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Before Katie Dao-Ming Bryant was adopted, she did not have the power to make decisions regarding her own life, but now, in her 2nd adventure, she is learning that she can make powerful choices that affect not only her own life, but also the lives of the people she cares about. Katie’s 2nd book introduces new characters and opens the door for parents to discuss adoption themes as well as issues that will protect children from real dangers in the world around them. |
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Stuart Little is a little mouse with some big problems. First, he is adopted by the Littles—a human family. His new brother, George, doesn’t want a mouse for a brother, so Stuart’s got to win him over. Just as Stuart begins to make some progress, his real parents show up. And if that’s not enough, he’s also got a boat race, a car chase, and some mean cats to contend with. He may be little, but big things are happening to him... Compiler’s Note: In the original story by E.B. White, Stuart Little is not adopted but born into the Little family. |
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Peter Liebig can’t wait for summer. He’s tired of classrooms, teachers, and the endless lectures about the horrible Nazis. The war has been over for ten years, and besides, his town of Rolfen, West Germany, has moved on nicely. Despite its bombed-out church, it looks just as calm and pretty as ever: There is money to be made at the beach, and there are whole days to spend with Father at his job. And, of course, there’s soccer. Plenty for a thirteen-year-old boy to look forward to. But when Peter stumbles across a letter he was never meant to see, he unravels a troubling secret. Soon he questions everything—the town’s peaceful nature, his parents’ stories about the war, and his own sense of belonging. About the Author: National Book Award-winning author Gloria Whelan weaves rich historical detail into this compelling mystery. Ms. Whelan is the bestselling author of many novels for young readers, including Homeless Bird, winner of the National Book Award, Parade of Shadows, and Listening for Lions. She lives in northern Michigan. |
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Ashline Wilde long ago gave up hope of being a normal teenager. And, as if being the reincarnation of a Polynesian volcano goddess wasn’t already too hot to handle, Ash discovers that her ex-boyfriend Colt Halliday is out to torch the world as she knows it. Trickster god Colt has designs to exterminate the Cloak, the benevolent otherworldly beings that oversee the gods. With the Cloak dead, there will be nothing to stop Colt’s lies from taking root and growing into something ugly. Nothing to stop him from resurrecting the evil gods of the ancient world. Nothing to stop him from merging Ash and her two sisters into a single, all-powerful goddess: Pele. With the help of her sister Eve and her new boyfriend,Wes—Aztec god of the night—Ash prepares for a final cataclysm between the gods, where she’ll have to snuff out her old flame once and for all. Even if it means her own destruction. About the Author: Karsten Knight has been writing since the age of six, when he completed his first masterpiece: a picture book series about an adventurous worm. In the two decades that have followed, Karsten worked as a proofreader, a bookseller, and a college admissions counselor before finally deciding that his true calling is to be a volcano goddess biographer. He resides in Boston, where he lives for fall weather and football, and is on a far-too-successful quest to visit every restaurant in the city. By the Same Author: Wildefire (2011) and Embers and Echoes (2012), among others. |
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Agatha Mae Vaughn is 12 years old in 1866, and she lives in the Asylum for Homeless Waifs, where she’s always in trouble or in the way. So when she’s told she’s being sent west on the orphan train, Aggie isn’t sad. She’s looking forward to starting fresh and finding the family she’s never had. But instead of young parents and maybe even a little brother or sister, Aggie gets the Bradons. Bertha and Eldon Bradon are an elderly couple who live on a farm with their two older children—Leon, a budding inventor, and Penelope, a crusader for women’s right to vote. This is not the family Aggie had in mind. Will she ever fit in? About the Author: Joan Lowery Nixon is the author of more than 100 books for young people, including the award-winning Orphan Train Adventures, the Ellis Island novels, and four Edgar Award-winning young adult mysteries. By the Same Author: Beats Me, Claude (1986, Viking Kestrel); A Family Apart (1987, Bantam Books); Caught in the Act (1988, Bantam Books); In the Face of Danger (1988, Bantam Books); A Place to Belong (1989, Bantam Books); You Bet Your Britches, Claude (1989, Viking Kestrel); That’s the Spirit, Claude (1992, Viking Kestrel); A Dangerous Promise (1994); Keeping Secrets (1995); Circle of Love (1997); Lucy’s Wish (1998); Will’s Choice (1998); David’s Search (1998); and The Haunting (1998). |
