- Child has been caught shoplifting
- Child has recently moved into a new school
- Child is bullied at school
- Child is failing school
- Child must deal with neighborhood gangs
- Child is witness to a natural disaster
- Child is blind
- Child has severe reaction to sunlight
- Child lives with grandparents or other relatives
- Child is in foster care
- Child is a child bride
- Child is abused
- Child works as slave labor
- Child has to enter witness protection program with her family
- Sibling is smarter, prettier, more popular, or more loved by all
- Sibling is very ill
- Sibling is dying or dead
- Parents are divorcing or have recently divorced
- Parent is out of work
- Parent is ineffective due to a particular situation
- Parent is alcoholic or abuses drugs
- Parent is neglectful
- Parent is severely depressed
- Parent is bipolar and depressed
- Parent is very ill
- Parent is in jail
- Parent is absent
- Parent is missing and child is actively searching for them
- Parent abandons child
- Parents aren't really the real parents
- Parent is dead
Monday, July 20, 2009
On a recent inventory of our 6th grade books we found realistic fiction with main characters dealing with the following situations:
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