Ava and Lexi, high school seniors and identical twins, created an imaginary triplet, Alicia, to date and dump boys but now they are being stalked and impersonated by the sister they invented and their former dates are turning up dead.
When her parents find a baby wolf on their doorstep and decide to raise him as their own, Dot is certain he will eat them all up until a surprising encounter with a bear brings them closer together.
Alex has always identified herself as a baseball player, the daughter of a winning coach, but when she realizes that is not enough she begins to come to terms with her adoption and her race.
Readers will come to a more comprehensive understanding of the types of foster care, the benefits and potential pitfalls of such care, and how to navigate within a system designed to safeguard the individuals it serves.
Worried about a school assignment on family because he was adopted, Calvin asks his parents about being chosen and learns that God creates all families, but not always in the same way.
Twelve-year-old Imani, the only black girl in Hebrew school, is preparing for her bat mitzvah and hoping to find her birthparents when she discovers the history of adoption in her own family through her great-grandma Anna's Holocaust-era diary.
"About 2 percent of children in the United States are adopted. This book carefully approaches the different types of adoption and some of the challenges that families through adoption may face. It encourages young readers to consider how adoption affects a family and how they can understand peers who are adopted"--Provided by publisher.
