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81) Unlucky Thirteen
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New school… New problems… New diary. As if starting a new middle school isn't bad enough; now, I'm pretty sure my adoptive mom wants to send me back to the orphanage, my evil adoptive sister is trying to ruin my life, and the entire eighth grade thinks I'm a total dork because of an unfortunate beach experience involving a poisonous jellyfish. (OK, it was only a waterlogged plastic baggie that I mistook for a jellyfish, but still.) All of that,...
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Beef the ape is very sad because no one ever comes to visit him at the zoo. He spends most of his day sitting around, eating candy all day and watching people visit all the other animals. Then, one day he finds an abandoned baby kitten. Unable to find anyone to take care of her, Beef decides, "I guess I will make a good mommy." From that day forward, Beef spends every day with his baby kitten, Goober.
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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...
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Three Mothers for Margie is a happy-sad-happy story of a little girl trying to navigate through her young life, having moments of great joy only to be followed by ones of profound sadness and loneliness.
Losing the one person that gave her so much love, Margie wondered what would happen to her. Above all, would they want and love her? Would they adopt her?
For a short while, happiness found this child, by riding on the back of a black stallion named...
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I Am in Foster Care seeks to answer the myriad of questions a child has when entering the foster care system. By plainly and truthfully answering a foster child's questions, we take one step toward decreasing their fear and establishing trust during a scary and uncertain time in their lives. This book is meant to be a conversation starter with your foster child but can also be used with biological children who find themselves in the role of foster-sibling...
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As a first time parent of adopted infants, Terrell faced multiple questions of not only how to be a new parents and father, but also how to explain to his sons that they are adopted and what that means. He searched for direction at the library, multiple seminars and educational classes and found them to be little help. The best advice he found was to always use proper and consistent terms and to keep his messages short and simple. Terrell and his...
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Each year, hundreds of children enter into the foster-care system for reasons beyond their control. The removal of these children from their natural home can be quite devastating for them. They have an array of feelings and emotions, from being scared of the unknown to being concerned about their biological parents, to adjusting to unfamiliar surroundings and new individuals.
But what about the children who already reside in the home prior to the...
90) Random
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Selected as 2011 White Ravens Title "If you think life makes sense, do not read this book." It's this credo that sixteen-year-old Joe Campbell lives by. You see, his birth parents were killed in a car accident, and four years later he's still trying to work his way past that loss. His new parents are as supportive and loving as he could wish. But Joe is still trying to figure out whether there is any pattern or purpose to his existence, and remains...
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Edwin is happy about being adopted. He is very excited to be getting a family. He is also nervous. There is something he must tell his future parents. He thinks the Goodsons may not want him to be their son after he tells them his secret. Edwin learns an important lesson about acceptance and unconditional love.
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Ruby Megan always wanted to be a big sister, but when her mother and father told her, they were all going to Korea to bring home a little brother, her life changed. She loved seeing a foreign city and meeting Leo Sung- as they named him. But, when the family comes home, Ruby has to face reality. She did not realize Leo would share her room, for a while- or that he would be sharing her favorite things, often without asking permission. There were many...
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De las cenizas
Además de en su padre, que había fallecido cuando ella tenía seis años, Cassidy Jameson solo confiaba en un hombre: su mejor amigo, Tyler. Así que se fue con él a Texas cuando este se marchó a la universidad. Pero no esperaba sentirse tan atraída por su nuevo compañero de piso, Gage, un chico muy atractivo de acento sureño. ¿El único problema? Era el primo de Tyler. Gage Carson estaba encantado de compartir apartamento fuera...
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Ivan and Olya were your typical siblings who teased each other. They lived in Izmail, Ukraine, with their babushka, who took care of them and often reminded the two to be kind to each other because one day, all they would have are each other. They were very poor and often did not know when their next meal would be, but that did not change the fact that their babushka loved them very much.
One day, their babushka grew ill and could no longer care...
95) Arriésgate
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Su primer año fuera de casa estaba siendo casi perfecto, pero el fin de semana en el que se entregó a la pasión lo cambiaría todo.
A sus dieciocho años, Harper había crecido bajo la disciplina de su padre, marine de profesión. Decidida a vivir la vida a su manera y a experimentar cosas de las que solo había oído hablar a los marines de la unidad de su padre, se marchó a estudiar a la Universidad de San Diego.
Gracias a su nueva compañera...
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The whole school is chattering about The Bread Project, a fund-raiser meant to honor Griff Winston, the school nurse, who died that summer from a brain tumor.
For Eliot, Griff's adopted son, the Bread Project intrudes on his grief. He just wants to be left alone to get through sixth grade. Don't make him talk about his Dad or relive how much Dad had loved to make sourdough bread.
No one will listen to Eliot. Not Mrs. Lopez, the PTA President. Not...
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Liberty's Journey: A Foster Child's Placement Story is the first book of this series designed to create awareness of the phases found within the foster care system. Liberty begins her journey by being, placed in a foster home. This book familiarizes the reader with foster care-related terms and opens the door for discussion about how the foster care system works. If you are a foster parent, social service provider, or therapist, a user guide is included...
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Pip and Me is a story of love between a child and their parent who found each other through adoption. Years after being brought together, Pip's early life trauma continues to significantly impact their daily lives.
Pip is nine years old, struggling with everyday life, feeling scared, out of control and sometimes angry. This book will take you on a journey of how an average day feels for Pip and how that same day is seen from a parent's perspective....
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The Children Money Can Buy covers decades of dramatic societal change in foster care and adoption, including the pendulum swings regarding open adoption and attitudes toward birth parents, the gradual acceptance of gay and lesbian adoption, the proliferation of unregulated adoption facilitators in the U.S., ethical concerns related to international adoption, and the role money inevitably plays in the foster care and adoption systems. Special attention...
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