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“To say I love this book is an understatement. It’s...
“To say I love this book is an understatement. It’s...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xii, 169 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Written by the director of an adoption agency and the author of The Children Money Can Buy, The Baby Market illustrates the dramatic changes that have taken place in infant adoption over the past two decades, resulting in what feels like a wild west of adoption in which money is the might that makes right and the law is very hard to find. The book follows the true stories of women who choose adoption for their babies, some of them making this choice...
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Lulu (Hilary McKay) volume 6
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
97 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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"Seven-year-old Lulu adopts a hamster and must keep it a secret from her grandmother when she and her cousin Mellie spend the night"--
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) ; color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"From New York Times bestselling Joanna Ho, of Eyes that Kiss in the Corners, and award-winning educator Liz Kleinrock comes a powerful companion picture book about adoption and family. A young girl who is a transracial adoptee learns to love her Asian eyes and finds familial connection and meaning through them, even though they look different from her parents'. Her family bond is deep and their connection is filled with love. She wonders about her...
10) Someone like you
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Pub. Date
2020
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"When Maddie West discovers that she was adopted as an embryo and may have a sister, she feels betrayed, angry, and confused. Maddie moves away, leaving her job, fiancé, and family. Dawson Gage is mourning the death of his best friend, London Quinn. Then London's mother reveals she and her husband donated a frozen embryo decades ago, meaning that London might have a sibling. When Dawson finds Maddie and takes her to the Quinns, they welcome her...
11) Eden's children
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(Virginia C.).Eden volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 22 cm.
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"When former teacher Paula Eden adopts Faith and Trevor, she is astounded by their natural intelligence and decides to homeschool them to nurture their brilliance. But as the years go on, Faith and Trevor itch for more independence. When Faith sets her sights on a handsome young man visiting from out of town, Paula grows increasingly desperate to preserve her small family and her plans for the children to carry on her legacy. Luckily, she has a cohort...
12) Penny serenade
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., b&w . ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young couple are trying to hold their marriage together by adopting a child.
13) Little Paula
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Series
The Eden volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"Little Paula is the sequel to Eden's Children. Trevor and Faith's mother, Paula Eden, has died and their father, Big John, has had a serious trucking accident and is paralyzed. Faith's child, Little Paula, has been given to a wealthy couple unable to have children of their own. Trevor is obsessed with getting the child back"--
14) Desperate
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Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
330 p. ; 24 cm.
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When Gage and Anna meet Lily, a pregnant, homeless teenager, it seems that fate has brought them together. Lily agrees to give the couple her baby in return for financial support, but something isn't right. Gage finds himself being sabotaged at home and work, and his attempts to uncover the truth only seem to make his life unravel faster.
15) One more wish
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Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
401 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Description
As Christy blows out the 26 candles on her birthday cake, she makes a wish. Could this be the year that she and Todd finally have a baby? Then Todd opens up the discussion of adoption and soon a simple invitation turns into a life-changing season.
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"Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in a landscape of extreme poverty, and when her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought to The Have Faith Haiti Orphanage that Albom operates in Port Au Prince. With no children of their own, the forty-plus children who live, play, and go to school at the orphanage have become family to Mitch and his wife, Janine....
17) Deadly deals
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Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
234 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
It's an unseasonably cold Thanksgiving at the mountaintop retreat where the Sisterhood has gathered. They are ready to face their next challenge-- dismantling a highly successful illegal baby selling ring.
20) Wolfie the bunny
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Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
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.
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