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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
"In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren - an enigmatic artist and single mother - who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and...
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In "one of Morrison's most haunting works" (New York Times) the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner reveals what lies beneath the surface of slavery. But at its heart, like Beloved, it is the story of a mother and a daughter—a mother who casts off her daughter in order to save her, and a daughter who may never exorcise that abandonment.
In the 1680s the slave trade in the Americas is still
4) My Mei Mei
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Antonia gets her wish when her parents return to China to bring home a Mei Mei, or younger sister, for her.
6) Found
Author
Series
Missing volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
After years of trying to conceive, Jack and Melissa's hopes of parenthood become a reality with Angelina, their newly adopted daughter. However, sparks and suspicions flare when Angelina's biological father wants his daughter back and his motives appear to be anything but genuine.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An adoption story, based on the ancient Chinese belief that an invisible, unbreakable red thread connects all those who are destined to be together, follows a king and queen who are both searching for the one thing that will fill the void in their hearts.
Author
Publisher
Bowen Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As her turn to be "Star of the Week" in her kindergarten class approaches, Cassidy-Li puts together a poster with pictures of her family, friends, and pets, and wonders about her birthparents in China.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Told in separate voices, Kat and Robin leave Boston on a church mission to help combat human trafficking in India while Kat recovers from a sexual assault and Robin seeks his birth mother.
Katina King having trouble fighting off the secrets in her past. Robin Thornton was adopted from an orphanage in Kolkata, India and is reluctant to take on his future since he knows nothing about his past. They meet during a summer service trip to India to work...
Author
Series
Anna Wang novel volume 3
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Anna takes a trip to China and learns more about herself and her Chinese heritage.
19) Someone like you
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Maddie Baxter West is shaken to the core when she finds out everything she believed about her life was a lie. Her parents had always planned to tell her the truth about her past: that she was adopted as an embryo. But somehow the right moment never happened. Then a total stranger confronts Maddie with the truth and tells her something else that rocks her world - Maddie had a sister she never knew about. Betrayed, angry, and confused, Maddie leaves...
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