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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"India Allwood grew up wanting to be an actress. Armed with a stack of index cards and a hell of a lot of talent, she goes from awkward 16-year-old to Broadway ingenue to tv star. But while promoting her most recent project, a film about adoption, India does what you should never do - she tells a journalist the truth: it's a bad movie. Like so many movies about adoption, it tells only one story, a tragic one. But India's an adoptive mom herself and...
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Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"An emotion-filled collection." —Kirkus Reviews Two teens take the stage and find their voice . . . A girl learns about her heritage and begins to find her community . . . A sister is haunted by the ghosts of loved ones lost . . . There is no universal adoption experience, and no two adoptees have the same story. This anthology for teens edited by Shannon Gibney and Nicole Chung contains a wide range of powerful, poignant, and evocative stories...
Author
Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"THE PATHWAY TO HEALING AND LIGHT FOR ADOPTEES Adoption is a lifeline of support and opportunity for countless people, but it can bring challenges and emotional conditions that are often silenced or left unaddressed, including PTSD, risk of suicide, and fear of abandonment. Author Michelle Madrid has experienced these challenges as a foster child and international adoptee and now as an adoptive parent and adoptee-empowerment coach. Michelle has learned...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A young girl who is a transracial adoptee learns to love her Asian eyes and finds familial connection and meaning through them, even though they look different from her parents’. Her family bond is deep and their connection is filled with love. She wonders about her birth mom and comes to appreciate both her birth culture and her adopted family's culture, for even though they may seem very different, they are both a part of her, and that is what...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This moving picture book about open adoption shares all parents' wish for a child's life to be full of love and family. One birth mother is pregnant with a baby and wants to find parents to adopt the child. Eventually she finds two dads who will be just the right parents, because they, too, share her same wishes of love and happiness for the baby. Author Dano Moreno drew from his and his husband's experience with adopting their son to write a gentle,...
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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
''Reveals the candid thoughts and feelings of those most directly involved in adoptions: adoptees, adoptive parents, and birth parents. Adoption Unfiltered authors Sara Easterly (adoptee), Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard (birth parent), and Lori Holden (adoptive parent) interview dozens of adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, social workers, therapists, and other allies—all sharing candidly about the challenges in adoption. While finding common...
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Series
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Upon finding an orphaned bunny, Princess Kira enlists the help of the other princesses to find him a new home, and in the process, the princesses discover a way to help all the kingdom's animals in need of a home.
"An empowering, all-new chapter book adventure about girl power, self-expression, and friendship, based on the Netflix series Princess Power and inspired by the #1 New York Times bestselling picture book Princesses Wear Pants (from Today...
Author
Series
Magical Animal Adoption Agency volume 3
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Clover and Oliver must work together to save the animals at the Magical Animal Adoption Agency when the creatures start losing their magic"--
"Book 2 in the marvelous illustrated chapter book series, The Magical Animal Adoption Agency. A new volunteer has joined the Magical Animal Adoption Agency, and Clover's not too happy about it! Oliver Von Hoof is supposed to be an expert on magical animals, but he's barely older than Clover. How can he be...
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Series
Language
English
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'' Pre-order Price Guarantee. Terms Cute, colorful, and very lively kittens star in this Level One Pinkalicious I Can Read. Pinkalicious and Peter get a big surprise when their foster cat has kittens! Caring for six rambunctious kittens is a huge challenge. Will Pinkalicious and Peter be able to convince Mommy and Daddy to let them keep them? Pinkalicious: Kittens! Kittens! Kittens! is a Level One I Can Read which means it's perfect for children...
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"When young Mabel Ratcliff goes to study magic at Ruthersfield Academy, she discovers not only that being a proper witch is harder than she thought, but also that she is adopted"--
"Penderwicks meets Edward Eager in this moving story "that will remind readers of Roald Dahl’s Matilda" (School Library Journal) about a young witch found in a flowerpot who embarks on a journey to discover her roots. The morning Nora Ratcliff finds a baby in the flowerpot...
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In this dual-time narrative, Ivy Rose returns to her hometown to oversee an estate sale but soon discovers her grandmother left behind more than trinkets and photo frames--she provided a path to the truth behind Ivy's adoption"--
"When Ivy Rose returns to her hometown to oversee an estate sale, she soon discovers that her grandmother left behind more than trinkets and photo frames--she provided a path to the truth behind Ivy's adoption. Shocked,...
Author
Publisher
Plaza y Janes
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
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"Melissa Henderson leads a quiet life. Once a bestselling author, she now pours all her energy into renovating a Victorian house in the foothills of rural New England. Six years ago, her life was derailed by tragedy and she stopped writing. The house has given her new purpose. When her beloved home appears on the news, Melissa receives a call from her estranged sister, Hattie. They were close once, but that was before Melissa withdrew from the world....
Author
Publisher
Putnam/G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A French bulldog who loves gourmet food has trouble finding a family that is just right for him.
"Meet Louie. He's a dog of very fine taste. He knows every chef in town, and each day he wanders the city, visiting his favorite restaurants. It's a good life, except... Louie is all on his own. What Louie wants more than anything is a family. But try as he might, Louie can't seem to find a family that's right for him. At the beach, he meets a little...
15) Dear stray
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A prickly kitten and the child who chooses it revel in being kindred spirits while they both learn how to live with their wild side. When a little girl adopts a tigerish stray kitten from the shelter, her family isn't sure about her choice. But she can see that she and the kitten have lots in common as they both have a tendency to lash out when they’re uncomfortable. The little girl does her best to be patient and give her kitten plenty of space,...
16) Lucky dogs
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
''From critically acclaimed author-illustrator Joowon Oh comes a poignant picture book about the special bonds between a girl and her foster dogs, with heartwarming messages of compassion, selflessness, and finding a home - in each other. One day, Ruth and her mom are in the park and see a pet adoption fair. Ruth is drawn to a cute little dog, but they are moving soon and can't adopt. However, they can foster for a couple of months, and that's how...
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