Book Topics: Families
Book Recommendations by Theme are listed here in order to help teachers, book club organizers, and other readers find books organized around a common principle, or big idea. Please see the Main Page List of Themes for more categories, as well as Book Lists by Topic
Absent or Disengaged Parent
Abusive / Neglectful Parent
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All You Knead is Love Bernice Buttman, Model Citizen Come November Family Game Night - hoarding The Fire, The Water, and Maudie McGinn - verbal and physical abuse Incommunicado - alcoholism My Life with the Liars - cult |
Orbiting Jupiter One Jar of Magic Paperboy - verbal abuse Rules for Stealing Stars - alcoholism Survival Strategies of the Almost Brave - abandonment The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B - hoarding Waiting for Normal - abandonment |
Adoption and Foster Care
Blended Families; Step-parents, Step-siblings
Divorce, Separation
Households with Extended Family Members
Illness or Serious Injury
of a Family Member
LGBTQ Parent, Family Member
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The Best Man
The Incredible Magic of Being |
Loss of a Family Member
(deceased)
Fathers and Daughters
Fathers and Sons
Grandparents
Mothers and Daughters
Mothers and Sons
Siblings
Titles are only included on this list if the sibling relationship is central to the story; not if a character happens to have siblings
Royalty
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Bad Princess
The Chronicles of Prydain Ella Enchanted Ever After High Fairest The False Prince The Goose Girl Harriet the Invincible: Hamster Princess |
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