adoption

Explains to children that their adoption is nothing to worry about and is, in fact, a positive event.

The sudden and shocking revelation that Katy's mother was adopted estranges the two of them from the Whitmarsh family and sends them on a search for their "real" family, forcing Katy to adjust to bizarre but intriguing new relatives.

An eleven-year-old adopted child realizes that being an only child has its advantages when her mother becomes pregnant after years of sterility.

When Allison realizes that she looks more like her favorite doll than like her parents, she comes to terms with this unwelcomed discovery through the help of a stray cat.