| Title |
Author |
Summary |
Buy at Amazon.com |
| Getting Used to Harry |
Cari Best |
Cynthia must adjust to changes in her life at home when her mother marries Harry.
|
|
| Boundless Grace |
Mary Hoffman |
Grace travels with her grandmother to Africa to meet her remarried father’s “other†family.
|
|
| Sam Is My Half Brother |
Lizi Boyd |
This reassuring look at stepfamilies features Hessie, who fears that her new half-brother will hog the limelight.
|
|
| Let’s Talk About It: Stepfamilies |
Fred Rogers |
Fred Rogers encourages communication about the feelings and situations of stepfamilies.
|
|
| Families |
Ann Morris |
This book celebrates the meaning of family and how families vary in makeup and life-styles.
|
|
| The Suitcase Kid |
Jacqueline Wilson |
Andy must adjust to stepparents and stepsiblings after her parents divorce.
|
|
| The Steps |
Rachel Cohn |
A preteen girl goes to Australia to visit her new stepfamily. She tries to persuade her father to move back to the United States.
|
|
| Step by Wicked Step |
Anne Fine |
Five children tell stories of their own stepfamilies as they are gathered together in a spooky mansion with a secret room and mysterious diary.
|
|
| Sarah Plain and Tall |
Patricia MacLachlan |
When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope she will stay.
|
|
| I Smell Like Ham |
Betty Hicks |
Nick tries to maintain his sense of integrity as he works to succeed on the middle school basketball team, adjust to his new stepfamily, and deal with peer pressure.
|
|
| Amelia’s Family Ties |
Marissa Moss |
Ten year old Amelia records her thoughts and feelings about visiting the father she has not seen since she was an infant.
|
|
| My Real Family: A Child’s Book about Living in a Stepfamily |
Doris Sanford |
This is a frank account of a boy’s difficult transition: his parents divorce, then his father remarries a woman with two daughters.
|
|
| Forged by Fire |
Sharon Draper |
This is a stark portrayal of a young man trying to protect his stepsister from an evil stepfather.
|
|
| Spike It |
Matt Christopher |
Unhappy at having to share her space and family with her new stepsister, thirteen year old Jamie is further dismayed when Michaela joins her volleyball team.
|
|
| Stepliving for Teens: Getting Along with Stepparents, Parents and Siblings |
Joel D. Block |
This book explores real teens living in stepfamilies through a question and answer format.
|
|
