Ginny Morris is in the fourth grade and her parents have been divorced for twoyears. She goes back and forth between her mothers apartment and her fathershouse ... » 

Ginny Morris is in the fourth grade and her parents have been divorced for twoyears. She goes back and forth between her mothers apartment and her fathershouse switching each Sunday ?switch day?. As Ginny confronts challenges shefinds practical solutions for the things in her control and ways to feel betterabout and accept the things that are not. She also manages to assert herfeelings and needs appropriately with her parents and to negotiate somecompromises. For ages 812. Presents a realistic reflection of shared custodyarrangements showing Ginny coping with many practical and emotionalchallenges leaving important items such as homework or soccer shoes at theother house lack of continuity different rules and expectations at eachhouse being used as a messenger between parents missing the other parentmissing a pet at the other house being out of the loop with friends and schoolevents emotional and logistical problems surrounding birthdays and holidays.Parents are portrayed with an ?average? amount of tension around typicalchildrearing and communication issues and they model good parenting skills. «