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"Nora and Bens younger sister Birdy loves to keep secrets. She surprises her family more than once: She hides a kitten in her room. She writes a beautiful poem. One day Birdy watches her mother spit into a tube, ready to send it off to find out more about herself and where her family came from. Birdy spits into a tube, too, when no one sees her. But when the test results come back, they are a surprise. Birdy is seemingly not related to Nora and Bens...

Join Lucky and the rest of the pound puppies as they work to find perfect homes for adorable puppies. They will do whatever it takes to find great homes for these pups.

When Charles and Lizzie discover a Beagle named Patches tied up in a garage all day, they decide to help make his life better.

Mom Peterson has trouble finding a family good enough to adopt the adorable Labradoodle, Gus.

Edie has always known that she is half Native American. She also knows that her mom was adopted by a white couple and has no connection to her birth family. So even though Edie is curious to learn about her heritage, she realizes her mom doesn't have any answers. That is, until the summer day when she and her friends discover a box hidden in the attic, full of old photos of a woman who looks just like Edie and letters signed "Love, Edith." Suddenly,...

A young Chinese woman sold to a wealthy family: twin infant girls left in an orphanage: and an American couple who make a decision that will change lives for generations.--Back cover.

This book brings to light the lives of 1.5 million single American women in the years following World War II who, under enormous social and family pressure, were coerced to give up their newborn children. It tells not of wild and carefree sexual liberation, but rather of a devastating double standard that has had punishing long-term effects on these women and on the children they gave up. Single pregnant women were shunned by family and friends, evicted...

"How MUCH is the crazy-much love?" This simple question is answered as two parents recount the journey of adopting their daughter and the many milestone moments that follow. From the child's first bath and first time riding a tricycle, all the way to her boarding that big yellow bus, the crazy-much love grows SO MUCH that it spills out the windows and busts down the doors. A warm, lyrical celebration of the deep love parents hold for their children,...

Charles and Lizzie Peterson are visiting their cousins in the country when they find an abandoned border collie puppy, and because he loves to run and chase, they know that finding the right forever home for the puppy they name Flash will be a challenge.

"In this ... debut novel inspired by true stories, three women's lives are bound together by a long-lost letter, a mother's love, and a secret network of people fighting for the right to choose"--