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"Piper Winslow's life is destroyed when her mother is arrested for kidnapping her as an infant. With her mom in jail and her real family about to reclaim her as Greta--her birth name--what can she do? Run, of course. Dominating national headlines while eluding authorities, Piper and an unlikely passenger take a harrowing cross-country adventure. When she is discovered and returned to her real family, not everyone is happy to see her. This family that...
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"When former teacher Paula Eden adopts Faith and Trevor, she is astounded by their natural intelligence and decides to homeschool them to nurture their brilliance. But as the years go on, Faith and Trevor itch for more independence. When Faith sets her sights on a handsome young man visiting from out of town, Paula grows increasingly desperate to preserve her small family and her plans for the children to carry on her legacy. Luckily, she has a cohort...
45) Instant family
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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When Pete and Ellie choose to start a family, they stumble headfirst into the world of foster care adoption. After they learn their perfect foster child comes with two other siblings, Pete and Ellie find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight and must hilariously learn the ropes of instant parenthood if they hope to become a real family.
46) Norman, speak!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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AD 510L
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After a family adopts a dog from a local shelter, they cannot understand why he doesn't respond to commands, until a chance encounter in the dog park reveals that their new dog only understands Chinese.
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990L
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Chung investigates the mysteries and complexities of her transracial adoption in this chronicle of unexpected family for anyone who has struggled to figure out where they belong.
Nicole Chung was born severely premature, placed for adoption by her Korean parents, and raised by a white family in a sheltered Oregon town. She was told her biological parents had made the ultimate sacrifice in the hope of giving her a better life, that forever feeling...
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"What to do when you've been called to adopt and practical advice to make it work. Mary Ostyn married her sweetheart at nineteen, and the pair had four kids by their eighth anniversary. When their youngest was three, God opened their eyes to the needs of orphans all over the world -- and answered Mary's longing for another baby. Over the next nine years the couple adopted two boys from Korea and four girls from Ethiopia.Ostyn, a beloved adoption writer...
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[2005]
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Upon being sent to live with her aunt in the small town of Doverville, 12-year-old Emma O'Conner finds herself in the middle of a 'dog-fight' with the Mayor and town dogcatcher. In order to strike down their "no-dogs" law, Emma must bring together a group of schoolmates, grown-ups and adorable dogs of all shapes and sizes.
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Critter club volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
640L
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"Amy comes up with the perfect Christmas present for Mrs. Sullivan to cheer her up and give her some company"--
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"Richard MacMurray, a cable news talking head, is paid handsomely to pontificate on the issues of the moment. On New Year's Day he is scheduled to be a guest on a prominent morning talk show. As he awaits the broadcast, the network interrupts with news that a jet airliner has crashed in Dallas and that everyone aboard has perished. Within an hour, amateur videotape surfaces of the plane's last moments, transforming the crash into a living image: familiar,...
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Greenglass House volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
800L
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"Twelve-year-old Milo is stuck spending the winter holidays in a house full of strange guests who are not what they seem--again! He will have to work with friends old and new to uncover clues in search of a mysterious map and a famous smuggler's lost haul"--
56) Scruffy
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Puppy place. Main series volume 67
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650L
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"Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. When Charles and Lizzy find Scruffy stuck in a fence at a scary old house, they aren't sure if she's lost or been abandoned. Either way, Scruffy has learned that smiling at humans always gets her what she wants... and soon so does the rest of the world. When she hits social media, Scruffy...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
750L
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English
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Twelve-year-old Danny thinks that there is something very familiar about the girl who plays shortstop on the team he faces during the championship series, and his curiosity leads him to a surprising discovery about his own adoption.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
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640L
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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.
59) Dogtown
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
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630L
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In Dogtown, a shelter for unwanted canine and robot dogs, an extraordinary bond develops between Chance, a longing three-legged dog, Metalhead, an empathetic robot, and Mouse, their friendly ally, as they strive to find forever homes.
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"After many failed matchmaking schemes, Lauren is committed to one goal -- becoming a mother. But to satisfy the adoption agency's requirements, she must remain single, which proves to be a problem when Joshua appears. With an impossible decision looming, she will have to choose between two deep desires"--Provided by publisher.
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