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Anna Wang novel volume 3
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English
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Eleven-year-old Anna takes a trip to China and learns more about herself and her Chinese heritage.
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"From New York Times bestselling Joanna Ho, of Eyes that Kiss in the Corners, and award-winning educator Liz Kleinrock comes a powerful companion picture book about adoption and family. A young girl who is a transracial adoptee learns to love her Asian eyes and finds familial connection and meaning through them, even though they look different from her parents'. Her family bond is deep and their connection is filled with love. She wonders about her...
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Nearly-thirteen-year-old Melinda Jia Mackay was adopted from China as a baby, and she has always preferred to stay out of the limelight, reading and writing for her own pleasure--but now she has a summer assignment, so with the help of a new friend, Tyler, and a therapy dog named Odie, she reluctantly hits the streets of New York City in search of her "true passion," one which she can share with others.
9) My Mei Mei
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English
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Antonia gets her wish when her parents return to China to bring home a Mei Mei, or younger sister, for her.
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"Alemitu lives with her mother in a poor village in Ethiopia, where she must walk miles for water and hunger roars in her belly. Even though life is difficult, she dreams of someday knowing more about the world. When her mother has no choice but to leave her at an orphanage to give her a chance at a better life, an American family adopts Alemitu"--
11) The red blanket
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English
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Tells the story of a single woman who goes to China to adopt a baby.
12) Finding Joy
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English
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Shu-li, an infant girl who had to be sent away by her family in China, is adopted by an American family and renamed Joy.
14) Waiting for May
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A young boy looks forward to the day when a new sister, who will be adopted from China, joins his family.
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Español
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Basada en la experiencia de su autora, este libro ilustrado para niños cuenta el viaje de una mujer a China para adoptar a un niña. También es la crónica de la bebé, su vida anterior en el orfanato y la llegada a su nuevo hogar.
A woman describes how she went to China to adopt a special baby girl. Based on the author's own experiences.
20) Red butterfly
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English
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In China, a foundling girl with a deformed hand raised in secret by an American woman must navigate China's strict adoption system when she is torn away from the only family she has ever known.
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