Wild About You!
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Marc Brown
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $17.99
The tree kangaroo at the zoo would like nothing more than a baby of her own. So, when a new egg arrives via the endangered species van, the 'roo jumps at the chance to take care of it, even when no one else wants it. Soon, out comes a penguin and...
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Wild About You!
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Marc Brown
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $20.99
The tree kangaroo at the zoo would like nothing more than a baby of her own. So, when a new egg arrives via the endangered species van, the 'roo jumps at the chance to take care of it, even when no one else wants it. Soon, out comes a penguin and...
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Sweet Moon Baby: An Adoption Tale
Written by Karen Henry Clark
Illustrated by Patrice Barton
Format: eBook, 32 pages
On Sale: July 25, 2012
Price: $10.99
This is the story of one baby’s journey from her birth parents in China, who dream of a better life for their daughter, to her adoptive parents on the other side of the world, who dream of the life they can give her.
A turtle, a peacock, a monkey, a panda, and...
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The Master of Misrule
Written by Laura Powell
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $10.99
When Cat and her friends put an end to the sinister Game of Triumphs, they thought they could simply collect their prizes and walk away. But in their haste to take down the old game-masters, they unwittingly created a monster. Before the dust has settled in Mercury Square, the self-proclaimed Master...
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The Master of Misrule
Written by Laura Powell
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 384 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $19.99
When Cat and her friends put an end to the sinister Game of Triumphs, they thought they could simply collect their prizes and walk away. But in their haste to take down the old game-masters, they unwittingly created a monster. Before the dust has settled in Mercury Square, the self-proclaimed Master...
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A Blessing from Above
Written by Patti Henderson
Illustrated by Elizabeth Edge
Format: eBook, 24 pages
On Sale: May 30, 2012
Price: $3.99
Every night before she goes to sleep, a kangaroo prays under the stars for a baby to love and hold. One day, as she rests under a tree, a baby bird falls out of its crowded nest—plop!—right into her pouch!
Now, every night before they fall asleep, Momma-Roo and Little One...
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Mr. Reaper
Written by Tatsuya Miyanishi
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2012
Price: $14.95
A hungry wolf searches the forest for a long-awaited meal, when his senses find something. At first he is not certain if his mind is playing tricks on him, but before him is a young piglet resting in a clearing. His wish has come true! He can eat again!
But there...
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Three Black Swans
Written by Caroline B. Cooney
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2012
Price: $8.99
Lives are in the balance in bestselling author Caroline B. Cooney’s newest young adult thriller,
Three Black Swans.
Missy and her cousin Claire are best friends who finish each other’s sentences and practically read each other’s minds. It’s an eerie connection—so eerie that Missy has questions she wants to put to her...
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Mimi
Written by John Newman
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $15.99
Mimi's life is off the rails since the sudden loss of her mother. What will it take to pull her and her family together? A spot-on, witty, and genuinely moving novel.One hundred and forty-nine days ago, Mimi's mam died. Everyone's given up. Dad keeps burning pizzas, and he doesn't smile anymore...
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Switch
Written by Tish Cohen
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $8.99
Careful. Some wishes
do come true.
When you have 37 siblings, it’s easy to get lost in the shuffle. Andrea Birch feels totally ignored by her parents even though she’s their only biological child. The constant revolving door at her house full of foster kids can be cool sometimes, but really it...
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Nini
Written by Francois Thisdale
Illustrated by Francois Thisdale
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $15.95
Long before Nini was born, she was in a safe place where a familiar voice promised her a loving home. But once she was born, that soft voice was replaced by the words of care givers in an orphanage. Though they were kind, Nini missed the soft voice and the promises...
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Absolutely Lucy #4: Lucy on the Ball
Written by Ilene Cooper
Illustrated by David Merrell
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2011
Price: $4.99
Ilene Cooper's fourth story of a boy and his beagle takes Bobby and Lucy into the wild playing fields of grade-school soccer.
Every kid loves soccer, right? Not Bobby. He likes to
watch sports, but he doesn't really like to
play them. He'd rather play with his beagle puppy, Lucy. But when...
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Sweet Moon Baby: An Adoption Tale
Written by Karen Henry Clark
Illustrated by Patrice Barton
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2010
Price: $17.99
This is the story of one baby’s journey from her birth parents in China, who dream of a better life for their daughter, to her adoptive parents on the other side of the world, who dream of the life they can give her.
A turtle, a peacock, a monkey, a panda, and...
