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Books for 8 to 12 year olds on
General Adoption

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Title	Subtitle	Author	Year
A Child Becomes a Reader		Armbruster,B.B.,Ph.D., Lehr,F,.M.A., Osborn,J.,M.Ed
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Kindergarten through grade three

Title	Subtitle	Author	Year
All Kinds of Families		Simon, Norma
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Describes many different types of families: two parent, adoptive, single parent, sibling groups, divorced, grandparents, childless, etc. They may be different sizes or different ages, but a family is always part of you, a special part of your life.

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A Place To Belong	Orphan Train Adventures	Nixon, Joan Lowery
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During the years from 1854 to 1929, the Children's Aid Society, founded by Charles Loring Brace, sent more than 100,000 children on orphan trains from the slums of New York City to new homes in the West. This placing-out program was so successful that other groups, such as the New York Foundling Hospital, followed the example. The Orphan Train Quartet follows the story of the six Kelly children, whose widowed mother has sent them west from New York City in 1856 because she realizes she cannot give them the life they deserve.

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Adam & Eve and Pinch Me		Johnston, Julie
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Sara Moone is an expert on broken hearts. She is a foster child who has been bounced from home to home , but now that she's almost sixteen the end is in sight .

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Adelita	A Mexican Cinderella Story
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Adopted Jane		Daringer, Helen F.	2002
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A perfect book for any young teen who wants to read a "can't put that book down" kind of book. Jane, an orphan for most of her childhood, finds herself in a dilemma: two families want to adopt her! How will she ever choose?

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Adoption Stories for Young children		Hicks, Randall B
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A Sudden Change of Family		Auch, Mary Jan & MacDonald
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Busy Mom, The		Yates, Sharon
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How do we savor the wonder our children bring us when we're hurrying them into bed at the end of a long day? In this beautiful rhythmic picture book we share a busy mom's moment of slowing down and appreciating what a unique child she has, how mush she loves him, and the richness he brings to her life.

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Edgar Allan		Neufeld, John
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Edgar Allan is a book for readers of all ages. Written from the point of view of a twelve-year-old boy, it tells the story of what happens to a middle-class, suburban ---- and white-----family that decides to adopt a black child. It examines through the clear eyes of a boy about to become a man the failures and weaknesses of our society.

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Family Secrets		Corcoran, Barbara
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In this well written, engaging novel, 13 year old Tracy discovers that she was adopted as an infant, a surprise that at first disturbs her but eventually leads to a new understanding about what a family really is.

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Family that Grew, The		Rondell, Florence
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Goodnight Me, Goodnight You		Mitton, Tony
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With comforting text and atmospheric illustrations certain to settle young children into a night of sweet dreams, this is the perfect book to prepare little ones for bed.

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Growing Up Adopted		Rosenberg, Maxine B.
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How does it feel to grow up with parents other than those responsible for your birth? How do you explain your adoption to others? Does adoption cause special problems or does it make a family even stronger? What would you say to your birth parents if you met them?

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Here's a Penny		Haywood, Carolyn & Yakovetic, Joe
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Holding Up the Earth		Gray, Dianne E.
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Fourteen-year-old Hope visits her new foster mother's Nebraska farm and, through old letters, a diary, and stories, gets a vivid picture of the past in the voices of four girls her age who lived there in 1869, 1900, 1936, and 1960.

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I Am Adopted		Sass, Norma Jean
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A children's book about being adopted

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I See the Moon		Christiansen, C.B.	1994
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Twelve year old Bitte looks forward to being an aunt, but she has a lot of growing up to do when she finds out that her pregnant teen age sister plans to place the baby for adoption. Engrossing young teen novel.

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It's Okay to Be Different		Parr, Todd
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It's okay to be adopted, It's okay to have wheels , It's okay to have big ears, It's okay to have wheels it's okay to be different.

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Let's Talk About Adoption		Helmer, Diana Star
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A large print, factual book, with lots of color photos, to be read by a primary grade child to inform himself about adoption, why it occurs, need for a family, role of adoptive family. Emotionally stirring photo of birth parent with her baby. Some old language.

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Mommy, Did I Grow in Your Tummy?	Where Some Babies Come From	Gordon, Elaine R.	1992
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Book is written for children so they might better understand and respect the different ways that families can grow and come to be. It explains "in vitro" fertilization, egg and sperm donors, surrogacy, and adoption.

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Mop, Moondance, and the Nagasaki Knights		Myers, Walter Dean	1992
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An early grade school chapter book about baseball and youthful competition. The main characters and their siblings all just happen to have been adopted into two New Jersey families. Book is full of childhood lessons on life.

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New Beginnings		Weinfeld, Chaya Baila	2000
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After the death of their mother, 12 year old Rina and her younger sister, Orthodox Jewish girls, are not able to remain together with relatives. Rina's courage and character are challenged as she reluctantly moves to NYC to live with an older, wealthy couple.

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Ocean Within, The		Caldwell, V.M
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When Elizabeth, an eleven-year-old foster child, is adopted by the boisterous, openly affectionate Sheridan family, it is Grandma who decides to use a fresh approach in trying to help her connect with her new family.

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Orphan Train Rider	One Boy's True Story	Warren, Andrea
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Discusses the placement of over 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children in homes throughout the Midwest from 1854 to 1929 by recounting the story of one boy and his brothers.

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Our Baby	A Birth story	Koch, Janice
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A sex education book for the very young child in an adoption built family.

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Parents Wanted		Harrar, George
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Pre-teen novel about 12 yr old Andy who attends an adoption match party and finally gets selected by a couple. Step by step, in often hilarious "kid talk," Andy goes thru his first visit, the placement, his misbehaviors, and his desperate fear of messing up

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Snake - Stone, The		Doherty, Berlie
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While searching for his birthmother, fifteen-year-old James, a championship diver, discovers who his real parents are and where his real home is.

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The Sea Chest		Buzzeo, Tony	2002
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Aunt Maita tells a story to her little grandchild about a legend from the 1800s about a baby who washed ashore during a storm, only to be found by a loving Papa and his daughter. Story and colorful illustrations exude warmth, love, and a happy ending.

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We Rode the Orphan Trains		Warren, Andrea
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They were "throwaway" kids, living on the streets or in orphanages and foster homes. Then Charles Loring Brace, a young minister in New York City, started the Children's Aid Society and devised a plan to give these homeless waifs a chance at finding families they could call their own. Thus began an extraordinary migration of American children. Between 1854 and 1929, an estimated 200,000 children ventured forth on a journey of hope. Here, in the sequel to Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story, Andrea Warren introduces nine men and women who rode the trains and helped make history so many years ago.

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Whale Talk		Crutcher, Chris
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Dynamic, compelling, adventurous novel about TJ, a smart, talented, multi-racial adopted teen who faces the subtle and not so subtle racial discriminations of his world.

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Who Am I?	And other Questions of adopted kids	Gianetti, Charlene
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Book speaks in a very personal tone to pre-teens & teens about the adoption questions they may not have the courage to bring up: Reasons birth parents choose adoption; feeling different; researching roots, not wanting to hurt adoptive parents. Reassuring & wise.

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Who Is David?	A Story of an Adopted Adolescent and His Friends	Nerlove, Evelyn
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This is the story of David, an adopted adolescent who, like thousands of others, faces the fears and questions adopted children have about their identities. David's story will help you understand the adopted child you may know or be.

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