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Finding Fernanda: Two Mothers, One Child, and a Cross Border Search for Truth by Erin Siegal Publisher Comments The dramatic story of how an American housewife discovered that the Guatemalan child she was about to adopt had been stolen from her birth mother Over the last decade, nearly 200,000 children have been adopted into the United States, 25,000 of... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper 
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The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family by Dave Pelzer Publisher Comments Imagine a young boy who has never had a loving home. His only possesions are the old, torn clothes he carries in a paper bag. The only world he knows is one of isolation and fear. Although others had rescued this boy from his abusive alcoholic mother... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $3.25 Used - Trade Paper
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Reunited: An Investigative Genealogist Unlocks Some of Life's Greatest Family Mysteries by Pamela Slaton Publisher Comments In this poignant and heartwarming narrative, renowned genealogist Pamela Slaton tells the most striking stories from her incredibly successful career of reconnecting adoptees with long-lost birth parents After a traumatic reunion with her own birth... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Parenting the Hurt Child Revised and Updated: Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow by Gregory C. Keck Publisher Comments “Godliness is more than a character trait,” writes Jerry Bridges. “It is a foundational spiritual quality that makes the entire Christian life dynamic, effective, and pleasing to God.” Growing in godliness is a twofold process. It... (read more) Your price: $17.99 New - Trade Paper
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Reframing Transracial Adoption: Adopted Koreans, White Parents, and the Politics of Kinship by Kristi Brian Publisher Comments Until the late twentieth century, the majority of foreign-born children adopted in the United States came from Korea. In the absorbing book Reframing Transracial Adoption, Kristi Brian investigates the power dynamics at work between the white families... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $26.78 Google eBooks - Electronic
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No Biking in the House Without a Helmet by Melissa Fay Greene Publisher Comments When the two-time National Book Award finalist Melissa Fay Greene confided to friends that she and her husband planned to adopt a four-year-old boy from Bulgaria to add to their four children at home, the news threatened to place her, she writes, “... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Reunited: An Investigative Genealogist Unlocks Some of Life's Greatest Family Mysteries by Pamela Slaton Publisher Comments In this poignant and heartwarming narrative, renowned genealogist Pamela Slaton tells the most striking stories from her incredibly successful career of reconnecting adoptees with long-lost birth parents Reunited follows the tradition of Ann Fesslers... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self by David M Brodzinsky Publisher Comments Like Passages, this groundbreaking book uses the poignant, powerful voices of adoptees and adoptive parents to explore the experience of adoption and its lifelong effects. A major work, filled with astute... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest for Wholeness by Betty Jean Lifton Publisher Comments Betty Jean Lifton, whose Lost and Found has become a bible to adoptees and to those who would understand the adoption experience, explores further the inner world of the adopted person. She breaks new ground as she traces the adopted childs lifelong... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Second Time Foster Child: One Family's Fight for Their Son's Mental Healthcare and Preservation of Their Family by Toni Hoy Publisher Comments In a juvenile courtroom, the judge reprimanded the caseworkers, the attorneys, and CASA for responding to a no-fault dependency case as an abuse case, “There is nobody bad here!” There were no criminals. There was no crime. Then why were we... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale by Karen Katz Synopsis An affirming story about international adoption, based on the author's own experience with her daughter. A magical, reassuring story of one adoptive family's beginnings, told in words and pictures that are just right for the youngest child.... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents by Deborah D. Gray Book News Annotation A reprint from 2002, this volume by Gray, a clinical social worker specializing in attachment, grief, and trauma and former therapeutic foster parent, helps prospective and current adoptive parents understand, care for, and promote healthy attachment... (read more) Your price: $26.25 New - Trade Paper
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The Russian Adoption Handbook by John H. Maclean Publisher Comments Adopting a child can be one of life's most rewarding experiences. Unfortunately, complex policies, legal risks, and fewer available children make adopting domestically difficult. International adoption offers a solution to parents yearning for a child of... (read more) List Price $3.99 Your price: $3.54 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Silent Tears: A Journey of Hope in a Chinese Orphanage by Kay Bratt Publisher Comments “An eye-opening account of life in Chinas orphanages. Kay Bratt vividly details the conditions and realities faced by Chinese orphans in an easy-to-read manner that draws the reader in to the heart-wrenching moments she has experienced in her work... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Lucky Ones: Our Stories of Adopting Children from China by Ann Rauhala Publisher Comments What a lucky girl Everybody who has adopted a daughter from China has heard that one. And every parent has said, or thought, in reply: No, we're the lucky ones. This anthology sets out to explain why people who have adopted children from China feel as... (read more) Your price: $18.75 New - Trade Paper
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A Mother for Choco (Goodnight) by Keiko Kasza Publisher Comments Choco was a little bird who lived all alone. He wished he had a mother, but who could his mother be? "Just right for the preschool group or beginning reader".--Kirkus Reviews, pointer review. "Young listeners will be charmed by the book's humor, warmth... (read more) Your price: $5.99 New - Trade Paper
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Connected Child : Bring Hope and Healing To Your Adoptive Family (07 Edition) by Karyn B. Purvis Publisher Comments "...an extremely useful parenting handbook... truly outstanding ... strongly recommended." --Library Journal (starred review) "A tremendous resource for parents and professionals alike." --Thomas Atwood, president and CEO, National Council for Adoption... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldridge Publisher Comments Written by a woman who was an adopted child, this work highlights the 20 most important issues adopted children face, and is filled with powerful, poignant insights from children, parents, and experts in the field, plus practical strategies and case... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Family of Adoption: Completely Revised and Updated by Joyce Maguire Pavao Publisher Comments “An important voice in the spirited public debate over what ‘the best interests of the child are in the . . . untidy world of adoption.”—Joseph P. Kahn, Boston Globe Joyce Maguire Pavao understands the many perspectives that come... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Love Like No Other: Stories from Adoptive Parents by Pamela Kruger Publisher Comments Drawn from personal experience, these stories offer vivid and beautifully rendered snapshots of the adoptive parenting experience. Featuring: Marcelle Clements, Laura Shaine Cunningham, Christina Frank, Jesse Green, Melissa Fay Greene, Doug Hood, Pamela... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $2.97 Sale - Trade Paper
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