Between Mom and Jo

Teen & Young Adult Fiction about Prejudice & Racism

Author: Julie Anne Peters

Nick 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 st….Read More

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