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The scarecrows The scarecrows Robert Westall While visiting his mother and new stepfather whom he hates, an English teenager is terrorized by three scarecrows embodying people who met violent death and who silently threaten the entire family. OL11314910W
The well The well A. J. Whitten Fourteen-year-old Cooper must face a monster trapped for two centuries in a well near his stepfather's Maine vineyard or risk everything that he holds dear, including his girlfriend, Megan. OL13768244W
Well at the End of the World Well at the End of the World Robert D. San Souci In this fairy tale, loosely based on English and Scottish lore, feisty Princess Rosamond, who prefers good books to good looks, risks her throne and all her wealth to save her father's life. OL15077053W
Chime Chime Franny Billingsley In the early twentieth century in Swampsea, Wales, seventeen-year-old Briony, who can see the spirits that haunt the marshes around their town, feels responsible for her twin sister's horrible injury… OL15601920W
Princess of the wild swans Princess of the wild swans Diane Zahler Twelve-year-old Princess Meriel must sew shirts from stinging nettles in order to rescue her five older brothers from their evil stepmother's spell lest they remain swans forever. Inspired by the And… OL16002145W
Not exactly a love story Not exactly a love story Audrey Couloumbis After his parents divorce, high school junior Vinnie Gold moves to Long Island with his mother and new stepfather and must negotiate a secret crush and a rather complicated connection with the popula… OL16504634W
Apple-y ever after Apple-y ever after Jane B. Mason After years lost at sea, trapped by a curse, Snow White's father is back on shore. Snow is overjoyed, but the dwarves are wary--and it's soon apparent that the sopping sire hasn't washed off the curs… OL1668682W
Winter Winter Marissa Meyer Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty is said to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother, Queen … OL17304541W
In our house Scott is my brother In our house Scott is my brother C. S. Adler When her widowered father marries a restless, unhappy woman with a teenage son, 13-year-old Jodi finds some of the adjustments difficult to make. OL1845902W
Like Jake and Me Like Jake and Me Mavis Jukes Alex feels that he does not have much in common with his stepfather Jake until a fuzzy spider brings them together. OL1875534W
What I saw and how I lied What I saw and how I lied Judy Blundell,Judy Blundell In 1947, with her jovial stepfather Joe back from the war and family life returning to normal, teenage Evie, smitten by the handsome young ex-GI who seems to have a secret hold on Joe, finds herself … OL1907723W
The Garden of Eden Motel The Garden of Eden Motel Morse Hamilton In the early 1950s, eleven-year-old Dal accompanies his stepfather Mr. Sabatini on a business trip to a rural community in Idaho, where Dal makes new friends and becomes involved in a scheme involvin… OL1986583W
The stepmonster The stepmonster Joanna Nadin,Églantine Ceulemans Tom knows all about stepmothers from the books he's read. They do all sorts of horrible things. In fact, they aren't really stepmothers at all. They are StepMONSTERS! So when his dad's new friend Lul… OL20854193W
Setting the trap Setting the trap Jeffrey Asher Nesbit Twelve-year-old Josh Landis has a chance to use some of the knowledge he has gained since moving to the High Sierras with his mother and stepfather, a park ranger, when he helps look for the person w… OL2926922W
Chevrolet Saturdays Chevrolet Saturdays Candy Boyd,Candy Dawson Boyd When he enters fifth grade after his mother's remarriage, Joey has trouble adjusting to his new teacher and to his new stepfather. OL2981443W
Journey to an 800 Number Journey to an 800 Number E. L. Konigsburg Bo learns about kindness, love, loyalty, appearances, and pretense from the unusual characters he meets when he is sent to live with his father after his mother decides to remarry. OL2987249W
A formal feeling A formal feeling Zibby Oneal Sixteen-year-old Anne, home from boarding school for the holidays, has difficulty accepting her new stepmother's presence in the house that holds so many memories of her dead mother. OL4276880W
My wicked stepmother My wicked stepmother Norman Leach When his father remarries, seven-year-old Tom has trouble accepting his new stepmother. OL4292358W
Summer of the Zeppelin Summer of the Zeppelin Elsie McCutcheon During the summer of 1918, with her father fighting in Germany and her stepmother perpetually irritable and critical, twelve-year-old Elvira decides to go live with an orphaned friend in an abandoned… OL4987659W
When we married Gary When we married Gary Anna Grossnickle Hines Beth still remembers the daddy who went away, although her younger sibling does not, but both of them accept Gary and call him Papa. OL526277W
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