adoption

Sarah, convinced that she is adopted, runs away from the Bear Family Theater to find her "real parents.".

This anthology presents various perspectives on open records adoption and closed records adoption and discusses how the decisions governing access to original birth certificates and adoption records are left to the states.

Discusses adoption as an option for pregnant young women who do not have the resources to parent well, exploring how such a solution could affect the birthmother, the child, and the father.

When her close friend since childhood murders his adoptive parents and kills himself, 17-year-old Lynn is haunted by the tragedy.

Determined to be a good big sister, Rex starts spending all her time with the baby her family has adopted, making her neighbor Pinky fear that he has lost her friendship.

Contains information for children experiencing termination of parental rights, and focuses on a variety of families who cope with adoption, foster homes, abusive situations, and other forms of trauma. Also offers resources for aiding serious problems.

Miranda feels left out of everything until she meets a jogger in training for a marathon. Despite her apprehension about a sudden attack of asthma, Miranda starts to run.

Follows an adopted boy's emotional struggle to find his "real" parents and ultimately himself.

Fourteen-year-old Barry, visiting an eighty-three-year-old woman in a nursing home and encouraging her to delve into her distant past, finds the project affects him deeply in his situation as an adopted child.

Christy's "adopted blues" are cured by her truck-driving grandmother's surprising revelations.