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Adoption Books for Teens and Parents
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First daughter : extreme American makeover
by Mitali Perkins
As the adopted daughter of a presidential candidate, Sameera finds the pressures by his staff to look and act more American an insult to her true identity--causing her to be torn between helping her family and remaining true to the person she truly is, a young woman of color. Reprint.
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All the broken pieces : a novel in verse
by Ann E. Burg
Although being raised by a loving family in the United States, Matt Pin struggles with the horrific things he saw during the Vietnam War before being airlifted to safety two years prior and now must find a way to come to terms with his past in order to find true happiness in the new life he lives.
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Breathe my name
by R. A. Nelson
Since her adoption, seventeen-year-old Frances has lived a quiet suburban life, but soon after she begins falling for the new boy at school, she receives a summons from her birth mother, who has just been released after serving eleven years for smothering Frances's younger sisters. Original.
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Harley, like a person : Like a Person
by Cat Bauer
Fourteenyearold Harley Columba is certain that her abusive father and bitter mother are not her real parents, and when she finds a note from "papa", she travels to New York City in search of her real father. Simultaneous.
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Kimchi and calamari
by Rose Kent
Raised by an Italian family, a young Korean boy finds himself struggling with his social studies project dealing with ancestry and so opts to select a famous Korean athlete as his grandfather in order to complete the assignment, in a moving tale dealing with the issues of mixed-race heritage and cross-culture adoptions.
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Found
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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
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A brief chapter in my impossible life
by Dana Reinhardt
Living an interesting and fulfilling life with her adoptive family, teenaged Simone doesn't understand why her birthmother is now making an attempt to reenter her life, yet after learning the facts about her mother's situation, answers to many of her lifelong questions are finally answered and an unexpected bond between the two is established.
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Twenty things adopted kids wish their adoptive parents knew
by Sherrie Eldridge
The parents of adopted children will appreciate this frank, insightful window into the often hidden emotional world of adoptees, focusing on the special fears, wishes, and motivations that separate adopted kids from birth children. Reissue.
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20 things adoptive parents need to succeed
by Sherrie Eldridge
The author of Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew counsels caregivers on the unique parenting challenges of adoptive families, drawing on case studies to provide coverage of such topics as managing stress and establishing a support system. Original.
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