New friends and a mystery help Aden, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.

After navigating middle school, ninth-grader Aven, born without arms, struggles with the challenges of high school, which test her confidence, strength, and sense of self.

Lenny follows Adam for a school project and learns about his family life as an adopted child.

"Twelve-year-old Milo is stuck spending the winter holidays in a house full of strange guests who are not what they seem-again! He will have to work with friends old and new to uncover clues in search of a mysterious map and a famous smuggler's lost haul"--

The Girl Who Wondered What's Out There is the story of my daughter, now named Alexis, and her time growing up in an orphanage in Changsha, Hunan, China. Her English is still developing, and slowly she has been able to share her memories. Even though she doesn't always have the words, her eyes let us know that she is always watching and wondering what's out there!

As a first time parent of adopted infants, Terrell faced multiple questions of not only how to be a new parents and father, but also how to explain to his sons that they are adopted and what that means. He searched for direction at the library, multiple seminars and educational classes and found them to be little help. The best advice he found was to always use proper and consistent terms and to keep his messages short and simple. Terrell and his...

Not all children's Christmas are, filled with carols, eggnog, and joy. Many have to go through a roller coaster like Calvin, a young boy in and out of the foster care system. Calvin takes us on his adoptive journey, showing us not only the good times but also the bad so many children in our world see today. However, with loving people to help him along the way and a lot of prayer, Calvin shows us that we should never lose hope.

Although Celia reacts to having been adopted with anger and insecurity, her parents help her accept her feelings and celebrate their love for her by making her adoption a family holiday.

Selected as 2011 White Ravens Title "If you think life makes sense, do not read this book." It's this credo that sixteen-year-old Joe Campbell lives by. You see, his birth parents were killed in a car accident, and four years later he's still trying to work his way past that loss. His new parents are as supportive and loving as he could wish. But Joe is still trying to figure out whether there is any pattern or purpose to his existence, and remains...

Liberty's Journey: A Foster Child's Placement Story is the first book of this series designed to create awareness of the phases found within the foster care system. Liberty begins her journey by being, placed in a foster home. This book familiarizes the reader with foster care-related terms and opens the door for discussion about how the foster care system works. If you are a foster parent, social service provider, or therapist, a user guide is included...