Twelve-year-old Ainslie and her two younger sisters haven’t always had the best life. They are constantly left alone, hungry, and always craving love. After a visit from welfare workers, however, Ainslie and her sisters’ lives begin to change for the better. They are introduced to a doctor and his wife, who become their new foster parents. In this children’s book series, you will share in the girls’ adventures and meet the couple they now call Mom and Dad. Ainslie’s Smile will show readers how sharing hearts, a home, and even something as simple as a smile can help children going through the adoption process know where they belong. |
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My mother was the war, he thought. She was a witch, a terrible demon, eater of people, but she looked after me. It’s not my fault that I loved her. Paul Kagomi is a child guerrilla, orphaned by war and schooled in bloodshed, who places his trust in his AK—his gun. With the promise of peace he comes out of the bush, only to find himself pursued, driven and hounded across hostile terrains. With a cause to cling to and the odds against him, is it time for Paul to fight in another way? For, as he reaches the streets and markets of the frenzied capital, he soon discovers that his AK is only a danger—to himself... Peter Dickinson is the award-winning author of The Changes trilogy, Tulku and Merlin Dreams. About the Author: Peter Dickinson was born in what Is now Zambia. He is the author of many distinguished and highly entertaining novels for children and adults. In Britain his novels for children have received several awards, among them the Carnegie Medal for Tulku and for City of Gold, the Guardian Award for The Blue Hawk, and the Whitbread Award for Tulku and, most recently, for AK. In America his novel Eva was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and was named a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book in Fiction. Peter Dickinson lives in London. |
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Akin to No One is a carefully constructed social novel which deals with the coming of age of a young peasant girl whose sole desire is to learn how to read and write. In so doing, the book exposes openly the mores of a society where one is defined by economic status, by looks, and by power. About the Author: Born in Haiti and immigrated to the United States in her early teens, Nicole Titus is a poet and artist whose scope of interest is greatly varied and discerning ability multifaceted and profound. Imbued with a love of literature at a young age, she has been writing poetry since childhood, and is the author of several books of fiction. Educated mostly in New York City, Nicole Titus is fluent in French, and holds a Master’s Degree in English and an AAS in Clinical Laboratory Technology. Her novel, Akin to No One, is based on her personal observations, and on things witnessed while growing up. She presents here a gripping account that is bound to move you, and an array of unforgettable characters that promise to remain with you for years to come. Compiler’s Note: See also, Teacher’s Study Guide to Akin to No One by Nicole Titus and Stephen Smith (2013). |
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This is a multigenre fiction story based on a nonfiction annual event, the adoption day celebration sometimes called airplane day or gotcha day. This is the story about an how an adult aunt adopted from South Korea fits in an otherwise white family in Minnesota in the United States. It is meant for the young family relatives to help them understand how a family could have race diversity. Celebrations such as airplane day and gotcha day are a good way to help family members with such memories. The idea for this book occurred to Carolyn when she saw her two year old grandson watch his Auntie Betsy from South Korea, and seem te wonder how she fit in the otherwise white family. Who knows what he was thinking, but it appeared to be he was noticing Auntie’s eyes and skin color. Carolyn decided this book could help him and other young children with older, adopted relatives, understand a little about adoption. About the Author: Carolyn Wilhelm has a BS in Elementary Education, an MS in Special Studies of Gifted Children, and an MA in Curriculum and Instruction K-12. She was a National Board Certification Middle Childhood Generalist 2004-2014. She is also a licensed, certified teacher in Minnesota through 2021. Previous publications include a story in the anthology Mom for the Holidays: Stories of Love, Laughter & Tantrums at Christmas & Hanukkah edited by Nolan and Demas. Carolyn is a wife, mom, and grandmother. One of her now adult children was adopted from South Korea. She is the author of the Wise Owl Factory which has (mostly) free educational materials for parents, teachers, homeschools, libraries, and scout groups to use. She lives with her witty and helpful husband of 47 years, and visits her children and grandchildren as often as she can. Pieter Els has 30+ years of experience in facilitating courses to junior and senior facilitators, learning aids development, course material development, and marketing and web design. At first, he has earned a Graphic Design Diploma and during his career, as well as several merit bonuses for outstanding educational services and products. Later in his career he decided to also get his BTech Degree in Graphic Design. Some of the other qualifications he obtained were: Educational Technology (EDTECH) Facilitator, Learning Aids Developer, Learning Material Developer and Assessor. He also took several courses in Computer Based Training, E-learning Software and attended Middle and Senior Management Courses. One of his major responsibilities later in his career was the research on distance learning. Pieter has an online resource company for education clip art, illustrations, tutorials and articles. His company goal is to offer the world of education more high-quality art and learning materials. Surfer Kids Clip Art was established on Christmas Day, December 25, 2013 He is happily married to Elizabe with a daughter Nika and son Eswan. |
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Skillfully blending multiple story strands that transcend time and place, award-winning Grasshopper Jungle author Andrew Smith chronicles the story of Ariel, a refugee who is the sole survivor of an attack on his small village. Now living with an adoptive family in Sunday, West Virginia, Ariel’s story is juxtaposed against those of a schizophrenic bomber and the diaries of a failed arctic expedition from the late nineteenth century ... and a depressed, bionic reincarnated crow. About the Author: Andrew Smith knew ever since his days as editor of his high school newspaper that he wanted to be a writer. His books include Grasshopper Jungle, Winger, and 100 Sideways Miles. Smith prefers the seclusion of his rural Southern California setting, where he lives with his family. |
Left at birth at a hospital in Russia and later sent to a baby house, Alexander spent the first months of his life without parents. Unknown to him, a Mom and Dad were on their way to adopt him. But it would be a difficult journey from their home in America. |
This children’s book tells the story of a baby dragon left on a human couple’s doorstep. Raised as a little boy, Ralph doesn’t know he’s a Dragon until he meets other children. Befriended by a little girl Alexis, they discover acceptance, and learn to celebrate their differences and how much they have in common. Written in language for young children, Alexis and Ralph the Dragon has a tongue-in-cheek humor from which any adult reading it to a young child will get a few chuckles. |
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Finn Ferral had once been the young huntsman for a forest village in the east. But he had needed all of his uncanny wilderness skills when the only family he had ever known were taken away by the Slavers—the cruel, mysterious, alien rulers of Earth. Finn set out to find them, and, with his new friend, Baer—a shaggy Bloodkin who had turned against his alien masters—rescued his foster father, Joshua, and found his foster sister Jena half a continent away with a band of warriors who had sought freedom in the desert Wasteland. Now the Slavers, using all their power to exterminate the Wasteland people, are driving Finn and his friends further and further south towards the Firesands, an eerie, deadly stretch of land still glowing with radioactivity. Finn, intrigued by a glimpse of a massive, hulking figure unlike any he has ever seen, investigates what he thinks is a deserted Slaver ship. Captured, he is taken to the Slavers’ mountain Citadel, a huge, underground fortress from which there has never been an escape. So begins this intricate and compelling adventure, in which Finn learns the chilling truth about the aliens and about the monstrous secret that lies at the heart of the Citadel. About the Author: Douglas Hill is a Canadian who has lived in Britain for several years, where he is now literary editor of the London weekly Tribune. He is the author of more than twenty non-fiction books and the editor of five anthologies of science fiction and fantasy for adults and one for children. In the many years of his involvement with science fiction he has been a reviewer, magazine staff editor, publishers’ consultant, and author of numerous articles and short stories. By the Same Author: The Huntsman (1982) and Warriors of the Wasteland (1983). |
