Author: Ruth White
Type or emotional/crisis issue(s) addressed: Divorce
Year of Publication: 2004
Publisher & Location: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
ISBN#: 0374351120
Target Age Level: Jr. High, High School
# of Pages: 168
Quality of Illustrations: None
Brief Summary: When Piper’s parents divorce and gradually begin to make new lives for themselves she finds all the changes difficult, but in time she starts to find her own way. She copes through a lot of the changes through writing poetry.
Personal Comments/Biases, and/or Things to Consider When Using This Book With Children:Her parents are often triangulating her. It seems a very typical situation of divorce that many young teenagers would be able to relate to.
Activity: Have the child try to write poetry to express their feelings and challenges in coping with the divorce.
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