 067086594X
Publisher: Puffin
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Daisy Dirt is an unusual girl. She is the poorest and the richest girl in the whole town. You see, Daisy Dirt lived half the time with her dad who was a dustman and half the time with her mother who had married a duke. This story is about the two very different lives that Daisy leads and how a change in fortune turns around her life.

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I Have Two Homes
- Althea

Published: 1980
Price: 1.25
Age Range: 0-5
ISBN: 08512 2240 4
Publisher: Dinosaur
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
A child's view of the aftermath of his parents' separation

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Henry's Story
- Maybel Bates

Published: 1981
Price: 1.50
Age Range: 0-12
ISBN: 0 902174 06 1
Publisher: Edinburgh University
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Helps children make some sense of their experience of going into care.

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Published: 1989
Price: Not known
Age Range: 0-10
ISBN: 0951 4634 0 3
Publisher: The Waverly Press
In Print:
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Aims to be a personalised story book where the reader can write their name, draw pictures and colour in drawings in the book.It deals with separation and identifies the pros and cons. Factual rather than entertaining.

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Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself
- Judy Blume

Published: 1983
Price: 3.99
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 0330282794
Publisher: Macmillan
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Sally has a vivid imagination but her day dreams are not enough to comfort her. Her close knit family are separated because of her brother's illness.

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Whispers in the Graveyard
- Theresa Breslin

Published: 1995
Price: 3.50
Age Range: 5-10
ISBN: 0749723882
Publisher: Mammoth
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No

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Splitting Up - What's Happening Series
- Karen Bryant-Mole

Published: 1994
Price: £4.50
Age Range: 5-12
ISBN: 0-7502Yes380-9
Publisher: Wayland
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Splitting up answers many of the quesions children ask when their parents split up. It helps to make sense of the feelings, confusion and language that surround what can be a painful experience. Most of all the book is a message to those children who are wondering what is happening - you are not alone.

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Loving April
- Melvin Burgess

Published:
Price: 9.99
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 0 86264 527 1
Publisher: Andersen Press
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
When Tony and his mum step off the train at the village station they know that hard times are ahead of them. Used to a life of servants and regattas, Tony's father had left them penniless in an old run down cottage so he can go and live with his mistress. After a short while Tony and his mother befriend a deaf and dumb girl called April who is seen by the locals as an embarrassment to the village. She is viewed as a menace and wild. Tony and his mother take it as their responsibility to teach April to become a lady. April has her own hidden thoughts and secrets that do not start to emerge until her and Tony's relationship develops into something more serious.

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Two of Everything
- Babette Cole

Published: 1997
Price: 9.99
Age Range: 0-10
ISBN: 0 22404 652 7
Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
A story of a brother and sister who are tired of their parents constant arguing. The story highlights the irreconcilible differences between their mum and dad and how the children steer them towards "un-marrying" each other. It has a happy ending with the parents celebrating an "un-wedding" and jetting off to separate "un-honeymoons." This is a very humourous and lighthearted illustration of a serious issue. A very refreshing read!

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The Blue Horse
- Marita Conlon-McKenna

Published:
Price: 3.99
Age Range: 10-12
ISBN:
Publisher:
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Katie's traveller family are forced to adapt to a settled life on a hostile council estate. Themes of family break-up and discrimination are skilfuly explored in this gripping, prizewinning Irish novel.

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Tina Iinto Two Won't Go
- Effie Donnelly

Published:
Price:
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN:
Publisher: Andersen Press
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Tina's parents separate. Her father's impulsive plan to whisk her off to the Canaries unfolds and doesn't turn out as it was meant to. The raw volatile emotions of all concerned at skillfully drawn and the ending is realistic, as the family settle down to a post-divorce pattern of life.

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Why I`m Already Blue
- Terry Farish

Published: 1990
Price: 8.95
Age Range: 10-12
ISBN: 05750 4751 8
Publisher: Gollanz
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Lucy is troubled by the mounting tension between her parents and becomes more and more withdrawn. Gus her best friend, although confined to a wheelchair, is determined to do something about it.

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Messages from Children/To Mums and Dads - Are You Listening?
- Gillian and Fay Ferguson and Young

Published: 1997
Price: Not known
Age Range: 0-10
ISBN:
Publisher: Health Education Board for Scotland
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Various quotes and sketches by children aged five to ten years.

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Madame Doubtfire
- Anne Fine

Published: 1987
Price: 8.50
Age Range:
ISBN: 0241 12001 2
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Those who have seen the film but not read the book have missed a great deal. The plot of Madame Doubtfire is far funnier and the dialogue more gripping and astute than the one on celluloid. Lydia, Christopher and Natalie Hilliard struggle to come to terms with their parents' divorce and the constant warring that goes on between adults. Daniel's solution to seeing his children is to become a talented and highly effective housekeeper in his ex-wife's home. What really comes across in this book is the children's pain and suffering in the face of the grown-ups horrendous verbal banter. Children will undoubtedly find much to laugh about in this book but perhaps it should be compulsory reading for all adults contemplating divorce.