Based on dozens of intensive interviews with parents, clinical psychologists, teachers, therapists, and more, Alina’s Story shows the journey of Alina, a little girl adopted from Russia. After living in an orphanage during her early life, Alina is confused and scared by the outside world. There are so many people, so much noise ... Her new family loves her, but Alina finds it hard to trust them. What if they hurt her? Or go away and leave her alone? It is hard for Alina to talk about her feelings, so when she is upset or worried, she throws big tantrums that scare her family. Luckily, her mama and papa won’t give up on helping Alina. They take her to nice doctors and finally a special school so that Alina can learn new skills. Slowly, Alina begins to trust other people and gets better at expressing her feelings and solving problems. For the first time in her life, she realizes she is truly safe and loved ... and she loves her new family in return. This book is part of the ORP Library series of disabilities books. |
When Baby Brown Bear arrives, all alone and very frightened, at City Zoo, Mama Polar Bear scoops him into her arms and promises to be his mother. Despite the grumblings of the other animals, Baby Brown Bear learns family is family, no matter the differences, and all bears need love. |
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When Mrs. Mack says she will soon be a grandmother, her students realize that teachers have families just like they do! Suddenly everyone in the class wants to share information about his or her own unique family. Sarah tells of flying to China with her parents where they adopted her sister, Rachel. Christopher tells about his parents’ divorce. They are still a family, but now he and his brother spend a few days every week at their dad’s apartment. Nick lives with his parents, five siblings, and his grandparents—they need to order three large pizzas for dinner! And Hannah tells how she loves to garden with her two mommies. All Families Are Special enhances Norma Simon’s classic All Kinds of Families and her more recent All Kinds of Children. Her newest book provides contemporary examples, including blended and international families. Children will be pleased to find families similar to their own here, and to talk about what Mrs. Mack says―“No two families are the same, but every family is special.” |
This story is about two children given up for adoption in the 1950s. The focus is on the kids and the foster home. These were not babies but small children forsaken by their “married” parents. This is a short story that could easily turn into a series. If there is interest in it then I will consider future additions. The red-head is me. |
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Gen is mad that she has to spend her holiday in Barkerville babysitting for her eight-year-old stepbrother, Mark. He snivels and whines and besides he doesn’t seem interested in math or logical thinking. But one day Mark discovers a fascinating old lady who says she is a ghost. Her home is filled with props from her husband’s magic shows, and on her land the children discover an abandoned gold mine. Mystery abounds as the children unravel the secret of the magician’s identity, and Gen discovers that Mark isn’t so dumb after all. About the Author: Florence McNeil is a well-known British Columbian poet and author of Miss P and Me. He knowledge of Barkerville brings a special atmosphere to this magical tale. |
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Two years after being airlifted out of war-torn Vietnam, Matt Pin is haunted: by bombs that fell like dead crows, by the family—and the terrible secret—he left behind. Now, inside a caring adoptive home in the United States, a series of profound events force him to choose between silence and candor, blame and forgiveness, fear and freedom. By turns harrowing, dreamlike, sad, and triumphant, this searing debut novel, written in lucid verse, reveals an unforgettable perspective on the lasting impact of war and the healing power of love. About the Author: Ann E. Burg worked as an English teacher for ten years before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Rhinebeck, New York, with her husband and their two children. All the Broken Pieces is her first novel. |
