"Bestselling author Mitch Albom returns to nonfiction for the first time in more than a decade in this poignant memoir that celebrates Chika, a young Haitian orphan whose short life would forever change his heart. Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in a landscape of extreme poverty, and when her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought to The Have...

Discusses the placement of over 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children in homes throughout the Midwest from 1854 to 1929 by recounting the story of one boy and his brothers

Seth is a kitchen boy at the remote Last Chance Hotel. His father has long ago left, leaving him imprisoned until he is old enough to set out on his own. If there's any hope he has, it's to be the greatest chef that ever lived... just like his father. One night, a band of magicians begin to arrive to participate in a secret meeting -- a Prospect Selection Procedure to determine the most talented magicians in the world, judged by their leader Dr....

Son dos generaciones marcadas por la decadencia. Familias que sufren un largo combate contra las circunstancias de la vida. Situaciones como la envidia y el rencor disfrazadas de amistad, padres que intentan decidir la vida de sus hijos, sin impórtales que ésto los arrastre al camino de la infelicidad, personas que anteponen el dinero antes que los lazos familiares, infidelidades que desencadenan llanto, soledad y rencor: nada ajeno a lo que se...

Foster parents fill a vital role in our society, but it can be hard to find books to read with children that accurately portray their situation. Love You While You're Mine is a sweet, honest look at the foster parent's relationship with the children in their care. This book will help foster parents and children in the foster system to bond and assure children that their foster parent's love extends far beyond their time together.

This compassionate book explores the dynamics of adoptive families. Young readers learn about the different kinds of adoptive families, the ways they form, the challenges they can face, and strategies for working through those challenges. This book also features a "Many "Identities special feature, several "Did You Know?" facts, a table of contents, a reading comprehension quiz, a glossary, additional resources, and an index.

This title examines how international adoption affects individuals and society, investigates how people are working to improve international adoption policies and regulations, and analyzes the controversies and conflicting viewpoints surrounding the issue. Features include a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards....

When she was three, Alena's activist mother died. She's been raised by her half-brother and his boyfriend in East London, which is being targeted by a lone bomber. Alena desperately wants to know about her mother, but her brother won't tell her anything. Alena's played by the rules all her life, but that's over. When she starts digging up information herself and does something that costs her brother his job and puts the family in jeopardy, Alena discovers...

The poignant, harrowing story of four siblings--Amanda, Liz, Dan, and Diana Welch--who despite their wrenching loss and subsequent separation, retained the resilience and humor that both their mother and father endowed them with--growing up as lost souls, taking disastrous turns along the way, but eventually coming out right side up and being together again