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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
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
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
Abby Abby Jeannette Franklin Caines,Steven Kellogg Pre-school Abby enjoys her special place in the family as the adopted child. OL15841329W
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 year of the baby The year of the baby Andrea Cheng,Patrice Barton Fifth-grader Anna is concerned that her baby sister Kaylee, adopted from China three months ago, is not thriving so she and her best friends, Laura and Camille, create a science project that may save… OL16672028W
Youn Hee & Me Youn Hee & Me C. S. Adler Caitlin finds out that bringing her adopted Korean brother's eleven-year-old sister into their home requires patience and understanding, but gradually they become a real family. OL1845930W
When Joel comes home When Joel comes home Susi Gregg Fowler A little girl describes all the things she and her parents are planning to welcome home friends and their newly-adopted son. OL19209739W
Mei-Mei's lucky birthday noodles Mei-Mei's lucky birthday noodles Chen, Shan Shan (Chef) On her sixth birthday, Mei Mei puts on a special new dress and helps her adoptive mother make a traditional birthday dish from Mei Mei's home country, China, to share with her loving family. Includes… OL19662524W
The Alex crow The Alex crow Andrew Smith Once again blending multiple story strands that transcend time and place, Grasshopper Jungle author Andrew Smith tells the story of 15-year-old Ariel, a refugee from the Middle East who is the sole s… OL19995765W
Bridget Wilder, spy-in-training Bridget Wilder, spy-in-training Bernstein, Jonathan (Journalist) "An adopted middle child receives an unexpected package on an otherwise unremarkable birthday inviting her to join a super-secret division of the CIA"-- OL20011617W
The story I'll tell The story I'll tell Nancy Tupper Ling A story of international adoption in which a mother weaves a magical web of tales to explain how her child came to be part of the family. OL20017956W
Lola gets a cat Lola gets a cat Anna McQuinn More than anything Lola would like a cat, but first she must learn how to care for it. OL20048058W
Sister, missing Sister, missing Sophie McKenzie It's two years after the events of Girl, Missing and life is not getting any easier for sixteen-year-old Lauren, as exam pressure and a recent family tragedy take their toll. Lauren's birth mother ta… OL20854226W
Snowball Snowball Ellen Miles Charles and Lizzie Peterson are very good with puppies. They want one of their own, but their mom isn't ready for them to have one full time. So for now, they take care of puppies that need help fi… OL5687856W
A brief chapter in my impossible life A brief chapter in my impossible life Dana Reinhardt Simone's starting her junior year in high school. Her mom's a lawyer for the ACLU, her dad's a political cartoonist, so she's grown up standing outside the organic food coop asking people to sign pet… OL5816326W
My friend, my brother My friend, my brother David Warren Swartley Twelve-year-old Eric Miller, a Mennonite, and Jon Simon become friends and then, through adoption, brothers. OL6569559W