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Through e-mails, letters, blog entries, and movie scripts, twelve-year-old Ruth, an American girl, and Ruby, an English one, discover that they are long-lost twins.

When Piper volunteers at a local animal shelter, she falls in love with Taffy the puppy, and comes up with a plan to convince her mother she can take care of a dog.

A very small bear found by Mr. and Mrs. Brown at Paddington Station becomes one of the family.

"Mishiyu is an orphan living in fear of, but also hope for, his adoption. His feelings and his moving story are intertwined with the emotions of the woman who adopts him, and in the end, they recognize each other as mother and son. The theme of adoption is handled with gentle care and consideration in this beautiful, compassionate book"--Amazon.com, viewed June 19, 2015.

Guy the beagle, adopted from a shelter, must find a place for himself in an English palace when his mother marries Prince Harry, whose grandmother is very fond of dogs.

"Kelsey Mihalec is born to a poor Russian mother who places her in an orphanage from where she is adopted by Americans Brad and Diane Jurgen. When Brad severs Kelsey's spine in a fit of rage, she is left a paraplegic and is eventually adopted by Paul and Caroline Mihalec, who provide a loving home. Later, Kelsey meets Melissa Preston, a troubled teen. The two unlikely friends inspire each other to pursue their dreams. Can a wheelchair-bound girl perform...

An abandoned dog found under a freeway find his forever home with a little girl named Scarlett.

"Foreign correspondent Neely Tucker and his wife, Vita, arrived in Zimbabwe in 1997. After witnessing firsthand the devastating consequences of AIDS on the population, especially the children, the couple started volunteering at an orphanage that was desperately underfunded and short-staffed. One afternoon, a critically ill infant was brought to the orphanage from a village outside the city. She'd been left to die in a field on the day she was born,...

"As they play, Mia and Tayja confirm that there's one thing they don't have to pretend: They know in their hearts that they're real sisters, even though others don't always recognize this since they're adopted and don't look alike. Safe in the knowledge that adoption has made them "forever family," the sisters end their make-believe journey with a joyful homecoming to a real home with their two moms."--Jacket flap.

Cecilia Murray hopes to adopt Potato, a cute pug, from the animal shelter, but before she can, he is adopted by Eric Chung, a popular, arrogant boy from school, who hopes to train Potato to become a show dog.