"Bentley is a ten-year-old orphan haunted by a tall shadow. All he wants is a home and to feel safe. but when his sister runs away leaving nothing but a mysterious old map, he must learn to fight his doubts and trust that everything will be all right. Will Bentley be adopted? Will he find his sister? Will the tall shadow ever leave him alone? Come along on this charming adventure to find out"--Page 4 of cover.

Who belongs and who doesn't? Do members of the same family all look the same? This wordless picture book plays with our assumptions about family. Is the little girl making food an uninvited guest, taking advantage of the bear family's open door? Or is she someone else entirely?

"Seven-year-old Isabel is an adopted, only child, who lives with her single mom and her nanny, Rosa. Isabel's best friend is Zoë. Zoë adores the shenanigans they get up to together, EXCEPT when it gets them into trouble, which does happen now and then! Getting into trouble is Zoë's idea of CATASTROPHE. Each time it happens, it means the friendship is on the rocks -- freeze-out time. Whenever this happens, it's really tough on Isabel, who desperately...

At the beginning of her last summer in Kentucky before leaving for college, Natalie is once again visited by the apparition she calls "Grandmother" and meets a new boy, Beau, who changes her life. They're just momentary glimpses at first: her front door is red instead of its usual green, there's a pre-school where the garden store should be. But when her whole town disappears for hours, fading away into rolling hills and grazing buffalo, Natalie...

A dark family secret prompts a ghost to wreak havoc in this spooky novel in the spirit of Mary Downing Hahn. The only life 12-year-old Emily has ever known is the cold, unloved existence of being an orphan. But everything changes when the Thorntons, a young couple from London, adopt Emily, whisking her away to a new life at their grand estate. At first, life at Blackthorn Manor is wonderful. But as Emily explores the grounds and rooms, she stumbles...

When Ellen is away visiting friends for summer vacation her ailing mother suddenly passes away, throwing her life into turmoil and prompting her to finally seek out her birth mother.

This charming illustrated book encourages adoptive families -- children and adults alike -- to embrace their super-powerful stories and see themselves as the inspiring heroes they are! Young readers will relate to Super Alec, an energetic little boy who summons all his might to prepare his home for the long-awaited arrival of his equally super baby sister.

Meet Jing and her family. Jing was adopted. Learn all about what being adopted means and how there are all different kinds of families and they are all special. -- Amazon.com.

Everything's better with a donut. Molly has always considered her adopted family her real family. She's never had reason to question where she fits until she has to do a report on her family tree for school. Suddenly, she has nothing but questions. If the point of a family tree is to show where she comes from, is it okay to include people that aren't her birth family? Being mixed up with doubt may not be a recipe for success, but when Molly reaches...