The Two Houses

Maya Coleman has two houses now. A blue one with Mom. A green one with Dad. She has two toothbrushes, two pillows, and two of almost everything — except the things that are hard to have two of. So when her class gets a family tree project, Maya freezes. Where does Dad go on a tree if he doesn't live next to Mom anymore? Is it one tree, or two? Maya tries three versions and finishes none of them. She hides the poster board under her bed and hopes the week will pass. Then her teacher asks her one simple question — not "why isn't it done," just "what's the hard part?" — and Maya finally says the thing she's never said out loud: that she might be the reason her family split into two. A warm, honest early reader for kids adjusting to two homes, and for the grown-ups who want a book that tells the truth instead of a script.