What Momma Left Me (Hardcover)

from nbmars

This is not a sad book, but when I finished, I sure felt sad that a book with these themes needed to be written for kids who have been through similar trials and tribulations. Like the powerful book Pull by B. A. Binns, this is another book about a boy and a girl who must go live with their grand...

from SamMusher

So glad this got a new cover. This looks like upper-elementary sweetness and light, but it deals with some serious trauma. It's warm and engaging, though; I might give it to middle schoolers who need some bibliotherapy around issues of parental death or abuse or generally taking control of their ...

from crochetbunnii

Serenity's father kills her mother in a rage, leaving Serenity and her brother to move in with their grandparents. While Serenity comes to terms with the consequence of domestic abuse and how to each out for help when she needs it, she adjusts to life at a new school and a new friend from her gra...