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Author
Series
Anna Wang books volume 3
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Anna takes a trip to China and learns more about herself and her Chinese heritage.
Author
Series
Anna Wang books volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
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 the day.
Author
Language
English
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2021-2022 OBOB 3rd-5th Grade
Children's Books for Native American Heritage Month
Indigenous People's Day: Junior Fiction
Children's Books for Native American Heritage Month
Indigenous People's Day: Junior Fiction
Description
"When twelve-year-old Edie finds letters and photographs in her attic that change everything she thought she knew about her Native American mother's adoption, she realizes she has a lot to learn about her family's history and her own identity"--
Author
Series
Greenglass House volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Milo is stuck spending the winter holidays in a house full of strange guests who are not what they seem-again! He will have to work with friends old and new to uncover clues in search of a mysterious map and a famous smuggler's lost haul"--
Author
Series
Gifted clans volume 1
Language
English
Description
After thirteen-year-old Hattie Oh casts a dangerous spell so her adopted sister, Riley, will get a share of her inherited magic, Riley must undertake a near-impossible quest to save Hattie from death.
Author
Series
Greenglass House volume 1
Language
English
Description
At Greenglass House, a smuggler's inn, twelve-year-old Milo, the innkeepers' adopted son, plans to spend his winter holidays relaxing but soon guests are arriving with strange stories about the house sending Milo and Meddy, the cook's daughter, on an adventure.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Alemitu lives with her mother in a poor village in Ethiopia, where she must walk miles for water and hunger roars in her belly. Even though life is difficult, she dreams of someday knowing more about the world. When her mother has no choice but to leave her at an orphanage to give her a chance at a better life, an American family adopts Alemitu"--
9) My Mei Mei
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Antonia gets her wish when her parents return to China to bring home a Mei Mei, or younger sister, for her.
Author
Series
Bad Kitty (Chapter books) volume 4
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bad kitty is not pleased when a baby joins her family. Includes fun facts and tips for training a cat to perform tricks.
13) The red blanket
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of a single woman who goes to China to adopt a baby. Based on the author's life.
14) Hattie Peck
Author
Series
Hattie Peck volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
All Hattie the hen wanted was an egg of her own, so one day she left her cosy coop to go on an adventure to find all the abandoned eggs in the world.
Author
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Nora and Ben’s younger sister Birdy loves to keep secrets. She surprises her family more than once: She hides a kitten in her room. She writes a beautiful poem. One day Birdy watches her mother spit into a tube, ready to send it off to find out more about herself and where her family came from. Birdy spits into a tube, too, when no one sees her. But when the test results come back, they are a surprise. Birdy is seemingly not...
Author
Series
Comeback kids volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Playing baseball was the one thing that made twelve-year-old Nick Crandall feel at home until he found acceptance with adoptive parents, but he faces a new struggle to fit in when he becomes the first seventh-grader ever to make the varsity baseball team.
18) Pick a pup
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
After observing different types of dogs in his neighborhood, Sam and Gram go to the local pet shelter to choose a puppy.
19) My new mom & me
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A puppy comes to live with his adoptive mother, who is a cat."--
20) Wolfie the bunny
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her parents find a baby wolf on their doorstep and decide to raise him as their own, Dot is certain he will eat them all up until a surprising encounter with a bear brings them closer together.
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