Chapter Books About Parents Divorcing

Divorce in chapter book form has room for the complications: the custody schedule, the new partner, the holidays that feel wrong, the anger that comes and goes. These 181 books don't simplify any of it.

181 books

The Time of the Witch

Mary Downing Hahn

Laura makes a desperate wish to bring her parents back together, only to realize the old woman listening is a real witch

Ages 9–12

What I'll Remember When I Am a Grownup

Gina Willner-Pardo

A young boy spends a weekend with his father and stepmother, learning to embrace the love found within his two separate

Ages 5–8

Liza #1

Upside Down

Mary Jane Miller

Sarah’s world feels completely upside down when her mother starts dating the father of the school nerd, forcing her to f

Ages 8–12