My Mother Got Married by Barbara Park Page B
Authors: Barbara Park
Tags: Fiction, General, Humorous stories, Family & Relationships, Family, Juvenile Fiction, Family Life, Social Issues, School & Education, Divorce & Separation, Marriage & Divorce, Parenting, Emotions & Feelings, Stepfamilies, Stepparenting, Stepchildren
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Speaking of Thomas, he turned six last week. I gave him my globe. No big deal. I just slapped on a bow and handed it to him during the ice cream and cake.
His eyes lit up like you wouldn’t believe. “Mine? Is this for me? I get to have your world?”
I just shrugged. It’s not like it cost me anything. And besides, I already know what the world looks like. It’s round and it’s bumpy and it spins.
But mostly it changes. Volcanoes blow up and the seasons go from winter to summer and every day turns into night. And people get divorced and then they get married again and the next thing you know, you’re sharing your bedroom. And sometimes you’re angry and sometimes you’re sad, and sometimes you’re so confused, you don’t know what you are.
And they say that time fixes everything, but it doesn’t. Not everything. Time can’t change what’s already happened. It can only help you accept it a little easier, that’s all.
And even if some of the anger starts to go away after a while, you don’t have to run around telling your parents how much better you’re feeling.
And you don’t have to eat fiber cereal either.
Oh, yeah, and you don’t have to keep your memories in a box in the attic. You can bring them down and put them on your dresser if you want to.
You can.
Ben helped.
Don’t Make Me Smile
by Barbara Park
The way Charlie Hickle sees it, there’s no reason to smile. His parents are getting a divorce, and there doesn’t seem to be anything he can do about it. Not that Charlie doesn’t try. He does everything he can think of to convince his parents that he’ll go nuts if they get a divorce. He threatens to spend the rest of his life in a tree. He refuses to eat his mother’s cooking. He causes trouble in school and makes rude comments about his father’s new apartment. With a little help from a new friend, though, Charlie finally starts to accept the inevitable changes in his life—but not until he makes a hilarious last-ditch effort to get his parents back together.
“Funny and touching—a good read.”
— Children’s Book Review Service
“The author does make you smile, proving that there is still room for one more middle-grade problem novel on divorce.”
— Booklist
BARBARA PARK is one of today’s funniest, most popular authors. Her middle-grade novels have won more than forty children’s book awards. She is also the creator of the hilarious Junie B. Jones series. Barbara holds a BS in education from the University of Alabama. She has two grown sons and lives with her husband, Richard, in Arizona.
Speaking of Thomas, he turned six last week. I gave him my globe. No big deal. I just slapped on a bow and handed it to him during the ice cream and cake.
His eyes lit up like you wouldn’t believe. “Mine? Is this for me? I get to have your world?”
I just shrugged. It’s not like it cost me anything. And besides, I already know what the world looks like. It’s round and it’s bumpy and it spins.
But mostly it changes. Volcanoes blow up and the seasons go from winter to summer and every day turns into night. And people get divorced and then they get married again and the next thing you know, you’re sharing your bedroom. And sometimes you’re angry and sometimes you’re sad, and sometimes you’re so confused, you don’t know what you are.
And they say that time fixes everything, but it doesn’t. Not everything. Time can’t change what’s already happened. It can only help you accept it a little easier, that’s all.
And even if some of the anger starts to go away after a while, you don’t have to run around telling your parents how much better you’re feeling.
And you don’t have to eat fiber cereal either.
Oh, yeah, and you don’t have to keep your memories in a box in the attic. You can bring them down and put them on your dresser if you want to.
You can.
Ben helped.
Don’t Make Me Smile
by Barbara Park
The way Charlie Hickle sees it, there’s no reason to smile. His parents are getting a divorce, and there doesn’t seem to be anything he can do about it. Not that Charlie doesn’t try. He does everything he can think of to convince his parents that he’ll go nuts if they get a divorce. He threatens to spend the rest of his life in a tree. He refuses to eat his mother’s cooking. He causes trouble in school and makes rude comments about his father’s new apartment. With a little help from a new friend, though, Charlie finally starts to accept the inevitable changes in his life—but not until he makes a hilarious last-ditch effort to get his parents back together.
“Funny and touching—a good read.”
— Children’s Book Review Service
“The author does make you smile, proving that there is still room for one more middle-grade problem novel on divorce.”
— Booklist
BARBARA PARK is one of today’s funniest, most popular authors. Her middle-grade novels have won more than forty children’s book awards. She is also the creator of the hilarious Junie B. Jones series. Barbara holds a BS in education from the University of Alabama. She has two grown sons and lives with her husband, Richard, in Arizona.
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