Between Mom and JoNick has a three-legged dog named Lucky, some pet fish, and two moms who think he's the greatest kid ever. And he happens to think he has the greatest Moms ever, but everything changes when his birth mom and her wife, Jo, start to have marital problems. Suddenly, Nick is in the middle, and instead of having two Moms to turn to for advice, he has no one. Nick's emotional struggle to redefine his relationships with his parents will remind readers that a family's love can survive even the most difficult times. |
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User Review - jothebookgirl - LibraryThingBetween Mom and Jo is the story of a boy named Nick and his two moms, Erin and Jo. The book starts when Nick is three, and we get to see Nick grow up thinking that having two moms is completely normal ... Read full review
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User Review - Cheryl_in_CC_NV - LibraryThingMelodramatic. Sure it's nice to see a story where the mom and the mom are just as messed up as the mom and the dad... the whole 'lesbians are regular people too' thing, of course I get that. But this ... Read full review
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| Title | Between Mom and Jo |
| Author | Julie Anne Peters |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2007 |
| ISBN | 031602483X, 9780316024839 |
| Length | 240 pages |
| Subjects | › › Young Adult Fiction / Diversity & Multicultural Young Adult Fiction / Family / Alternative Family Young Adult Fiction / Family / Marriage & Divorce Young Adult Fiction / Family / Parents Young Adult Fiction / LGBT Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings |
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