adoption

"Readers will learn all about adoptive families through everyday and relatable situations"--Provided by publisher.

"Pearl is over the moon when she gets the fin-tastic news that she's been picked to be the next Winter Princess! She can't help gushing to Shelly, Kiki, and Echo about the beautiful dress she'll get to wear and how all eyes will be on her when she makes her big speech at the Winter Festival. She can't wait to tell her parents! But her parents have some news of their own--Pearl is going to be a big sister! They're adopting a baby boy, and he'll be coming home with them right around the time of the Winter Festival. Suddenly, instead of glittering gowns and princess tiaras, Pearl has to talk about new cradles and baby toys. How can her new brother be stealing all of her parents' attention before he's even here? Can Pearl convince her parents that a messy, noisy baby is the last thing they need? Or will she discover she's more suited to being a big sister than she thought?"--Provided by publisher.

Two sisters struggle with the secrets brought to light in the aftermath of their parents' sudden death.

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.

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.

.A book for high school students about the controversial topic of same-sex marriage.

Uncovers corrupt practices in the history of adoption in the United States with one family's story.

"Pearl Swamp is not happy when her selection as the next winter princess is overshadowed by her family's decision to adopt a baby boy"--OCLC.

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.

In Wisconsin, as her adoptive parents open their lake cabins for summer visitors, twelve-year-old Annalise, abandoned as an infant and able to communicate with the lake, discovers a growing toxic algae bloom and teams up with her friends to save the beloved body of water.