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Two families, open to love-exploring and explaining adoption at birth Leap into a warm-hearted tale about a little squirrel who was adopted at birth! Join Sammy as Mom and Dad Rabbit bring him to meet his first family. With its whimsical illustrations and appealing rhymes, this storybook is perfect to read aloud to children age 3-5. Open adoption can be complex as well as joyful. Sammy's story opens the door for kids to talk honestly about their experiences...
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Life of a cactus volume 1
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English
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New friends and a mystery help Aven, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.
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Milly Kaufman is an ordinary American teenager living in Vermont--and then she meets Pablo, a new student at her high school. His exotic accent, strange fashion sense, and intense interest in Milly force her to confront her identity as an adopted child from Pablo's native country. As their relationship grows, Milly decides to undertake a courageous journey to her homeland and, along the way, discovers the story of her birth is intertwined with the...
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2018.
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"What does it mean to lose your roots--within your culture, within your family--and what happens when you find them? Nicole Chung was born severely premature, placed for adoption by her Korean parents, and raised by a white family in a sheltered Oregon town. From childhood, she heard the story of her adoption as a comforting, prepackaged myth. She believed that her biological parents had made the ultimate sacrifice in the hope of giving her a better...
5) The rescue
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2023
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English
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"The Rescue is a gripping thriller that explores the strength of the human-animal bond and how far we will go to protect what we love by three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling author T. Jefferson Parker. While reporting on a Tijuana animal shelter, journalist Bettina Blazak falls in love with one of her story's subjects-an adorable Mexican street dog who is being treated for a mysterious gunshot wound. Bettina impulsively adopts...
6) Found
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The missing volume 1
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English
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When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time.
8) Shoe dog
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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[2014].
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English
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In order to stay in the warm and cozy home he has longed for, Shoe Dog must learn to stop chewing shoes.
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Tales of beauty and madness volume 1
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Razorbill
Pub. Date
c2013
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English
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At six Camille, was an adopted, mute, and scarred child, now at sixteen, she's not mute and keeps her scars hidden. She is a pampered Vultusino heiress, but unlike them, she is a mortal and begins to uncover secrets of her birth.
10) A long way home
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English
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"The miraculous and triumphant story of a young man who rediscovers not only his childhood life and home ... but an identity long-since left behind"--
11) Lola
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The puppy place. Main series volume 45
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Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home.When Charles and his friends find Lola stuck outside right before a rain storm, they have a tough decision to make. They know the French bulldog has a home but she isn't safe being locked out during the storm. Do they take the poor puppy with them or let her ride out the weather?
12) I found a kitty!
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Can I be your dog? volume 2
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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When Arfy finds a homeless kitten, he writes letters to prospective owners, hoping to find the perfect home for his new friend.
14) Our subway baby
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Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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This gentle and incredibly poignant picture book tells the true story of how one baby found his home. "Some babies are born into their families. Some are adopted. This is the story of how one baby found his family in the New York City subway." So begins the true story of Kevin and how he found his Daddy Danny and Papa Pete. Written in a direct address to his son, Pete's moving and emotional text tells how his partner, Danny, found a baby tucked away...
16) In another life
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Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Told in two voices, high school seniors Chloe Holden and Cash Colton try to determine if she is his foster mother's daughter, Emily, who was kidnapped at age three.
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Now a major motion picture starring Sarah Fisher!
Science raises questions only hope and faith can answer in this instant New York Times bestselling "tale of forgiveness and love" (Woman's World) from Karen Kingsbury.
Andi Allen is shaken to the core when she finds out everything she believed about her life was a lie. Her parents had always planned to tell her the truth about her past: that she was adopted...
Science raises questions only hope and faith can answer in this instant New York Times bestselling "tale of forgiveness and love" (Woman's World) from Karen Kingsbury.
Andi Allen is shaken to the core when she finds out everything she believed about her life was a lie. Her parents had always planned to tell her the truth about her past: that she was adopted...
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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What the Heart Wants: Lucas and Elizabeth take their relationship to the next level, but Elizabeth worries she isn't ready for commitment. Rosemary and Lee adjust to life with their niece with them while Rosemary ponders her life's purpose.
19) Instant family
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Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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When Pete and Ellie choose to start a family, they stumble headfirst into the world of foster care adoption. After they learn their perfect foster child comes with two other siblings, Pete and Ellie find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight and must hilariously learn the ropes of instant parenthood if they hope to become a real family.
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