What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
This topic is about
Happily Ever After... Almost
SOLVED: Children's/YA
>
SOLVED. YA book: divorce, set in NYC, from 1980s(?) [s]
date
newest »
newest »
No, that's not it -- I think that probably came out about 10 years earlier. But thanks, though! So annoying. I remember all these tiny details (like her stepfather's name was Seth, and their building had a terrible elevator) but not the author or title.
Is it It's Not the End of the World by Judy Blume? Pub date is 1972 but it was probably re-released a few times.
No -- it's not the Judy Blume one, but thanks! The thing I liked about the mystery book was that it didn't over-dramatize the divorce, which wasn't the main point of the story. The story was really about getting along with step-siblings and adjusting to life in New York City.
I don't know your book, Rachel, but your post made me think of two other tween books about blended families that I loved as a kid: Colt and The Great Pony Hassle. (...Can you tell I was horse crazy as a kid?) Both of them really stressed the families' blending and not the divorces.
omg! I think I found it! "Happily Ever After, Almost" by Judie Wolkoff. Eleven-year-old Kitty and her sister look forward to their mother's remarriage, but not to getting a stepbrother.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...
Oh my gosh! Thank you Angela, that's exactly it and it was really bothering me because it was a great book!Thank you so much! Yay, solved!
What's the Name of That Book???
Books mentioned in this topic
Happily Ever After... Almost (other topics)Colt (other topics)
The Great Pony Hassle (other topics)
It's Not the End of the World (other topics)
Mom the Wolf Man and Me (other topics)
It's narrated by a girl who lives around NYC who's probably 12. Her mother gets divorced and remarries a nice guy named Seth, and they all move into a loft in Soho or somewhere and start to renovate it. The central drama concerns the girl trying to get along with her new, snobby stepbrother who lives with them part-time. Eventually the kids all learn to get along, but then the boy's mother sues for custody to get him back full-time.
As a child of divorce, I loved the book (because it wasn't about divorce ruining kids' lives) but now I can't track it down. I'd love to find it again. Thanks!