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1) Molly
Author
Series
Puppy place. Main series volume 31
Language
English
Formats
Description
Offering to foster sweet Rottweiler puppy Molly while she waits to find a forever home, Charles learns that Rottweilers are associated with violent behavior and struggles with feelings of fear before realizing that Molly has a truly gentle personality.
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Aaron is his parents' only biological child. His four internationally adopted siblings arrived with severe health problems and psychological wounds: Meredith suffered from birth defects and was never expected to walk, Jamie had cerebral palsy, Jordan had his first heart catheter when he was five, and Michelle had endured serious trauma as a child back in India. All five shared a close bond as children. However, by the time he reached early adulthood,...
4) Gus
Author
Series
Puppy place. Main series volume 37
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mom Peterson has trouble finding a family good enough to adopt the adorable Labradoodle, Gus.
Author
Language
English
Description
From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, the intertwined stories of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the mother and daughter who upend their lives. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose...
7) Shadow
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the Peterson family agrees to foster a black Lab named Shadow, Charles and Lizzie quickly realize they have a very special puppy on their hands and set out to find the perfect home for him.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury/Walker
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"-- Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A documentary film that follows three children from Russia and the family that adopted them. The reality of bonding with adopted children who have grown up in institutions turns out to be more difficult than the Diaz family had ever imagined. They hire two of the world's best developmental psychologists to help them rebuild their family - through science.
Author
Language
English
Description
"In America, Mother = White. That's what Nefertiti, a single African American woman, discovered when she decided she wanted to adopt a Black baby boy out of the foster care system. Eager to finally join the motherhood ranks, Nefertiti was shocked when people started asking her why she wanted to adopt a 'crack baby' or said that she would never be able to raise a Black son on her own. She realized that American society saw motherhood through a white...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The NPR Weekend Edition host explores the cultural impact of adoption while sharing the story of how his wife and he adopted two daughters, in an account that also relates the experiences of other prominent figures who were adopted or became adoptive parents.
18) Reunion
Author
Series
Baxter family series. Redemption volume 5
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Language
English
Formats
Description
This touching story follows the lives of the Baxter family as Erin and Sam attempt to adopt a child. As the family looks forward to a heartwarming reunion, they find out that Mr. and Mrs. Baxter have a secret that could change their lives forever.
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