| Title |
Adopted : the ultimate teen guide / Suzanne Buckingham Slade ; illustrations by Christopher Papile, Mary Sandage, and Odelia Witt ; photographs by Chris Washburn. |
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| Publication Info. |
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c2007. |
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| Description |
xix, 246 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
It happened to me ; 20 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Is this for real? -- Finding out you're adopted -- Fitting in -- Learning about your adoption -- Why did my birth parents choose adoption? -- Should I search? -- Searching for birth parents -- Meeting birth parents -- International adoption -- Transracial adoption -- Adopted at an older age -- A real family. |
| Summary |
Provides a resource for adopted teens who struggle with questions of identity, the search for and meeting with birth parents, and adoption by those of a different race or country, and offers advice and anecdotes from adopted teens. |
| Subject |
Adoption -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
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Adoption.
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| Added Author |
Papile, Christopher.
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| ISBN |
9780810857742 (hardcover : alk. paper) : $49.50 |
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081085774X (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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| ISBN |
9780810857742 (hardcover : alk. paper) : $49.50 |
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081085774X (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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