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Author
Series
Potts Bottom volume 3
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"When young Mabel Ratcliff goes to study magic at Ruthersfield Academy, she discovers not only that being a proper witch is harder than she thought, but also that she is adopted"--
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
In this contemporary retelling of Anne of Green Gables, Anne Shirley, a queer, half-Japanese disco superfan, moves to a town that seems too small for her big personality and where she becomes embroiled in a series of dramatic and unfortunate events.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Dara Palmer dreams of being an actress, but when she does not get a part in the school play she wonders if it is because of her different looks as an adopted girl from Cambodia, so Dara becomes determined not to let prejudice stop her from being in the spotlight.
65) Plum
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
While trying to save Christmas for her fellow orphans, lonely Plum is magically transported to the Land of Sweets, where her pure heart saves the day for King Christopher, King Patrick, and their subjects.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A Crocodile in the Family is a heartwarming story about a family of birds who find a lone egg and take it home to care for it themselves. The egg eventually hatches and it isn't a baby bird inside--it's a baby crocodile! They raise their new baby crocodile as one of their own, while their community asks them why they keep him? It turns out the bird family's reason is simple..."--Jacket flap.
Author
Series
Tyrannosaurus (Tatsuya Miyanishi) volume 4
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
A female Maiasaura finds a lost egg in the forest and decides to look after it with her own egg. Surprisingly, a baby tyrannosaurus hatches from the egg! The greathearted mother accepts and raises him as her own son, Heart. One day, Heart goes to pick berries and comes across another tyrannosaurus. Heart then makes a tough decision and leaves his family behind to discover who he really is. The fourth title in this series, 'I will Love You Forever'...
68) Into the light
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Seventeen-year-old queer adoptee Manny, now homeless, sets out to find his sister Elena, who is still enmeshed in Christ's Dominion, the community that abandoned him, but the journey is fraught with danger, as he is forced to confront the religious trauma from his past.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
An autistic nonbinary eighteen-year-old moves to a new town and school with the support of his loving father and finds friends in an LGBTQ-plus club, but they all must come together to solve the decades-old murder of a teenage boy and confront the demons lurking in Sam's past.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Emily is flying with her parents to China to adopt and bring home a new baby sister. She's excited but nervous to travel across the world and very aware that this trip will change her entire life. And the cracks are already starting to show the moment they reach the hotel-her parents are all about the new baby, and have no interest in exploring. In the adoption trip group, Emily meets Katherine, a Chinese-American girl whose family...
Author
Series
Cleo Edison Oliver volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader Cleo Edison Oliver is full of money-making ideas, and her fifth-grade Passion Project is no different--but things get more complicated when she has to keep her business running, be a good listener when her best friend needs her, and deal with the bully teasing her about being adopted at the same time.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
Publisher Annotation: 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....
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Lara Madigan has a gift: She can help you find your soul mate--your canine soul mate, that is. As a dog trainer with a soft spot for strays, she's found the perfect home for sulky Shih Tzus, broken-down Border collies, and diabolical Dalmatians. But while she'll always make room for one more rescue mutt, she's not sure she's ready to commit to another human being--especially after her long-term boyfriend drops the bomb: He's not a dog person. Horrified...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Los hijos adoptivos son muy deseados. Una dulce historia para contar la espera de los padres adoptivos. La llegada de la niña o niño y la felicidad de la familia. Uno de los pocos álbumes que hablan de la adopción de una forma tan hermosa. Un libro tan tierno como necesario.
Adopted children are very wanted. A sweet story to talk about the long wait for the parents. The arrival of the child and the happiness of the family. One of the few picture...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Right before Wavie's mother died, she gave Wavie a list of instructions to help her find her way in life, including this one: Be brave, Wavie B! You got as much right to a good life as anybody, so find it! But little did Wavie's mom know that events would conspire to bring Wavie back to Conley Hollow, the Appalachian hometown her mother tried to leave behind. Now Wavie's back in the Holler--and in the clutches of her Aunt Samantha Rose. Life with...
Author
Series
Life of a cactus volume 1
Language
English
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Description
New friends and a mystery help Aden, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.
Author
Series
Mermaid tales volume 20
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Pearl needs her merfriends' help when she's named Winter Princess and finds out she's going to be a big sister in this sparkling Mermaid Tales adventure. Pearl is over the moon when she gets the fin-tastic news that she's been picked to be the next Winter Princess! She can't help gushing to Shelly, Kiki, and Echo about the beautiful dress she'll get to wear and how all eyes will be on her when she makes her big speech at the Winter Festival. She can't...
78) Hijito pollito
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
Little Chick loves his mommy: she has lovely soft fur, whiskers that tickle him, and a long, beautiful tail. Little Chick's mommy is a cat, and he thinks his one-of-a-kind family is amazing and very special. Offering an important lesson about diversity and the many forms of happiness, this story will charm children with its illustrations while tackling the subjects of adoption and different kinds of families. Little Chick believes that love reaches...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
With loving adoptive parents by his side, Rev Fletcher has managed to keep the demons of his past at bay. . . until he gets a letter from his abusive father and the trauma of his childhood comes hurtling back. Emma Blue's parents are constantly fighting, and her only escape is the computer game she built from scratch. But when a cruel online troll's harassment escalates, she not only loses confidence but starts to fear for her safety. When Rev and...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Ben Coffin has never been one for making friends. As a former foster kid, he knows people can up and leave without so much as a goodbye. Ben prefers to spend his time with the characters in his favorite sci-fi books...until he rescues an abandoned mutt from the alley next-door to the Coney Island Library. Scruffy little Flip leads Ben to befriend a fellow book-lover named Halley-yes, like the comet-a girl unlike anyone he has ever met. Ben begins...
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