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121) Merlin
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When second-grader Suzannah arrives to volunteer at the animal shelter she finds that the newest arrival is Merlin, a mischievous ferret with a talent for hiding and stealing shiny things, so the Shelter Pet Squad needs to find a home that is a perfect match for a ferret.
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
Description
"In 1960s Glasgow, anti-nuclear activists Judith and Jimmy fall in love. But their future hopes are dashed when their protestors' squat is raided and many, including Jimmy, are sent to prison. Pregnant and with no word from Jimmy, Judith is forced to enter an unmarried mothers' home, give up their baby and learn to live with her grief. More than half a century later, Judith's Mending Shop restores broken treasures, just as Judith herself has been...
124) The final case
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"A provocative new novel from the best-selling author of Snow Falling on Cedars--a moving father-son story that is also a taut courtroom drama and a bold examination of privilege, power, and how to live a meaningful life. In a small rural town outside Seattle, Joanna, an Ethiopian girl adopted by a white fundamentalist Christian family, is found dead of hypothermia in her own backyard--setting in motion a gripping journey into the complexities of...
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Pub. Date
©2014
Language
English
Description
"Little Dog in the Sun is the story of a homeless puppy who came to live with a woman who was grieving the loss of her best friend. Original watercolor art throughout this ... book will take you on the journey of Ava, who led the author to find the sun again"--Author's website.
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Based on the author's research into her grandfather's past as an adopted child, and the surprising discovery of his family of origin and how he came to be adopted, Julia Park Tracey has created a mesmerizing work of historical fiction illuminating the darkest side of the Orphan Train. In 1859, women have few rights, even to their own children. When her husband dies and her children become wards of a predator, Martha--bereaved and scared--flees their...
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
The Adoption Records Handbook is a road map to help birth families discover the past and the future with step-by-step directions to lead the way down their path. Features include: helpful search tips, letter examples, waiver and requests for non-ID information forms, lists of search angels who will help in searches at no charge, registries, state statutes, etc., and templates of legal forms that conform to Pro Se (doing it yourself) court filings....
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Dara Palmer dreams of being an actress, but when she does not get a part in the school play she wonders if it is because of her different looks as an adopted girl from Cambodia, so Dara becomes determined not to let prejudice stop her from being in the spotlight.
130) Top Secret
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English
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My first zit … my first bra … my first kiss My birth mom missed them all. She should have been there to tell me it was fine, to reassure me and hold my hand when I got scared. Instead, now I'll never get the chance to meet her because my dad's moving us two thousand miles away-to California.But she needs to know what's happening. She has to understand what's going on in my life, what's important to me and why I act like I do from time to time.That's...
131) Project pets
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English
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Jina's parents insist that she is too young to have a pet, but when a mother cat with kittens show up at her cousin's house, Jina is determined to find a home for all five cats, with some help from her grandmother.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Essentially this book is a heavily visual memoir-in-essays that explores how the experience of gestational parenthood-conceiving, birthing, and breastfeeding my son Samson-eventually clarified my gender identity and allowed me to project a different more masculine self. Ruminating on how the experiences contained under the umbrella of "motherhood" don't fully describe my experience amplifies the outsiderness the speaker, who is almost always addressing...
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78 million dogs live as pets in the USA. These are the lucky ones. Five to seven million companion animals enter shelters every year, and more than half are euthanized due to the lack of space.
Miracle Dogs celebrates and honors the rescuers and the dogs whose lives they've saved. It features wonderful stories and photographs of dog rescuers, dog trainers, and rescue organizations such as The Gentle Barn and Tamar Geller's Operation Heroes and Hounds,...
136) HETTY
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Language
English
Description
Gentle, imaginative Hetty feels at home with her kindly parents but struggles to find her place in a new school. She takes refuge in her secret forest hideaway. When an accident forces her to rely on others, will Hetty find what it takes to grow up and fit in? And is a mysterious stranger watching over her?
HETTY is the first in a three-part "coming of age" series about a gentle-imaginative girl with loving adoptive parents and a natural father....
137) Get Real
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English
Description
Dez is unusually neat. Her mom and dad are unusually messy. They like Cheez Whiz and swamps. Dez likes elegant food and grand pianos. How can she even be related to them? And how can Dez help her best friend, Jil, who's adopted and who will stop at nothing in order to meet her birth mom? What is it, exactly, that makes a parent "real," anyway? Get Real is about wanting a parent who is very different from the one you have. It's about discovering, "Who...
138) Déracinée
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Français
Description
Mes parents ne m'ont jamais caché que j'étais adoptée. Pourtant, tout ce que je savais, c'est que la DPJ m'a prise en charge dès ma naissance, car ma mère avait des «problèmes de santé». Alors j'ai toujours ressenti un vide à combler...
Et voilà que je trouve une photo de moi bébé en compagnie de ma tante biologique! Maintenant que j'ai un véritable indice sur l'identité de ma mère, je n'ai plus le choix de creuser plus loin.
J'ai...
140) Paloma
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A group of sato puppies, homeless dogs of various breeds from Puerto Rico, has arrived at the animal shelter, and second grade volunteer Suzannah immediately falls in love with one puppy, Paloma--but it is her job to get the puppy ready for adoption, a separation that could easily break her heart.
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