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Three Black Swans
Written by Caroline B. Cooney
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: August 24, 2010
Price: $8.99
Lives are in the balance in bestselling author Caroline B. Cooney’s newest young adult thriller,
Three Black Swans.
Missy and her cousin Claire are best friends who finish each other’s sentences and practically read each other’s minds. It’s an eerie connection—so eerie that Missy has questions she wants to put to her...
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Three Black Swans
Written by Caroline B. Cooney
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 288 pages
On Sale: August 24, 2010
Price: $20.99
Lives are in the balance in bestselling author Caroline B. Cooney’s newest young adult thriller,
Three Black Swans.
Missy and her cousin Claire are best friends who finish each other’s sentences and practically read each other’s minds. It’s an eerie connection—so eerie that Missy has questions she wants to put to her...
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Take Me with You
Written by Carolyn Marsden
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: March 23, 2010
Price: $14.99
Hopes of adoption test the friendship of two girls — one biracial — in a lyrical novel touching on themes of identity and the meaning of home.Pina and Susanna. Susanna and Pina. For as long as they’ve lived at the Istituto di Gesù Bambino — a home for babies abandoned after...
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Ten Days and Nine Nights
An Adoption Story
Written by Yumi Heo
Illustrated by Yumi Heo
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $17.99
How many days until a little girl’s adopted sibling is brought home?
Follow a little girl as she and her family prepare for the new baby that will soon be joining them. And simultaneously, watch the girl’s mother fly off to Korea, meet the new baby, and bring her home. Here is...
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En Busca de Milagros
Written by Julia Alvarez
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $5.99
MILLY KAUFMAN ES una adolescente estadounidense común y corriente que vive en el estado de Vermont hasta que un estudiante nuevo llamado Pablo llega a su escuela secundaria. Su acento exótico, su extraño sentido de la moda y el interés intenso que Milly despierta en él hacen que ella enfrente su...
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A Drowned Maiden's Hair
A Melodrama
Written by Laura Amy Schlitz
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $7.99
"People throw the word 'classic' about a lot, but A DROWNED MAIDEN'S HAIR genuinely deserves to become one." — WALL STREET JOURNALMaud Flynn is known at the orphanage for her impertinence. So when the charming Miss Hyacinth chooses her to take home, the girl is pleased but baffled, until it becomes...
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Finding Miracles
Written by Julia Alvarez
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $6.99
MILLY KAUFMAN IS an ordinary American teenager living in Vermont—until she meets Pablo, a new student at her high school. His exotic accent, strange fashion sense, and intense interest in Milly force her to confront her identity as an adopted child from Pablo’s native country. As their relationship grows, Milly decides...
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Invisible Threads
Written by Annie Dalton and Maria Dalton
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $10.99
Naomi was never going to be like her mother. The crazy highs and underground lows. Naomi was in control. When the time came she would be the perfect mother–nothing like her own.
On the day Carrie-Anne turned 16, she surpassed her. The girl-woman who gave away her own child. Her biological mother...
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A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life
Written by Dana Reinhardt
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 13, 2007
Price: $8.99
Simone’s starting her junior year in high school. Her mom’s a lawyer for the ACLU, her dad’s a political cartoonist, so she’s grown up standing outside the organic food coop asking people to sign petitions for worthy causes. She’s got a terrific younger brother and amazing friends. And she’s got a...
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A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life
Written by Dana Reinhardt
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $8.99
You can tell what really makes Simone different just by looking at her: she doesn't resemble anyone in her family. She's adopted. She's always known it, but she's never wanted to know anything about where she came from. She's happy with her family just as it is, thank you.
Then one day...
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En Busca de Milagros
Written by Julia Alvarez
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 9, 2006
Price: $6.50
MILLY KAUFMAN ES una adolescente estadounidense común y corriente que vive en el estado de Vermont hasta que un estudiante nuevo llamado Pablo llega a su escuela secundaria. Su acento exótico, su extraño sentido de la moda y el interés intenso que Milly despierta en él hacen que ella enfrente su...
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Also available as an
eBook.
Finding Miracles
Written by Julia Alvarez
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: May 9, 2006
Price: $6.99
MILLY KAUFMAN IS an ordinary American teenager living in Vermont—until she meets Pablo, a new student at her high school. His exotic accent, strange fashion sense, and intense interest in Milly force her to confront her identity as an adopted child from Pablo’s native country. As their relationship grows, Milly decides...
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