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Adoption and Foster Homes

Page history last edited by Michael Cardin 3 years, 6 months ago

 

 

Bowers, Laura                                    Beauty shop for rent                          YA BOW

Raised by a great-grandmother and a bunch of beauty shop buddies, fourteen-year-old Abbey resolves to overcome her unhappy childhood and disillusionment with the mother who deserted her.

 

 

Cruthcher, Chris                    Whale talk                                                      CRU YA ppb

Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students.

 

Davis, Tanita                    Pea and Carrots                                                       DAV YA

 
"After her mother is arrested, fifteen-year-old Dess is sent to live with the foster family that took in her baby brother several years before, and although she and her new foster sister, Hope, clash immediately, they soon realize they have much in common."

 

Haddix, Margaret                    Found   Missing:1                                                       HAD YA

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.

 

Perkins, Mitali                    Forward me back to you                                        PER YA

 

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 with survivors of human trafficking. As they discover the healing powers of friendship, their trip exposes them to the ripple effects of violence across borders and generations-- and how small acts of heroism can break the cycle. -- adapted from jacket

 

 

Reinhardt,Dana               A brief chapter in my impossible life                    REI YA

 

Sixteen-year-old atheist Simone Turner-Bloom's life changes in unexpected ways when her parents convince her to make contact with her biological mother, an agnostic from a Jewish family who is losing her battle with cancer.

 

 

 

 

Strasser, Todd                          Boot Camp                                                                STR YA

After ignoring several warnings to stop dating his teacher, Garrett is sent to Lake Harmony, a boot camp that uses unorthodox and brutal methods to train students to obey their parents.

 

 

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