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2) Lion
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. Unable to read or write or recall the name of his hometown or even his own last name, he survived alone for weeks on the rough streets of Calcutta before ultimately being transferred to an agency and adopted by a couple in Australia. Despite his gratitude, Brierley always wondered about his origins. Eventually, with the advent of Google Earth, he had the opportunity to look for the...
Author
Publisher
Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The United States' most decorated winter Paralympic or Olympic athlete tells how she overcame Chernobyl disaster-caused physical challenges through sheer determination and a drive to succeed to win the world's best in elite rowing, biathlon, cross-countryskiing, and road cycling competitions.
Author
Publisher
Two Lions, a trademark of Amazon
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"How MUCH is the crazy-much love?" This simple question is answered as two parents recount the journey of adopting their daughter and the many milestone moments that follow. From the child's first bath and first time riding a tricycle, all the way to her boarding that big yellow bus, the crazy-much love grows SO MUCH that it spills out the windows and busts down the doors. A warm, lyrical celebration of the deep love parents hold for their children,...
Author
Publisher
DRT Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Mo is a teddy bear in an airport gift shop, chosen to go on a journey to meet his new best friend, Yuri. Mo has lots of questions once he gets to his destination: Where is he? What's a mishka? And will he and Yuri finally have a real home and a family?
Author
Publisher
North Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Written by Melissa Guida-Richards -- a transracial, transnational, and late-discovery adoptee -- this book unpacks the mistakes you don't even know you're making and gives you the real-life tools to be the best parent you can be, to the child you love more than anything."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Meili loves hearing the story of how her parents flew far across the sea to China to adopt her. That's her special story. But when Meili finds out she has a new baby sister coming from Haiti, she isn't happy. Why can't her family stay the way it is? They're the perfect size. As she helps decorate the nursery and learns more about the baby, Meili comes to realize that a sister might be just right for their family too. A sweet story about adjusting...
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
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
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
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.
13) A long way home
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"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"--
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In the wake of a tragedy and fueled by guilt from a secret she's kept for years, a woman discovers how delicate the thread that binds family is in this powerful novel by Lyn Liao Butler. Two days before Tam and Tony Kwan receive their letter of acceptance for the son they are adopting, Tony and his estranged cousin Mia are killed in an accident. A shellshocked Tam learns she is named the guardian to Mia's five-year-old daughter, Angela. Tam has no...
Author
Publisher
KWiL Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A celebration of the beauty and power of crochet-specifically, the life-changing benefits this fiber art has brought to one extraordinary boy, 11-year-old crochet prodigy, Jonah Larson. Part 1 tells Jonah's story, including his adoption from Ethiopia, and his challenges in school. Part 2 is a celebration of crochet, defining the fiber art, introducing readers to Jonah's crochet friends, and offering instructions on how to make an identity-inspired...
17) Vee in between
Author
Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Vee's favorite story is the day she met her parents. When Vee was still a baby, they flew to China to adopt her and bring her home. But when she struggles to keep up in Chinese dance class, Vee longs for a closer connection with her birth culture. At the same time, people in her community make Vee feel out of place in her own family. Vee wants to embrace every part of herself, but it's hard when she feels like she has to choose. With help from another...
18) A chance
Author
Publisher
Graphic Mundi
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A narrative, in graphic novel format, following Cristina Durán and Miguel Ángel Giner Bou as they rebuild and reinvent themselves after their daughter Laia is born with cerebral palsy. Their story continues through the arduous process of adopting their second daughter, Selam, from Ethiopia"--
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Isabella and Ha, identical twin girls born in Vietnam, were raised on opposite sides of the world, each having no idea that the other existed. Erika Hayasaki's deeply reported, intimate story of their journey back to each other upends common conceptions of adoption, family, and identity"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
"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 their connection is filled with love. She wonders about her...
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