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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jaden, an emotionally damaged adopted boy fascinated by electricity, feels a connection to a small, weak toddler with special needs in Kazakhstan, where Jaden's family is trying to adopt a "normal" baby.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her parents find a baby wolf on their doorstep and decide to raise him as their own, Dot is certain he will eat them all up until a surprising encounter with a bear brings them closer together.
Author
Series
Family Fletcher novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
Relates the adventures of a family with two fathers, four adopted boys, and a variety of pets as they make their way through a school year, Kindergarten through sixth grade, and deal with a grumpy new neighbor.
Author
Publisher
Bowen Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
As her turn to be "Star of the Week" in her kindergarten class approaches, Cassidy-Li puts together a poster with pictures of her family, friends, and pets, and wonders about her birthparents in China.
Author
Publisher
Square Fish/Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First Square Fish edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A loving couple dream of a baby born far away and know that this is the baby they have been waiting to adopt.
Author
Series
Greenglass House volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Twelve-year-old Milo is stuck spending the winter holidays in a house full of strange guests who are not what they seem-again! He will have to work with friends old and new to uncover clues in search of a mysterious map and a famous smuggler's lost haul"--
Author
Series
Magical Animal Adoption Agency volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Clover receives a mysterious egg at the Magical Animal Adoption Agency"--
Author
Series
Magical Animal Adoption Agency volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Clover and Oliver must work together to save the animals at the Magical Animal Adoption Agency when the creatures start losing their magic"--
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Description
"When twelve-year-old Edie finds letters and photographs in her attic that change everything she thought she knew about her Native American mother's adoption, she realizes she has a lot to learn about her family's history and her own identity"--
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
Publisher Annotation: Flora and her brother, Julian, don?t believe they were born. They?ve lived in so many foster homes, they can?t remember where they came from. And even now that they?ve been adopted, Flora still struggles to believe in forever. So along with their new mother, Flora and Julian begin a journey to go back and discover their past?for only then can they really begin to build their future.
14) Welcome home, forever child: a celebration of children adopted as toddlers, preschoolers, and beyond
Author
Publisher
Authorhouse
Pub. Date
©2006
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Finally, a book that genuinely celebrates a young child joining their forever family past infancy. With its touching message of love and reassurance, and whimsical illustrations, Welcome Home, Forever Child is sure to be cherished by children and parents alike. While best suited to children ages two to eight, this gem will undoubtedly be enjoyed by older children as well.
Most adoption books reflect infant adoptions, and may not be appropriate for...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
237 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Erin Powers navigates growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee being raised by a white, closeted lesbian mother. Based on the author's experience.
Two girls on different timelines-- each growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee-- find their lives bridged by a mysterious portal. Part memoir, part speculative fiction, Gibney examines the absurdities of the adoptee experience through her own adoption experiences. --Adapted from jacket....
17) Dogtown
Author
Series
Dogtown books volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From beloved authors Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko and with illustrations from Wallace West, Dogtown is at once an uplifting story and a page-turning adventure, sure to find a forever home in readers' hearts. Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have outgrown them. Chance, a real dog, has been in Dogtown since her owners unwittingly left her with irresponsible dog-sitters who skipped...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Imani, the only black girl in Hebrew school, is preparing for her bat mitzvah and hoping to find her birthparents when she discovers the history of adoption in her own family through her great-grandma Anna's Holocaust-era diary.
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