Fifth-grader Anna is concerned that her baby sister Kaylee, adopted from China three months ago, is not thriving so she and her best friends, Laura and Camille, create a science project that may save the day.
Foreign correspondent Neely Tucker chronicles the experiences he and his wife had while volunteering at an orphanage in Zimbabwe, and describes the devastating consequences of AIDS on the population, especially the children.
A chance encounter between two families--the Donaldsons, and the Iranian-born Yasdans--at the Baltimore airport prompts an examination about what it means to be an American.
Foreign correspondent Neely Tucker chronicles the experiences he and his wife had volunteering at an orphanage in Zimbabwe, describing the devastating consequences of AIDS on the population, especially children, and discusses the challenges he and his wife faced when they decided to adopt a Zimbabwean baby girl.
Eleven-year-old Adam is not happy when he learns his family is temporarily taking in a Taiwanese girl his own age until her adoptive family is ready for her.