Search Results: Returned 9 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 9
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2011., Primary, Viking Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An understanding cat helps a young Korean girl adjust to her new home in America.
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[2014]., Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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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2014., Pre-adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: FIC KADOHATA Edition: First edition. Genre: Realistic fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: At first, eleven-year-old Romanian-born Jaden is angry when his parents inform him that they will all be traveling to Kazakhstan to adopt another child. Jaden is plagued by feelings of inadequacy and struggles with attachment difficulties. But once they arrive at the orphanage, Jaden forms an unexpected bond with a special-needs toddler after he is able to feel empathy for the boy's situation, which reminds him of his own past.
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2023., Adolescent, Scribner Call No: B MAS Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Oksana Masters was born in Ukraine--in the shadow of Chernobyl--seemingly with the world against her. She was born with one kidney, a partial stomach, six toes on each foot, webbed fingers, no right bicep, and no thumbs. Her left leg was six inches shorter than her right, and she was missing both tibias. Relinquished to the orphanage system by birth parents daunted by the staggering cost of what would be their child's medical care, Oksana encountered numerous abuses, some horrifying. Salvation came at age seven when Gay Masters, an unmarried American professor who saw a photo of the little girl and became haunted by her eyes, waged a two-year war against stubborn adoption authorities to rescue Oksana from her circumstances. In America, Oksana endured years of operations that included a double leg amputation. Still, how could she hope to fit in when there were so many things making her different? As it turned out, she would do much more than fit in. Determined to prove herself and fueled by a drive to succeed that still smoldered from childhood, Oksana triumphed in not just one sport but four--winning against the world's best in elite rowing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, and road cycling competitions. Now considered one of the world's top athletes, she is the recipient of seventeen Paralympic medals, the most of any US athlete of the Winter Games, Paralympic or Olympic. This is Oksana's astonishing story of journeying through a series of dark tunnels--and how, with her mother's love, she finally found her way into the light. Her message to anyone who doesn't fit in: you can find a place where you excel--where you have worth"--Provided by the publisher.
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2017., Adolescent, Puffin Books Call No: MEMOIR Edition: Young readers' ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Saroo Brierley discusses his life as an adopted boy living in Tasmania and his time spent finding his birth family in India.
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2012., Viking Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After an American family adopts eleven-year-old Wen from a Chinese orphanage, she vows to find a family for her best friend, too.
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2012., Pre-adolescent, Viking Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After an American family adopts eleven-year-old Wen from a Chinese orphanage, she vows to find a family for her best friend, too.
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2012., Pre-adolescent, Viking Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After an American family adopts eleven-year-old Wen from a Chinese orphanage, she vows to find a family for her best friend, too.
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[2014]., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Eleven-year-old Anna takes a trip to China and learns more about herself and her Chinese heritage.