Books

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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
Dim Sum, bagels, and grits Dim Sum, bagels, and grits Myra Alperson "... guides adoptive parents (and parents-to-be) on the journey toward creating a family that represents more than one culture."--cover. OL15835794W
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
Red thread sisters Red thread sisters Carol Antoinette Peacock After an American family adopts eleven-year-old Wen from a Chinese orphanage, she vows to find a family for her best friend, too. OL17929418W
Rising Rising Darnella Ford "Set in a wealthy community in northern Michigan, Rising tells the story of nine-year-old Symone, who is adopted by the Hustons - "a shameless family with a house at the top of the hill" - after her … OL5958668W