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1) Just like me
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this story about unlikely friendships and finding your place in the world, three very different girls, adopted as babies from the same Chinese orphanage, spend a week at a summer camp, where the adoption agency coordinator wants them to journal their "bonding" experience.
3) My Mei Mei
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 volume : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Antonia gets her wish when her parents return to China to bring home a Mei Mei, or younger sister, for her.
8) Finding Joy
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Shu-li, an infant girl who had to be sent away by her family in China, is adopted by an American family and renamed Joy.
Author
Series
Anna Wang books volume 3
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
155 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Anna takes a trip to China and learns more about herself and her Chinese heritage.
Author
Series
Anna Wang books volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
162 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader Anna is concerned that her baby sister Kaylee, adopted from China three months ago, is not thriving so she and her best friends, Laura and Camille, create a science project that may save the day.
Author
Publisher
Bowen Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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
Publisher
Two Lions, a trademark of Amazon
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"How MUCH is the crazy-much love?" This simple question is answered as two parents recount the journey of adopting their daughter and the many milestone moments that follow. From the child's first bath and first time riding a tricycle, all the way to her boarding that big yellow bus, the crazy-much love grows SO MUCH that it spills out the windows and busts down the doors. A warm, lyrical celebration of the deep love parents hold for their children,...
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Meili loves hearing the story of how her parents flew far across the sea to China to adopt her. That's her special story. But when Meili finds out she has a new baby sister coming from Haiti, she isn't happy. Why can't her family stay the way it is? They're the perfect size. As she helps decorate the nursery and learns more about the baby, Meili comes to realize that a sister might be just right for their family. A sweet story about adjusting to...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
225 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jaden, an emotionally damaged adopted boy fascinated by electricity, feels a connection to a small, weak toddler with special needs in Kazakhstan, where Jaden's family is trying to adopt a "normal" baby.
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