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82) Deadly deals
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English
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An adoption scam brings out the Sisterhood's righteous fury in this gripping thriller from the #1 New York Timesbestselling author of Vanishing Act.
After years of trying to become pregnant without success, Rachel Dawson and her husband Thomas felt their dreams had finally come true the day they brought home their newly adopted twin babies. Though the lawyer Baron Bell who arranged for the surrogate mother charged a hefty...
After years of trying to become pregnant without success, Rachel Dawson and her husband Thomas felt their dreams had finally come true the day they brought home their newly adopted twin babies. Though the lawyer Baron Bell who arranged for the surrogate mother charged a hefty...
84) The mothers
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English
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Applying for an open adoption after several unsuccessful years of trying to conceive, Jesse and Ramon are disheartened by the bureaucratic labyrinth of red tape, training sessions, and approvals they endure.
85) The final case
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"A provocative new novel from the best-selling author of Snow Falling on Cedars--a moving father-son story that is also a taut courtroom drama and a bold examination of privilege, power, and how to live a meaningful life. In a small rural town outside Seattle, Joanna, an Ethiopian girl adopted by a white fundamentalist Christian family, is found dead of hypothermia in her own backyard--setting in motion a gripping journey into the complexities of...
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Publisher
Bowen Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
As her turn to be "Star of the Week" in her kindergarten class approaches, Cassidy-Li puts together a poster with pictures of her family, friends, and pets, and wonders about her birthparents in China.
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Publisher
New Horizon Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Are you thinking of adopting an older child? There are 200,000 plus hoping for families in the U.S. alone and more worldwide. Adopting an older child, though, presents a unique set of parenting issues as well as rewards. Adopting Older Children highlights the most significant challenges when parenting older adoptees who face mental health, behavioral and educational issues. Included is critical information about developmental issues that may arise...
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English
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"Adoption has long been enmeshed in the politics of abortion. But as award-winning journalist Kathryn Joyce makes clear in The Child Catchers, adoption has lately become entangled in the conservative Christian agenda. To tens of millions of evangelicals, adoption has become a new front in the culture wars: a test of "pro-life" bonafides, a way to reinvent compassionate conservatism on the global stage, and a means to fulfill the "Great Commission"...
91) Two weeks
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"About a couple desperately waiting to bring their adopted child home and a young mother about to make the biggest decision of her life"--
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English
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"The Richardson's are having a big family reunion and Chloe can't wait to meet her new baby cousin. But as everyone is gushing over baby Braeden, Chloe can't help but feel different. She doesn't have the Richardson nose like Braeden and she doesn't have the Richardson chin either. She doesn't have them because Chloe was adopted. Chloe doesn't feel like a Richardson at all, until her parents come over and play her "tell me again" game to remind her...
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English
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Stella, a pit bull puppy, had been abandoned in a cold field in winter. Meeks wasn't ready to adopt a dog: a busy entrepreneur, wife and mother, she was recovering from stage-three breast cancer. But the pure joy of Stella's unconditional love made Meeks realize this was just what her family needed. Now Stella and Meeks advocate for pit breed awareness, explain the benefits of pet ownership, and support shelters and other organizations that save animals'...
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English
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Christianity Today: 2018 Award of Merit Christian Living/Dicipleship
In this compellingly readable book Kelley Nikondeha-adoptive mother and adopted child herself-thoughtfully explores the Christian concept of adoption. Her story and her biblically grounded reflections will give readers rich new insights into the mystery of belonging to God's big family.
The Academy of Parish Clergy's 2018 Top Ten Books for Parish Ministry
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
The story of Ariel, a Middle Eastern refugee who lives with an adoptive family in Sunday, West Virginia, is juxtaposed against those of a schizophrenic bomber, the diaries of a failed arctic expedition from the late nineteenth century, and a depressed, bionic reincarnated crow.
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Series
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Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On the night before the adoption of a puppy the whole family helps prepare by buying treats, setting up a crate, and discussing what they should name the new pet.
99) Soar
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Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Moving to Hillcrest, Ohio, when his adoptive father accepts a temporary job, twelve-year-old Jeremiah, a heart transplant recipient, has sixty days to find a baseball team to coach.
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English
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From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!
Karen Brewer, Big SisterEverybody used to love Karen. She was cute. She was the littlest sister. But now baby Emily is in their family, and Karen feels left out. Then Emily gets sick and everybody has to take care of her. Even Karen. And that's when Karen finds out that being a big sister is the most fun of all!