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The volcanic island of Firecast off the coast of Australia is the scene of the beginning of this exciting story. The islanders, who are mostly pearl-divers and fishermen, are watched over by the indomitable Miss Buchanan, schoolteacher, nurse and friend of the people. The story is told by Kerri, a twelve-year-old native boy whom she is coaching for a scholarship to Queensland. Kerri is anxious to justify her faith in him, but often feels he would rather take part in the exciting life of the pearl-fishers. But sudden and terrifying events overtake the islanders. An earthquake and a volcanic eruption cause the community to flee from their island home to the “ghostly” island Malu. In the evacuation of Firecrest, and again in the many difficulties which the islanders meet in their new home, Kerri does prove himself, magnificently confirming the promise that his “Ama,” Miss Buchanan, has always recognized in him. About the Author: Kylie Tennant was born in Manly, New South Wales; she was educated at Brighton College and Sydney University, though she left without graduating. She was a publicity officer for the Australian Broadcasting Commission, as well as working as a journalist, union organiser, reviewer (for The Sydney Morning Herald), a publisher’s literary adviser and editor, and a Commonwealth Literary Fund lecturer. She married L.C. Rodd in 1933; they had two children (a daughter, Benison, in 1946 and a son, John Laurence, in 1951). Her work was known for its well-researched, realistic, yet positive portrayals of the lives of the underprivileged in Australia. |
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It’s August 1941, and Brick and Mariel are both glad to be Dodgers fans. Finally, their team is on a winning streak, with a chance at the pennant. Brick listens to the games on the radio in Windy Hill, New York, where his family has an apple orchard; Mariel, once a polio patient in the hospital in Windy Hill, lives in Brooklyn, near Ebbets Field. Mariel was adopted by Loretta, a nurse at the hospital, and has never known what happened to her own mother. Someday, somehow, she plans to return to Windy Hill and find out. When a fire destroys their orchard, Brick’s parents must leave the farm to find work. They send him to live in Brooklyn with their friend Loretta. The only good thing about Brooklyn is seeing the Dodgers play—that, and his friendship with Mariel. Maybe together they can find a way to return to Windy Hill, save the apple harvest, and learn the truth about Mariel’s past. After all, if the Dodgers have a hope, anything is possible! About the Author: Patricia Reilly Giff is the author of many beloved books for children, including the Kids of the Polk Street School books, the Friends and Amigos books, and the Polka Dot Private Eye books. Her novels for middle-grade readers include The Gift of the Pirate Queen and Lily’s Crossing, a Newbery Honor Book and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book. Nory Ryan’s Song, her most recent book for Delacorte Press, was an ALA Notable Book and a Best Book for Young Adults and was the 2001 Honor Book for the Golden Kite Award, given by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Patricia Reilly Giff lives in Weston, Connecticut. By the Same Author: Pictures of Hollis Woods (2002, Wendy Lamb Books). |
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“All together now!” Mommy Rabbit says, and Bunny, Little Duckling, and Miss Mouse sing their little Honeys song. Each of them finds a special meaning in this song—which reminds them how much they are loved, and how, all together, they are a family. Anita Jeram, author-illustrator of Bunny, My Honey, has created another endearing tale about Mommy Rabbit and her little Honeys—a story that will delight and comfort young readers as it reveals how this unique family came together. |
Has your husband adopted your child? How exciting! In Ally Bear An Adoption Story, your child will discover what it means to be adopted. Ally Bear asks Mommy Bear to share about the day she met Daddy Bear and how he became her daddy. Ally Bear learns that she was chosen twice, once by Jesus and once by Daddy Bear. The book comes with a certificate for you to fill out and frame. |
Francine is one of the least popular girls in her grade, even with her bright smile and generally great clothes. But when one of her friends Haven picks a fight with her and she gets sent home, she decides to snoop around her adoptive fathers office. But when she finds information about her birth parents, she is shocked. She tells her adoptive parents to take her to her real mother, and they say okay. After all, she has the right to meet her own parents, right? But things don’t go so according to plan. When her parents don’t turn out to be the happy people she imagined them to be, she has to find a way to make it work again. |
