Angel.  Published in 2002.

After learning that she was adopted, thirteen-year-old Saffron's relationship with her eccentric, artistic family changes, until they help her go back to Italy where she was born to find a special momento of her past.

 

 

 

J FIC AUC                    

Auch, Mary Jane.  Pick of the Litter.  Published in 1990.

An eleven-year-old adopted girl enjoys being an only child until she discovers her mother is going to have another child. Soon she realizes that there's always room for one more in the family.

 

J FIC BANKS                  

Banks, Kate.  Dillon Dillon.  Published in 2002.

During the summer that he turns ten years old, Dillon Dillon learns the surprising story behind his name and develops a relationship with three loons, living on the lake near his family's New Hampshire cabin, that help him make sense of his life.

 

J FIC BEATTY                 

Beatty, Patricia.  That's One Ornery Orphan. Published in 1980.

After the casual adoption practices in 19th-century Texas result in three unsuccessful placements for a 13-year-old girl, she is finally forced to face the placement she has tried so hard to avoid.

 

J FIC BRO                    

Brodzinsky, Anne Braff.  The Mulberry Bird : Story of an Adoption.  Published in 1986.

In the face of insurmountable problems, a young bird mother finds the strength to make an adoption plan for her much loved baby, giving him a stable home and two loving parents.

 

J FIC WEINFELD               

Weinfeld, Chaya Baila.  New Beginnings.  Published in 2000.

After the death of her mother, twelve-year-old Rina is rejected by her other relatives and goes to live with a wealthy couple in New York, where she finds a way of life very different from what she has ever known.

 

E COL                        

Cole, Joanna.  How I Was Adopted : Samantha's Story.  Published in 1995.

A young girl tells the story of how she came to be her parents' child through adoption.

 

E CUR                        

Curtis, Jamie Lee.  Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born.  Published in 1996.

A young girl asks her parents to tell her again the cherished family story of her birth and adoption.E