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"--

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...

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.

Beef the ape is very sad because no one ever comes to visit him at the zoo. He spends most of his day sitting around, eating candy all day and watching people visit all the other animals. Then, one day he finds an abandoned baby kitten. Unable to find anyone to take care of her, Beef decides, "I guess I will make a good mommy." From that day forward, Beef spends every day with his baby kitten, Goober.

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...

Edwin is happy about being adopted. He is very excited to be getting a family. He is also nervous. There is something he must tell his future parents. He thinks the Goodsons may not want him to be their son after he tells them his secret. Edwin learns an important lesson about acceptance and unconditional love.

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...