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  • Multiracial Families by Julianna Fields

    Multiracial Families

    Julianna Fields

    Describes the benefits and challenges multiracial families face in today's society, including cultural and religious differences, societal views on intermarriage, and multiracial adoption.

  • Multiracial Families (Families Today) by Hilary W. Poole

    Multiracial Families (Families Today)

    Hilary W. Poole

    Explores the benefits and challenges multiracial families face in today's society.

  • My Adopted Child, There's No One like You by Kevin Leman and Kevin Leman II

    My Adopted Child, There's No One like You

    Kevin Leman and Kevin Leman II

    When Panda has to make a family tree for school, his mother explains how he came to be adopted, and how very special that makes him.

  • My Best Friend, Maybe by Caela Carter

    My Best Friend, Maybe

    Caela Carter

    Colette's life is near-perfect, if boring, so when her ex-best friend, Sadie, asks her to come on vacation to the Greek Islands for a family wedding, Colette agrees but is surprised to learn Sadie's true reason for the invitation.

  • My Dad and My Papa by David Escobedo

    My Dad and My Papa

    David Escobedo

    An adopted daughter muses on her origins and her relationship with her gay dads.

  • My Family is Forever by Nancy Carlson

    My Family is Forever

    Nancy Carlson

    A young girl recounts how she came to be part of an adoptive family.

  • My Mei Mei by Ed Young

    My Mei Mei

    Ed Young

    Antonia gets her wish when her parents return to China to bring home a Mei Mei, or younger sister, for her.

  • My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger

    My Most Excellent Year

    Steve Kluger

    Three teenagers in Boston narrate their experiences of a year of new friendships, first loves, and coming into their own.

  • My New Family: A First Look at Adoption by Pat Thomas

    My New Family: A First Look at Adoption

    Pat Thomas

    Explains adoption, the feelings of insecurity that such a situation may cause, and the nature of biological parents, adoptive parents, and foster parents.

  • My New Mom and Me by Renata Galindo

    My New Mom and Me

    Renata Galindo

    A puppy comes to live with his adoptive mother, who is a cat.

  • My Sister Gracie by Gillian Johnson

    My Sister Gracie

    Gillian Johnson

    Fabio is an only dog who longs for a brother to play with him. His owners agree, but the dog they bring home is not the frisky brother he envisioned. It is fat old Gracie, fresh from the pound. She's tired, she's shy, and worst of all, she's a girl. After boasting about a brother, how will Fabio face his friends?

  • Mysterious Traveler by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham

    Mysterious Traveler

    Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham

    Desert guide Issa finds the baby girl Mariama after a sandstorm, and raises her as his own daughter--until a young man and his protectors come seeking a guide for their dangerous journey through the Bitter Mountains.

  • Nala's Magical Mitsiaq: A Story of Inuit Adoption by Jennifer Noah

    Nala's Magical Mitsiaq: A Story of Inuit Adoption

    Jennifer Noah

    When a blizzard prevents sisters Nala and Qiatsuk from going sledding, they end up staying home and hearing the story of Nala's adoption and learning about Inuit custom adoption instead.

  • Nellie's Promise (American Girls) by Valerie Tripp

    Nellie's Promise (American Girls)

    Valerie Tripp

    Nellie O'Malley finally has a home again. She and her little sisters, Bridget and Jenny, are happily settling in with Samantha's family in New York City.

  • Nini by Francois Thisdale

    Nini

    Francois Thisdale

    Long before Nini was born, she was in a safe place where a familiar voice promised her a loving home. But once she was born, that soft voice was replaced by the words of care givers in an orphanage. Though they were kind, Nini missed the soft voice and the promises it made. Then, one day, a man and a woman on the other side of the world learned that their dreams were about to come true. They would finally have a baby to love. When they all met, Nini once again heard a soft voice, as reassuring and as loving as the first, and trusted that the promises had come true. But her first memory was never lost--it remained an echo for her to share with her parents in her new home.

  • Nothing Happened by Molly Booth

    Nothing Happened

    Molly Booth

    Modern-day retelling of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing taking place at an idyllic summer camp where the counselors have to cope with simmering drama.

  • Of Many Colors: Portraits of Multiracial Families by Gigi Kaeser and Peggy Gillespie

    Of Many Colors: Portraits of Multiracial Families

    Gigi Kaeser and Peggy Gillespie

    Based on an award-winning photo exhibit, this collection of interviews and photographs documents the feelings and experiences of "thirty-nine families who have bridged the racial divide through interracial marriage or adoption."

  • Once Upon a Time: An Adoption Story by Ashley Hansen Bigler

    Once Upon a Time: An Adoption Story

    Ashley Hansen Bigler

    A mother and father tell their young adopted daughter how, through the love of her birth mother and the guidance of the Holy Spirit, she came to be part of their family.

  • One Hundred is a Family by Pam Muñoz Ryan

    One Hundred is a Family

    Pam Muñoz Ryan

    Groups making up many different kinds of "families" introduce the numbers from one to ten and then by tens to one hundred.

  • Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt

    Orbiting Jupiter

    Gary D. Schmidt

    Jack, 12, tells the gripping story of Joseph, 14, who joins his family as a foster child. Damaged in prison, Joseph wants nothing more than to find his baby daughter, Jupiter, whom he has never seen. When Joseph has begun to believe he'll have a future, he is confronted by demons from his past that force a tragic sacrifice.

  • Our Baby from China: An Adoption Story by Nancy D'Antonio

    Our Baby from China: An Adoption Story

    Nancy D'Antonio

    An American couple goes to China to adopt a baby.

  • Our Son, a Stranger: Adoption Breakdown and its Effects on Parents by Marie Adams

    Our Son, a Stranger: Adoption Breakdown and its Effects on Parents

    Marie Adams

    In 1973 Marie and Rod Adams, brimming with idealism and keenly aware of the plight of disadvantaged aboriginal children, adopted Tim, a young Cree boy, two and one-half years old. Tim began displaying severe behavioural problems almost immediately, problems that, despite their efforts to find help, only became worse over the years. He left home at the age of twelve and died on the streets when he was twenty-one.

  • Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale by Karen Katz

    Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale

    Karen Katz

    A loving couple dream of a baby born far away and know that this is the baby they have been waiting to adopt.

  • Over The River and Through the Woods: A Holiday Adventure by Linda Ashman

    Over The River and Through the Woods: A Holiday Adventure

    Linda Ashman

    The classic song gets a fresh new twist! The fun begins when Grandma and Grandpa send invitations to their far-flung, modern, and multiracial family: Come to our house for the holidays! As each family faces an obstacle that delays their trip, they learn that sometimes the most old-fashioned form of transportation works best... neigh!

  • Pantomime (Micah Grey, #1) by Laura Lam

    Pantomime (Micah Grey, #1)

    Laura Lam

    Gene's life resembles a debutante's dream. Yet she hides a secret that would see her shunned by the nobility. Gene is both male and female. Then she displays unwanted magical abilities last seen in mysterious beings from an almost-forgotten age. Matters escalate further when her parents plan a devastating betrayal, so she flees home, dressed as a boy. The city beyond contains glowing glass relics from a lost civilization. They call to her, but she wants freedom not mysteries. So, reinvented as 'Micah Grey', Gene joins the circus. As an aerialist, she discovers the joy of flight, but she's plagued by visions foretelling danger. A storm is howling in from the past, will she heed its roar?

 

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