Books for 8 to 12 year olds on Birth Families Included is a brief description of the book

Books for 8 to 12 year olds on
Birth Families

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Title	Subtitle	Author	Year
Dillon Dillon		Banks, Kate	2002
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Dillon always wondered why his parents named him Dillon, when their last name was already Dillon. On his 10th birthday he learned the truth about his birth parents & his adoption. After that he had a lot of thinking to do about the nature of life and change.

Title	Subtitle	Author	Year
Birthmothers	Women Who Have Relinquished Babies for Adoption Tell Their Stories	Jones, Merry Bloch
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70 women share their experiences of giving birth & placing a child for adoption, raising subsequent children, searching & being found.

Title	Subtitle	Author	Year
Double Play at Short		Christopher, Matt	1995
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Elementary level chapter book about 12 year old Danny, the shortstop for his championship baseball team. Danny and his older sister are happy in their adoptive family until Danny finds out that he was separated at birth from his twin sister who lives nearby.

Title	Subtitle	Author	Year
Heather Has Two Mommies		Newman, Leslea
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Heather's favorite number is two, She has two arms, two legs, two eyes, two ears, two hands, and two feet. Heather also has two mommies.

Title	Subtitle	Author	Year
Long Journey Home, the		Delaney, Richard	1997
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Children's book that facilitates the discussion of grief and loss along with a desire to search for biological links.

Title	Subtitle	Author	Year
Mulberry Bird, the		Brodzinski, Anne	1996
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Enchanting story about a mother bird who decides to place her baby for adoption. It explains why a birthmother (or birthbird) might consider an adoption plan for her child. Use of birds, not people is a non-threatening way to present the subject

Title	Subtitle	Author	Year
Oliver		Wickstrom, Lois	1991
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While being punished in his room, Oliver, an alligator, daydreams about his birthparents. He imagines his life as more exciting than his real life & family are. Winner of the 1999 annual Read, America collection.

Title	Subtitle	Author	Year
One Wonderful You		Portnoy, Francie	1997
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For an adopted child, forming a healthy identity requires incorporating two family legacies into his/her self definition. Book shows how the child is a blend of traits from the birth family and nurturing contributions from the adopted family.

Title	Subtitle	Author	Year
Out of the Blue		Ellis, Sarah	2001 1994
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In this poignant novel, 12 yr old Megan finds out that she has an adult sister who was surrendered for adoption by their mother long before Megan was born. Very appealing and well written.

Title	Subtitle	Author	Year
Rain Forest Girl	More Than an Adoption Story	Miner, Chalise	1998
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A true story for advanced readers or for parents to read to their children. Using lots of wonderful photographs, book shows Diane's early life with her birth family in a Brazilian rain forest and her later journey to be adopted by an American family.

Title	Subtitle	Author	Year
Sam's Sister		Bond, Juliet C.
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Five-year-old Rosa becomes a big sister to a baby boy for whom their mother plans an open adoption because she cannot properly care for another child. "Finally a book that acknowledges birth siblings to adopted children. Even if your child doesn't know their birth family, this story delivers a terrifically positive message about the way adopted children are valued by BOTH of their families. Great job! Four stars."

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