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A Shine of Rainbows A Shine of Rainbows Lillian Beckwith ***Mairi and Sandy live on a lonely Hebridean island, content with each other, despite their lack of children.*** When Mairi brings home Thomas, a child from the orphanage, Sandy is jealous of Mai… OL10591088W
Birthright Birthright Nora Roberts,Michel Ganstel When five-thousand-year-old human bones are found at a construction site in the small town of Woodsboro, the news draws archaeologist Callie Dunbrook out of her sabbatical and into a whirlwind of adv… OL111543W
Adoption in the United States Adoption in the United States Martha J. Henry xix, 235 p. ; 23 cm OL11929719W
Pregnant? Adoption is an option Pregnant? Adoption is an option JeanneWarren Lindsay Summary, Discusses adoption as an option for pregnant young women who do not have the resources to parent well, exploring how such a solution could affect the birthmother, the child, and the father. OL13457892W
Conceiving in the heart Conceiving in the heart Deana Coreen Kastello Collection of stories about the children who were in the author's foster care, with discussion of adoption. OL13731501W
Sweet moon baby Sweet moon baby Karen Henry Clark The smiling moon watches over a baby girl in China whose parents love her but cannot take care of her, and guides a childless couple that lives far away to the daughter for whom they yearn. OL13804762W
Painted warriors and wild lions Painted warriors and wild lions Gilbert Morris When Duffy Kerrigan and her adopted brothers and sisters, who all come from different countries, accompany their widowed father on a trip to write about and photograph the Masai people in Africa, she… OL14854753W
Take me with you Take me with you Carolyn Marsden Raised in an Italian orphanage in the years following World War II, a biracial girl named Susanna and her best friend Pina want to be adopted but fear being separated. OL14908926W
Deadly Deals (The Sisterhood) Deadly Deals (The Sisterhood) Fern Michaels The sixteenth book in the Sisterhood series. After spending Thanksgiving with their loved ones on Big Pine Mountain, the ladies of the Sisterhood prepare to assist attorney Lizzie Fox in breaking up … OL14914251W
Whispers of Love Whispers of Love Rosie Harris A compelling new saga set in Liverpool from the author of The Quality of Love.It is 1914 and Christabel Blakemore is happily preparing for her wedding when she receives the shattering news that her f… OL14987882W
Boardwalk with hotel Boardwalk with hotel Claudia Mills When fifth-grader Jessica discovers that her parents adopted her because they mistakenly believed they could not have children, she wonders if they love her less than the brother and sister who were … OL15129498W
Mommy far, Mommy near Mommy far, Mommy near Carol Antoinette Peacock Elizabeth, who was born in China, describes the family who has adopted her and tries to sort out her feelings for her unknown mother. OL15212349W
Family Storms Family Storms V. C. Andrews **In the eye of the storm . . .** Living on the streets with her destitute mother, selling knickknacks and trinkets just to survive, Sasha Porter dreams of someday having a normal life, with a rea… OL15414614W
Heaven Heaven Angela Johnson Fourteen-year-old Marley's seemingly perfect life in the small town of Heaven is disrupted when she discovers that her father and mother are not her real parents. OL15430674W
A Hero for her heart A Hero for her heart Candice Speare When Allie’s brother and sister-in-law die in a car accident, Allie is left with the care of their adopted son, Danny—and enormous debt. Now she’s forced to sell part of the farm to make ends meet. … OL15449092W
Abby Abby Jeannette Franklin Caines,Steven Kellogg Pre-school Abby enjoys her special place in the family as the adopted child. OL15841329W
Vindens son Vindens son Henning Mankell In the 1870s, Hans Bengler arrives in Cape Town from Sweden, driven by a singular desire: to discover an insect no one has seen before and name it after himself. But then he impulsively adopts a youn… OL158634W
Edgar Allan Edgar Allan John Neufeld When the Fickett family decides to adopt a little black boy, they are faced with threats, angry phone calls, a burning cross on the lawn, and an ultimatum from their oldest daughter. OL16037893W
The shiniest jewel The shiniest jewel Marian Henley A graphic tale inspired by the author's poignant journey of adopting a baby while coping with her father's illness and her reluctance to marry a long-time boyfriend describes her struggles through th… OL16328704W
Redeeming Sarah's present Redeeming Sarah's present Mildred Colvin 169 p. ; 18 cm OL16518238W
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