adoption

Discusses the legal and emotional aspects of the adoption process and examines the current movement for giving the adoptee free access to the records concerning his or her origin. Lists sources to consult if searching for ones's birth parents.

Sarah needs a bone marrow transplant to live but she is adopted and her family cannot be donors. She receives an anonymous that letter allows her to search for her birth mother. What will she discover?.

Presents a novel written in verse reflecting the feelings and emotions of fourteen-year-old Lizzie McLane as she discusses what it is like to be adopted.

Not long after learning that he was adopted, eleven-year-old Peter is hit by a car and then given several chances to alter events that could lead to his death.

Twelve-year-old Bitte learns the answer to the question, "What is love?" when her older sister decides to place her unborn child for adoption.

In a series of poems and journal entries, seventeen-year-old Lizzie grieves over the death of her adoptive father, as her plans for college and search for her birth mother are put on hold. Includes a guide to poetic forms.

Contains over twenty articles that debate controversial issues that relate to adoption, and discusses how adoptions are regulated, risks and benefits for international adoptions, contact between birth and adoptive families, and nontraditional adoptions.

On the eve of her wedding Katie Lapp discovers she is not the birth daughter of her Amish parents but their adopted daughter. After finding out the truth she knows she must find her birth mother no matter what the cost.

During her freshman year of high school, Harley decides she is not related to her abusive father and angry mother and embarks on a journey to find her real parents.