Gather by Cadow, Kenneth M. 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2023)

BTSB #: 180587 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 5.4 UG

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Mother-son relationship - Fiction Family problems - Fiction Substance abuse - Fiction Poverty - Fiction

Summary: A resourceful teenager in rural Vermont struggles to hold on to the family home while his mom recovers from addiction.

These are not the words by Lewis, Amanda West 

BTSB Prebound(Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 568488 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-14   


Genres: Family Life Historical Fiction

Subjects: Family problems - Fiction Substance abuse - Fiction Separation (Law) - Fiction Moving - Fiction

Summary: Missy's mother has gone back to school to pursue her dream of becoming an artist. Missy's father works in advertising and takes Missy on secret midnight excursions to Harlem and the Village so she can share his love of jazz. When her father's alcohol and drug addiction begins to take over their lives, Missy's mother decides that she and her daughter must make a fresh start, leaving her old apartment, her school, her best friend and her cats to become a latchkey kid while her mother gets a job.