Little Luis has a hard time imagining a hopeful future until he arrives at Papa's house. Feeling welcomed and accepted by Papa, Luis feels peace, joy, and an excitement for life. Being adopted is just the launching point of Luis's greatest adventure, and he is always expectantly wondering what's next. 6

Leah, a little girl adopted from China, dreams of adopting a puppy of her very own. Ginger, a shelter dog living in the heart of Chinatown, dreams of having a forever family of her very own. Anticipating the Chinese New Year parade and celebrations for the Year of the Dog, both Leah and Ginger hope that their wishes become reality. Meeting by chance at the festivities, they discover the true meaning of what it means to be a forever family, and that...

De las cenizas Además de en su padre, que había fallecido cuando ella tenía seis años, Cassidy Jameson solo confiaba en un hombre: su mejor amigo, Tyler. Así que se fue con él a Texas cuando este se marchó a la universidad. Pero no esperaba sentirse tan atraída por su nuevo compañero de piso, Gage, un chico muy atractivo de acento sureño. ¿El único problema? Era el primo de Tyler. Gage Carson estaba encantado de compartir apartamento fuera...

The whole school is chattering about The Bread Project, a fund-raiser meant to honor Griff Winston, the school nurse, who died that summer from a brain tumor. For Eliot, Griff's adopted son, the Bread Project intrudes on his grief. He just wants to be left alone to get through sixth grade. Don't make him talk about his Dad or relive how much Dad had loved to make sourdough bread. No one will listen to Eliot. Not Mrs. Lopez, the PTA President. Not...

"After eleven-year-old David Bravo wishes for a do-over of a disastrous day of middle school, he and a shapeshifting spirit guide try to right a wrong in his past"--

"What if the most important decision of your life was not yours to make? This vivid and powerful novel follows two women whose paths intersect at a maternity home in the "Baby Scoop Era." In 1960, free-spirited Doreen is a recent high-school grad and waitress in a Chicago diner. She doesn't know Margie, sixteen and bookish, who lives a sheltered suburban life, but they soon meet when unplanned pregnancies send them to the Holy Family Home for the...

Twelve-year-old BFF's Ginnie West and Tillie Taylor, want to be sisters. Ginnie's widowed dad plus Tillie's divorced mom could equal a lifetime of round-the-clock girl talk and slumber parties. Too bad Dad vowed to never marry again. Ginnie and Tillie come up with the perfect scheme to change his mind: 'Operation Secret Sisters' (aka OSS). After all, if they can't get Dad to move on, Tillie can't move in.Things get more complicated when Ginnie stumbles...

When adoptee Leila (Yìng Yuè) finds a name and birthday on her Chinese passport other than the ones she has known her whole life, her mind starts swimming. What would you do if your life was supposed to be someone else's? Through her high school swim team, Leila has the chance to make amends for the life-changing switch she feels responsible for even though it could not be further from her fault. Meanwhile, across the world, Huī Yīn dreams of...

"When baby J.J. arrives at his new home, his family is bubbling over with excitement to meet him! The busy family of six is now a family of seven (eight if you include Cheddar the dog). There's always something going on at home -- and lots of noise to go along with it. But J.J. sleeps through it all. That first week, J.J. does all sorts of typical baby things: gets a bath, has his smelly diaper changed and sleeps some more. But when the four kids...

Twelve-year-old human Sophie Dawes has a good life in Hopetown. There, vampires and humans exist in harmony, and Sophie and her adoptive vampire moms are living (or unliving) proof. Vampires must follow a lot of rules for humans to feel safe, but Sophie knows that a nightly curfew and regular visits from Child Protective Services are a small price to pay to keep her family together. But then normal, law-abiding vampires start turning feral and blood-thirsty...