adoption

"Told primarily by servant Felix, a former slave, Lord Byron and friends gather to tell ghost stories on a stormy night in 1816 Switzerland, but a scarred girl arrives with her own dark and dangerous tale"--Provided by publisher.

When Rev Fletcher and Emma Blue meet, they both long to share secrets, his of being abused by his birth father, hers of her parents' failing marriage and an online troll who truly frightens her.

New friends and a mystery help Aden, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.

After a childhood spent in foster homes, Allison is determined to keep others at arm's length, but after being adopted, she finds herself forced t interact with strangers for 180 seconds, and finds herself unprepared for the outcome.

What happens when two baby chickens find themselves in a nest with a hawk? Find out in this delightful story of interspecies cooperation.

River Starling, adopted under mysterious circumstances, has lived most of her eleven years on her grandparents' Pennsylvania farm but after Gran suddenly decides they must move to Birdsong, West Virginia, River finds an unlikely new friend, learns about God's love, and begins to feel at home.

Seventh-grader Ben, always an outsider, is led into a deep friendship with Halley, who is being treated for cancer, by the special dog he and his adoptive mother take in.

A collection of nearly thirty contemporary short stories centered on the theme of adoption.

"Pregnancy and childbirth might be the most common way to expand a family, but it's far from the only one. When eager parents reach out to babies or older kids whose biological families can't care for them, brand-new families are formed. This book discusses the challenges and the many blessings of adoptive families"--Provided by the publisher.

An exploration of family ties, lies, and adoption, and the complexities of all those things.