Adoption Books

I just finished reading this book and have to say it is a well written, insightful, and novel approach to asking the important question: Are health care systems paying for drugs in a way that slows the development of new, better drugs? Kudos to the author for having the guts to approach this controversal subject. Anyone who is involved in health care or health care technology should give this book a quick read!

This book is filled with heart warming stories of how families were formed through the wonder of adoption. The author, Jean Veckruise, is an exception person; who has given of herself for many years to help both adoptive parents and birth parents through the adoption process. In fact, she is currently helping my husband and myself by completing our homestudy for our upcoming adoption from China. I would recommend this book for anyone who is considering adoption or is currently in the process of adopting; and certainly if you have already adopted you will relate to each story told.

Invisible Threads, by Annie and Maria Dalton, is the story of a mother and daughter dealing with all the trials and tribulations that they went through when they were 16. Carrie-Anne is having trouble at home trying to get along with her adopted parents, and trying to find her place in the world. She thinks that if she has a chance to find her biological mother, she could get a better sense of who she is and where she's from. Meanwhile, Naomi, Carrie-Anne's biological mother, tells us the story of when she was 15. She lived with her unsteady mother, trying to keep a grasp on reality, trying to be a normal teenager, but always having to comfort her mother after her mother had a sort of mental breakdown. After Naomi's mother found an on again-off again boyfriend, Naomi decided that she shouldn't have to be her mother's babysitter. She chose to go have some fun at a party with some of her friends, and did something she knew she shouldn't have done. So Invisible Threads takes us on through their separate journeys, reminding not only Carrie-Anne and Naomi, but also the reader that even if we may not want to acknowledge it (as in Naomi's case), we are all connected by invisible threads that make up our family tree and our history.

This was a very good book. It really took you through all the controversy and all of the emotions that Carrie-Anne and Naomi went through at specific moments in the book. I thought that Invisible Threads very well written, and anyone who's ever been seeking answers to who they are and where they came from, should read it. I recommend, though, to be about 13 or 14 before reading this book.

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Preteen, teen, and young adult book reviews and recommendations

'Irrepressible Lucie Archer' is imaginative and engaging, and exhalts the joys of reading. A perfect book for middle-grade readers!

Great book for adoptive families to share and explain the love involved in the adoption process to 3-6 year old children.

Ms. Corley's version of The Journey Home is wonderful! It's an inspirational story regardless of the reader's age. I am 45 and loved it! This story has lots of spiritual information and lessons and my 13 year-old daughter was inspired while reading it. I can't wait to read it to my grandchildren, too.

I read this book in the early 80s when it came out and it remains as one of my favorite books from childhood. There's a good moral to the story, and if you like Cabbage Patch Kids, then you'll love this book.

I read this book recently and I loved it. This book was very sad, yet happy. When Kate met Richard O'dell I was very shocked. I also enjoyed, yet was very sad when Kate befriended Eva Steward. I liked the part when Kate was arrested and met a new friend. This book was very compeling. I would definitly recommend this book to others.

This is a beautiful Christmas book set in Kenya. Although it is July, I loved reading every minute of it. Thank you for writing and illustrating such a wonderful tale!