Ria is rich, slim, pretty, popular. If you only knew her at school, you'd think she led a charmed life-- and until recently you'd have been right. But her situation has taken a sudden, unfortunate change. Her parents' seemingly perfect marriage has broken up, and before she's had a chance to absorb the blow, her beloved father disappears in a plane crash. What's worse, rumors begin to surface that he may have perpetrated a multimillion-dollar...

Juanita and Miguel's great aunt, Tía Lola, comes from the Dominican Republic to help take care of them after their parents divorce, and soon she is so involved in their small Vermont community that when her visa expires, the whole town turns out to support her.

Most of the time, Max's friend DeShawn lives far away with his father, but this weekend he is staying with his mother and has invited Max to join him for a sleepover.

A child growing up with divorced parents shows us both houses. The mirror unites the two sides of the book.

Simon es un nino muy feliz, pero todo cambia cuando sus padres le anuncian que se van a separar y ahora cada uno tendra su casa. A pesar de que se siente profundamente triste, todos alrededor se esfuerzan por hacerlo sentir feliz, cuando todo lo que el necesita es permitir que su tristeza fluya. El pequeno esta convencido de que nadie lo entiende, hasta que un dia conoce a un sauce magico y sabio que se convertira en su gran amigo y lo ayudara a atravesar...

A boy must cope when his mother turns into a monster, too unhappy to care for herself or pay attention to him, especially when he goes to see that other beast, his father, although things begin to change with time. Un niño tiene que hacer frente cuando su madre se convierte en un monstruo, demasiado infeliz para cuidar de sí misma o de prestar atención a él, sobre todo cuando va a ver que otra bestia, su padre, aunque las cosas empiezan a cambiar...

A fifth-grader starts a newspaper with an editorial that prompts her burnt-out classroom teacher to really begin teaching again, but he is later threatened with disciplinary action as a result.

Entering fourth grade, Amber faces some changes in her life as her best friend moves away and her parents divorce.

En esta novela para niños, la muchacha Ambar está triste después del divorcio de sus padres. Y no le gusta el novio de su madre. Además, no está trabajando tan bien como deba en sus estudios. Unhappy over her parents' divorce and her mother's boyfriend Max, nine-year-old Amber finds her schoolwork suffering.

"Algo muy importante va a cambiar en la vida de Aleix, Ana, Lucas, Ian y María. Una separación, un hermano nuevo... Desde que se han enterado, no saben qué les pasa, pero se sienten extraños y su comportamiento ha cambiado. ¿Todos actuarán igual? Lo que es seguro es que todos tienen algo en común: tienen miedo. Un cuento que nos ayudará a aceptar el miedo como parte natural en los procesos de cambio."--