This book emphasizes that adoptees have varying backgrounds. It argues that adoptees have the right to ask questions about their background (adoption documents, agency, etc.). The author states that this book is “completely biased on the rights of adopted people.” The author also asserts that adoptees should be void of influence from adoption authorities.
Based on true events, this book is about The Foss children’s journey with loss and being placed into an orphanage. This book focuses on the themes of family, resilience, and corruption.
This is a fictitious story about a young girl, Carlie, and her journey through foster care. She befriends the other children that she shares a foster home with and they all learn that they can take control of their own lives. Some themes of this book include perseverance, courageousness, and growing up.
This is a book series following the four Alden siblings, who make their home in a boxcar. The books focus on themes such as family, home, and resourcefulness.
This book is “a special celebration of the love and joy an adopted child creates for a family. In asking her parents to tell her again about the night of her birth, a young girl relives a cherished tale she knows by heart. Focusing on the significance of family and love, this is story about adoption and the importance of a loving family.” This book also “speaks to the universal childhood desire to know more about the excitement, awe, love, and sleeplessness that a new baby brings to a family.”
This is a children’s book about a young bird (Choco) who journeys to find a mother who looks just like himself. Eventually, he is taken in by a family that he is not related to. This book is centered around the idea that family is about love — regardless of biological relationship. It emphasizes that families can be, and often are, very diverse.
This is a classic fiction book about a precocious, intellectual girl and her journey through life and school. The protagonist (Matilda) is characterized as astonishingly intelligent, patient, and vengeful. The book focuses on the concepts of education, opportunity, power, and family.
This is a classic, fictitious story about a young orphan who runs away to live with a group of pickpockets. Dickens created an entirely new kind of fiction, scathing in its indictment of a cruel society, and pervaded by a sense of threat and mystery. The book explores themes including bravery, honesty, family, and gratitude.
Another classic work of fiction, this book is about a young orphan boy with grand dreams. This is a tale of crime, guilt, morality, and justice.
This is a children’s book about a lost young bat who finds her way safely home to her mother and friends. It explores themes of friendship, celebrating differences, and belonging.
