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Books for Single-Parent Home – Wonderlit | Wonderlit
224 books
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3–5
6–8
9–12
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Middle Grade
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The Glass Cafe
Gary Paulsen
Twelve-year-old artist Tony finds his world turned upside down when his sketches of the dancers at his mother’s club dra
Ages 12–16
Alice #14
Achingly Alice
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Eighth grade brings confusing questions about romance. Alice wonders how her teacher can love two people at once and why
Ages 11–14
Do You Know the Monkey Man?
Dori Hillestad Butler
Thirteen-year-old Samantha hunts for the father who vanished years ago, only to uncover a shocking possibility: the twin
Ages 10–14
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Tender
Valerie Hobbs
After losing her grandmother, fifteen-year-old Liv leaves New York for the California coast to live with a gruff abalone
Ages 12–16
Ghetto Cowboy #1
Ghetto Cowboy
G. Neri
Sent to live with a father he barely knows, Cole discovers a hidden world of urban cowboys in Philadelphia and a horse h
Ages 10–14
Alice #11
Alice in Lace
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
A school wedding assignment forces Alice to look closely at the messy, unpredictable love lives of the men in her family
Ages 10–14
Carl Hiaasen's Florida Novels #5
Squirm
Carl Hiaasen
Billy’s summer becomes a wild race across the country involving spy drones, grizzly bears, and a desperate mission to sa
Ages 10–14
Paradise
Joanna Nadin
Billie leaves her cramped city life for a house by the sea, where she hopes to solve the mystery of her family's past an
Ages 12–16
With the Fire on High
Elizabeth Acevedo
Emoni Santiago balances the demands of young motherhood with her magical talent in the kitchen, dreaming of a future tha
Ages 13–18
The Boy in the Black Suit
Jason Reynolds
Matt finds a surprising path through the heavy fog of his mother's death by taking a job at a local funeral home and lea
Ages 12–17
The Brimstone Journals
Ron Koertge
For parents and educators of teens navigating the complex social pressures, hidden home struggles, and warning signs of
Ages 14–18
Track #2
Patina
Jason Reynolds
Four very different kids with clashing personalities must find a way to run together as an elite track team with a shot
Ages 10–14
Where the Kissing Never Stops
Ron Koertge
Walker is balancing the heavy grief of his father’s death with his mother’s shocking new job. A new girl in town might b
Ages 14–18
Letter to Somewhere #1
Letter to Somewhere
Karen Parsons
Lucas dreams of becoming a doctor, but he must first find a way to survive a fractured home and his father’s lack of lea
Ages 13–17
Lost
Eve Ainsworth
Alfie and his dad are struggling to stay together after losing the heart of their home, until a new friend named Alice s
Ages 11–15
Snapdragon
Kat Leyh
A girl befriends an internet-savvy town witch to save baby opossums and uncovers a magical connection to her family's pa
Ages 10–14
All We Know of Love
Nora Raleigh Baskin
Sixteen-year-old Natalie boards a bus to Florida, determined to find the mother who left her nearly six years ago.
Ages 14–18
The Caster Chronicles #1
Beautiful Creatures
Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl
Lena struggles to hide a supernatural family curse among the overgrown gardens and murky swamps of a small Southern town
Ages 12–18
Heartbeat Away #1
A Heartbeat Away from You
Ann M. Miller
Seventeen-year-old Ali is hiding her return to the baseball field from her father while navigating a complicated new spa
Ages 13–18
Fazbear Frights #3
1:35 AM
Scott Cawthon, Andrea Waggener, Elley Cooper
Delilah is desperate to wake up, Stanley is trapped in a mysterious job, and Devon feels invisible in these three chilli
Ages 12–17
Edge
Michael Cadnum
Zachary's quiet life with his mother in California is slowly upended as the reality of local violence begins to seep int
Ages 14–18
The Great American Elephant Chase
Gillian Cross
For children processing the heavy weight of grief or the need to escape an unfair situation, this high-stakes adventure
Ages 9–13
The First Part Last
Angela Johnson
Bobby is a typical restless teenager, but his world shifts toward diapers and doctors when he discovers he is about to b
Ages 13–18
Harriet the Spy #3
Sport
Louise Fitzhugh
For the child navigating a high-conflict divorce where one parent feels like a stranger and the other is a steady, if im
Ages 9–13
