intercountry adoption

Discusses ethical questions raised by international adoption.

A collection of essays examining the controversies surrounding international adoption, with views from both sides to help readers develop their own opinions on the issue.

While her adoptive American mother is away, twelve-year-old Zoya confides in her diary about her revived fears about the Buka, an old woman who waits in the shadows to snatch children, and confronts some truths about her early childhood in her native Russia.

Nine-year-old Benjamin Koo Andrews, adopted from Korea as an infant, describes what it's like to grow up adopted from another country.

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.

Two parents describe their journey over land and sea to find the child that belongs in their family, as well as all of the joy and love the new baby brings.

Shu-li, an infant girl who had to be sent away by her family in China, is adopted by an American family and renamed Joy.

A boy who was adopted from Korea as an infant describes his new life in America and the love he receives from his new parents.

A woman describes how she went to China to adopt a special baby girl. Based on the author's own experiences.

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