End of the wild by Helget, Nicole Lea 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2017)

BTSB #: 436062 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4 MG RC: 3.4 3-5 Lexile: 610 F&P: V

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Family life - Fiction Stepfathers - Fiction Forests and forestry - Fiction Poverty - Fiction School stories Science projects - Fiction Environmental protection - Fiction Social action - Fiction

Summary: Eleven-year-old Fern helps to take care of her impoverished family by foraging for food in the forest, but when a fracking company rolls into town, she realizes that her peaceful woods and her family's livelihood could be threatened.

Light jar by Thompson, Lisa 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2019)

BTSB #: 856034 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.4 MG RC: 4.8 3-5 Lexile: 660 HL

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Mother-son relationship - Fiction Stepfathers - Fiction Psychological abuse - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Imaginary playmates - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Great Britain - Fiction

Summary: Nate and his mother are escaping from his emotionally abusive step-father, Gary, but the run-down and abandoned cottage in the woods that his mother takes them to does not seem like much of a refuge; but when his mother goes off to buy provisions and does not come back Nate is left alone (except for his imaginary friend Sam) and afraid--until a mysterious girl trying to solve the clues of a long-ago treasure hunt turns up.

Magic, madness, and mischief by McCullough, Kelly 

BTSB Prebound(Feiwel & Friends, 2018)

BTSB #: 622334 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
Lexile: 830

Genres: Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Magic - Fiction Ability - Fiction Stepfathers - Fiction

Summary: A 12-year-old boy uses his new magical powers and the help of a snarky fire hare to defeat his evil stepfather in a magical version of St. Paul.

One for the Murphys by Hunt, Lynda Mullaly 

Paperback(Penguin, 2012)

BTSB #: 471734 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 3.4 MG RC: 3.1 6-8 Lexile: 520 F&P: Z

Genres:

Subjects: Foster home care - Fiction Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Stepfathers - Fiction Family problems - Fiction Connecticut - Fiction

Summary: After heartbreaking betrayal, Carley lives with a foster family and struggles with opening herself up to their love.

Shadows by McKinley, Robin 

BTSB Prebound(Nancy Paulsen, 2013)

BTSB #: 628058 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 5.6 UG

Genres: Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Shadows - Fiction Stepfathers - Fiction Magic - Fiction Fantasy fiction

Summary: Magic is illegal in Newworld, so Maggie struggles to explain the strange shadows--that only she can see--that seem to accompany her new stepfather everywhere.

Waiting for normal by Connor, Leslie 

Paperback(HarperCollins, 2008)

BTSB #: 235959 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 3.7 MG RC: 2.9 6-8 Lexile: 570

Genres:

Subjects: Family problems - Fiction Mothers - Fiction Stepfathers - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Schenectady (N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: Addie tries to cope with her mother's odd behavior and separation from her stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother move to a trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of town.

When Otis courted Mama by Appelt, Kathi 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015)

BTSB #: 064696 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.9 LG

Genres: Animals Family Life

Subjects: Stepfathers - Fiction Mother-son relationship - Fiction Father-son relationship - Fiction Coyotes - Fiction

Summary: While his life seems perfectly good as it is, Cardell, a young coyote, learns to tolerate--and even like--the coyote that is courting his mother.