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Explores the impact of incarceration on families, and offers encouragement and advice for children eagerly awaiting their parents' release.

"Eleven-year-old Perry was born and raised by his mom at the Blue River Co-ed Correctional Facility in Tiny Surprise, Nebraska.

A collection of personal stories exploring the emotions teens and their parents face when a parent is in prison.

"After 'rotten bad year' on the mainland, eleven-year-old Jett returns to Newfoundland to spend the summer with his sprightly Grandma Jo (whose hair is dyed cotton candy blue to match her house), bringing along a shameful secret involving the betrayal of a friend.

"It's visiting day, and Dad smells like peppermint--yuck! If only he would wear that nice, breezy cologne that smells like hazelnut.

The text explores the changes that may occur in a reader's life when their parent goes to jail and reassures them that they are not alone during this difficult time.

"Navigates the subject of incarceration as it affects or has involved a parental figure.

"A little girl who misses her father because he's away in prison shares how his absence affects different parts of her life.

"Jayden Jackson is always in trouble. He has a quick temper and gets detention on the regular.

"Jordan's father was sent to jail for a reason Jordan doesn't know.

"Ten-year-old Della can rely on her older sister, Suki, for anything, but when Suki attempts suicide, Della must seek help and speak out about the sexual abuse they've both suffered at the hands of their mother's boyfriend"--.

"One of the most prominent voices of her generation debuts with an extraordinarily powerful memoir: the story of a childhood defined by the ever looming absence of her incarcerated father and the path we must take to both honor and overcome our origins.

"[A] romance about a teen whisked off by an anonymous benefactor to a prestigious boarding school for the arts in Michigan.

"Miles Pruitt has been struggling in high school. When his dad is sent to prison, things get worse.