Mend: A Story of Divorce
Reeks: Zuiker Teen Topics
Sophia Recca ; Anthony Zuiker
- Mend:
- A
- Story
- of
- Divorce
- is
- the
- first
- in
- a
- series
- of
- graphic
- novels
- written
- by
- young
- adults
- for
- their
- peers.Sophia,
- the
- fourteen-year-old
- author
- and
- protagonist,
- tells
- the
- heart-wrenching
- story
- of
- her
- parents’
- divorce.
- She
- was
- just
- nine
- years
- old,
- happy
- and
- enjoying
- life
- with
- her
- mom,
- dad,
- and
- little
- brother
- in
- Las
- Vegas,
- Nevada.
- Unexpectedly,
- one
- night,
- a
- violent
- argument
- disrupted
- her
- sleep
- and
- shattered
- her
- life.
- The
- next
- morning,
- her
- parents
- told
- her
- the
- dreaded
- news—they
- were
- getting
- divorced.
- Her
- dad
- was
- moving
- to
- California,
- while
- Sophia
- and
- her
- brother
- would
- stay
- with
- their
- mom.Any
- child
- who
- has
- experienced
- the
- trauma
- of
- divorce
- will
- understand
- Sophia’s
- reactions:
- First,
- she
- blamed
- herself.
- But
- then,
- she
- remembered
- a
- note
- a
- teacher
- once
- wrote
- on
- her
- report
- card,
- and
- was
- inspired
- to
- focus
- on
- bringing
- both
- parents
- back
- into
- her
- life.
- Even
- if
- they
- could
- not
- be
- under
- the
- same
- roof,
- she
- thought,
- they
- could
- still
- share
- in
- caring
- for
- her
- and
- her
- brother.Sophia’s
- story
- will
- resonate
- with
- children
- (and
- adults)
- who
- have
- faced
- a
- split
- in
- their
- family,
- or
- who
- have
- friends
- dealing
- with
- divorce.
- The
- book
- includes
- helpful
- advice
- for
- parents,
- as
- well
- as
- a
- special
- Teacher’s
- Corner
- page.Zuiker
- Press
- is
- proud
- to
- publish
- stories
- about
- important
- current
- topics
- for
- kids
- and
- adolescents,
- written
- by
- their
- peers,
- that
- will
- help
- them
- cope
- with
- the
- challenges
- they
- face
- in
- today’s
- troubled world.
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