Half a world away

By Cynthia Kadohata

Subjects: Adoption, Adoption, fiction, Special needs children, International adoption, Love, Fiction, Intercountry adoption, Children's fiction, Love, fiction, Juvenile fiction, Emotional problems of children, Abandoned children, Emotional problems

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.