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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Jaden, an emotionally damaged adopted boy fascinated by electricity, feels a connection to a small, weak toddler with special needs in Kazakhstan, where Jaden's family is trying to adopt a "normal" baby.
5) Patches
Author
Series
The puppy place. Main series volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. They have a puppy of their own named Buddy, but they also foster dogs that need help finding new homes. Charles and his friend Sammy are on their way home from school one day when they hear a puppy crying. His name is Patches, and he's tied up in a garage all by himself. His owners seem to care ABOUT Patches, but they don't know how to care FOR him. And it's up to Charles and Lizzie to show them! ...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On the night before the adoption of a puppy the whole family helps prepare by buying treats, setting up a crate, and discussing what they should name the new pet.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader Anna is concerned that her baby sister Kaylee, adopted from China three months ago, is not thriving so she and her best friends, Laura and Camille, create a science project that may save the day.
8) The stray
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A family tries to adopt a stray alien, with unexpected results"--Provided by publisher.
10) Whale talk
Author
Language
English
Description
"Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students. Features a new afterword by Chris Crutcher." --
12) Soar
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Moving to Hillcrest, Ohio, when his adoptive father accepts a temporary job, twelve-year-old Jeremiah, a heart transplant recipient, has sixty days to find a baseball team to coach.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
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.
14) Greenglass House
Author
Series
Greenglass House volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
At Greenglass House, a smuggler's inn, twelve-year-old Milo, the innkeepers' adopted son, plans to spend his winter holidays relaxing but soon guests are arriving with strange stories about the house sending Milo and Meddy, the cook's daughter, on an adventure.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When twelve-year-old Edie finds letters and photographs in her attic that change everything she thought she knew about her Native American mother's adoption, she realizes she has a lot to learn about her family's history and her own identity"--
Author
Publisher
Two Lions, a trademark of Amazon
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"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,...
18) Special delivery
Author
Series
Main Street (Ann M. Martin) volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Flora and Ruby's Aunt Allie is about to adopt the baby she always wanted and the whole family is excited.
19) Gizmo
Author
Series
The puppy place. Main series volume 32
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
After taking in Gizmo the Sheltie puppy, the Petersons learn this little puppy must have something to do before his energy destroys everything in Charles and Lizzie's house.
20) Bentley
Author
Series
The puppy place. Main series volume 53
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the Petersons arrive in Misty Valley for the weekend, Charles learns that a Weimaraner puppy named Bentley is in need of a home and works to find him his forever home.
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