Kadohata, Cynthia.
Summary: Twelve-year-old Jaden, an emotionally damaged adopted boy fascinated by electricity, feels a connection to a small, weak toddler with special needs in Kazakhstan, where Jaden's family is trying to adopt a "normal" baby.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KADWright, Camron Steve
Summary: "Based on the true story of Taj Rowland, who was kidnapped as a child from his village in Southern India, sold to an orphanage, and then adopted by an American couple."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shadow Mountain Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WRICavanaugh, Nancy J.
Summary: In this story about unlikely friendships and finding your place in the world, three very different girls, adopted as babies from the same Chinese orphanage, spend a week at a summer camp, where the adoption agency coordinator wants them to journal their "bonding" experience.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CAVCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC CAVIeronimo, Christine.
Summary: "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 leaveher at an orphanage to give her a chance at a better life, an American family adopts Alemitu"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE IERChen, Shan Shan
Summary: 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 recipe for Lucky Birthday Noodles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2014
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHEMcDonnell, Christine.
Summary: An understanding cat helps a young Korean girl adjust to her new home in America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Children's Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCDTyler, Anne.
Summary: Two families awaiting the arrival of their adopted infant daughters from Korea meet at the airport. The families lives become interwined after the Donaldsons, a young American couple invite the Yazdan's, Maryam, her son and his Iranian American wife to an arrival party, which becomes an annual event. Maryam, who came to this country thirty-five years earlier, feels her values threatened when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TYLD'Amato, Barbara.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAMTyler, Anne.
Summary: Two families awaiting the arrival of their adopted infant daughters from Korea meet at the airport. The families lives become interwined after the Donaldsons (a young American couple) invite the Yazdans (Maryam, her son and his Iranian American wife) to an arrival party, which becomes an annual event. Maryam, who came to this country thirty-five years earlier, feels her values threatened when...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC TylTyler, Anne.
Summary: Two families awaiting the arrival of their adopted infant daughters from Korea meet at the airport. The families lives become interwined after the Donaldsons, a young American couple invite the Yazdan's, Maryam, her son and his Iranian American wife to an arrival party, which becomes an annual event. Maryam, who came to this country thirty-five years earlier, feels her values threatened when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC TYLYuknavitch, Lidia
Summary: "In a war-torn village in Eastern Europe, an American photographer captures a heart-stopping image: a young girl flying toward the lens, fleeing a fiery explosion that has engulfed her home and family. The image wins acclaim and prizes, becoming an icon for millions--and a subject of obsession for one writer, the photographer's best friend, who has suffered a devastating tragedy of her own. As...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YUKCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YUKHo, Joanna
Summary: "From New York Times bestselling Joanna Ho, of Eyes that Kiss in the Corners, and award-winning educator Liz Kleinrock comes a powerful companion picture book about adoption and family. A young girl who is a transracial adoptee learns to love her Asian eyes and finds familial connection and meaning through them, even though they look different from her parents'. Her family bond is deep and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, and imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HODealey, Erin
Summary: "Babies come from airports" tells about the adventures of a boy when his mommy brings home his new sister. Calling that special day the "Gotcha Day". He knows just exactly what to say: "We met you at the airport." He waved at planes above. But right now, all she needs to know is ... Babies come from love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DEAKitze, Carrie A.
Summary: A story written from the children's perspective, asking the questions that dwell in their hearts about their birthparents. It helps children use the moon as a private tool to connect with a family that is always with them in their hearts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EMK Press 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC KITCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KITLewis, Rose A.
Summary: A woman describes how she went to China to adopt a special baby girl. Based on the author's own experiences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC LEWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC LEWCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEWGuida-Richards, Melissa
Summary: "A guide for white parents of transracially or transnationally adopted children"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021