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Telling the Sea
- Pauline Fisk

Published: 1993
Price: 3.50
Age Range: 10-12
ISBN: 07459 22465
Publisher: Lion
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Non's family flee to a remote part of Wales after her father leaves. Dramatic events and emotional upheavals ensue.

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Family Break-Up - Dealing With Series
- Kate Haycock

Published: 1995
Price: £9.99
Age Range: 5-Teenage
ISBN: 0 7502 1642 5
Publisher: Wayland
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Adjusting to life after a break-up takes time. You will have a different relationship with your parents. You might have to get used to a new school, a new house, even a new family. Eventually, you will get used to them and might find that life is better than it was before.

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Kid Kibble
- Diana Hendry

Published: 1992
Price: 2.99
Age Range: 5-10
ISBN: 0744522919
Publisher: Walker Books
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No

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Please Stay, Dad
- Pamela Ive

Published: 1986
Price: 1.50
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN: 08542 19978
Publisher: Scripture Union
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Magda is amazed at the change in her father since he left home. She wishes he were back to control her young brother, who is a pain in the neck. A story that explores how each member of a family is involved in making it hold together or fall apart.

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It`s My Life
- Robert Lesson

Published: 1992
Price: 3.50
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 00067 1783 7
Publisher: Collins Cascades
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
When Jean comes home from school, mother isn't there. A realistic and moving story of complex emotions.

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Journey
- Patricia MacLachlan

Published: 1993
Price: 2.50
Age Range: 5-10
ISBN: 0099107511
Publisher: Red Fox
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No

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Voices in the Dark
- Gillian McCredie

Published: 1985
Price:
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN:
Publisher: Unwin Paperbacks
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Children speak for themselves in interviews recorded for a Thames Television series, about what it means to them when their parents split up.

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When Parents Split Up
- Ann K. Mitchell

Published: 1986
Price: 2.95
Age Range: 10-Teenage
ISBN: 05502 0561 6
Publisher: Chambers
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
An informative book which explains the different stages of growing apart and divorce. The book explores the emotions a young person may experience in these circumstances. It covers new relationships and their possible effects. It also has a section on who to talk to and who can help. An excellent book for young people and teenagers.

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Mike's Lonely Summer
- Carolyn Nystrom

Published: 1993
Price: 3.99
Age Range: 5-12
ISBN: 0 74 591016 5
Publisher: Lion Care Series
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
Mike lives with his mum and dad, his little brother Jason, Alex the dog and Abbey the cat. Everything is great. Then one day Mikes' mum and dad announce that they are getting a divorce .All sorts of questions fly through Mikes mind. Who will take care of me? Will mum and dad still love me after they divorce? This book gives an insight into the aftermath of divorce and how children are affected. It is a combination of both a story and simple informative story about divorce.

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Where Has Daddy Gone?
- Trudy Osman

Published: 1990
Price: 6.95
Age Range: 5-10
ISBN: 0 434 955868
Publisher: Heinemann
In Print: No
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Jeremy goes through his parents break up and he and his mothers subsequent house move. This story is about a little boy who's parents have split up and how he has come to understand and accept the situation. This book provides a sympathetic approach to the effects of separation on children and will help children who's parents are going through separation and may be confused and unclear on the subject.

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Break Up
- Gianni Padoan

Published: 1987
Price: 3.95
Age Range: 5-10
ISBN: 08595 3310 7
Publisher: Child`s Play
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No
Joe is trying desperately to get a school friend to come round to his house but is unsuccessful. Trying to take as long a time as possible to walk home he hopes that there will not be a repeat of last nights fight between his mum and dad. When the worst is confirmed, that his mum and dad are going to split up, Joe goes about trying to figure out how he can get them back together. This story explains how separation is nothing to do with the children and that spending time with both parents separately can be fun.

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Sea Change
- Christine Purkis

Published: 1997
Price: 3.99
Age Range: Teenage
ISBN: 0 09 963401 5
Publisher: Red Fox
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: Yes
There is more to 15 year old Theresa Bird than a strong head and a bad reputation. Life seems more interesting when she has a couple of drinks inside her. Pity, mother doesn't see things her way and packs her off to stay with her dad in Cornwall. She must sort herself out, even her oldest ally, her grandmother, can't help her now.

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Another Singing Sparrow
- Eleanor Spence

Published: 1992
Price: 7.95
Age Range: 10-12
ISBN: 01955 3245 7
Publisher: Oxford
In Print: Yes
Available to Borrow from OPFS: No