From the Back Cover: Operator: “911, what’s your emergency?” “Help! I need help. My name is Viveca Farnworth. I’m in a high-rise on the Upper West Side. My friends, Lex, Taddy, Blake, and I are being held hostage by a lunatic with a gun.” I choked back a cry as the voice on the other line asked who’d abducted us. I swear on my Chanel handbag collection I’ve got the worst flippin’ luck ever! “It’s a fellow student ... that I’ve been ... dating,” I replied. Shit! He’s coming back. Hanging up, I slipped the cellphone in my pocket. He doesn’t know I have it. With a body that’s ripped in all the right places, utterly gorgeous, and so freakin’ charming, I glared at him—part in fear, part in some freaky-deaky state of arousal. I couldn’t believe I’d fallen for this psycho. The sex had been so hot. Everything had been so perfect between us. I loved him. And now, he wants me and my Manhattanites ... dead? But why? And what can I do to stop him? The Undergrad Years is a new adult contemporary miniseries about first loves, independence, and everlasting friendships. |
Am I Special? is a wonderful illustrated book that exposes kids to the amazing world of adoption. It focuses on one day in the life of a precious little girl named Josie. Josie is five years old and learning new things everyday. She learns from her family that ordinary things are “special.” After finding out what special means, she wonders if she is special, because she was adopted. She comes to find out that she wasn’t abandoned; she was chosen. About the Author: Steve and Sandra Hogue have been in full-time ministry for over 18 years, involved in youth, outreach, and children ministries. Currently, they are serving as US missionaries with COMPACT Family Services. They have fostered 16 children over the years and have adopted 6 from foster care and 2 from private agencies. They are active in their community’s foster care system and oversee All For Children, orphans ministry, at their home church. They desire to see churches awakened to the biblical mandate of James 1:27, to care for orphans. Their desire is to see The Church view itself as the answer to the orphan care crisis and to respond as a catalyst for change. You can learn more about their missions work, follow their travels and meet their kids at www.TheChurchIsTheSolution.com. |
This book addresses the issues of adoption. This story gives parents an opportunity to discuss emotions and values, like love, respect and understanding. |
Amanda desperately wants to go with Delilah to the party, wherever it is and whoever is throwing it. She is sick and tired of being a good girl; she wants to step out and have some fun. It’s her senior year of high school; how is she going to handle going to college next year if she isn’t allowed to make decisions without her parents’ input all the time? She wants to experience life, and Delilah knows how to live! Amanda suffers the consequences of rebellion and disobedience as she follows her best friend, Delilah, down a path of destruction—but she also discovers the abiding love of family, repentance and forgiveness, restoration and healing, and the unfathomable grace of God. |
Joshua Survivo is only twelve, but the story of his adventures will delight young and old. There isn’t much that doesn’t happen (or almost happen) to Josh after he runs away from the state orphanage and circumstances conspire to make him a hobo. On the first day he is swept up in the celebration in Times Square when World War II ends in Europe and for the next few months he experiences some extreme highs and lows; it quickly becomes obvious that he’ll need more than an appropriate name to help him survive on the road. The circumstances of his early life have provided him with a keen intuition that helps him sense the good in good people and the evil intent in others. Being small for his age, cute and well-mannered doesn’t do him any harm either ... most of the time. He lives by his wits and gets by with a little help from his friends. When he gets into some really tight spots, he needs a lot of help from his friends. |
At the discretion of the social welfare system, a five-year-old boy named America trustingly leaves the safe haven of his foster home for a visit with his desperate, drug-addicted mother. And because of that one lapse in adult judgment, a child is lost within the system until almost 11 years later when he tries to end his own life. It is the patient therapist Dr. B. who must coax an embittered and damaged America into revisiting all the dark alleys of that lonely suicide road in order to face down his fears and dare to be found. “I’m not that little kid anymore. ... I’m not white and I’m not black and I’m not anything, but I’m a little bit of everything. ... I look down and it’s just me.” Searingly raw and so painfully honest it nearly draws blood, young-adult novelist E.R. Frank’s powerful sophomore effort about a boy nearly broken by neglect and abuse will dampen every eye and brand every heart. Reminiscent of Han Nolan’s Born Blue and Sapphire’s Push, America is a similarly cathartic combination of brutal truth and brilliant writing. It is simply not to be missed. — Jennifer Hubert |
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