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21) Wolfie the bunny
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When her parents find a baby wolf on their doorstep and decide to raise him as their own, Dot is certain he will eat them all up until a surprising encounter with a bear brings them closer together.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"Molly Arnette is very good at keeping secrets. She lives in San Diego with a husband she adores, and they are trying to adopt a baby because they can't have a child on their own. But the process of adoption brings to light many questions about Molly's past and her family-the family she left behind in North Carolina twenty years before."--
23) Silent night
Publisher
RLJE Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Follows a group of old friends who, in true British fashion and while the rest of the world faces impending doom, reunite to celebrate Christmas in the comfort of an idyllic country home. Burdened with the inconvenience of mankind's imminent destruction, they adopt a stiff upper lip, crack open another bottle of prosecco and continue with their festivities. But no amount of stoicism can replace the courage needed for their last night on Earth.
24) Shoe dog
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In order to stay in the warm and cozy home he has longed for, Shoe Dog must learn to stop chewing shoes.
Author
Series
Description
Eight years ago, Sharlah May Nash's older brother beat their drunken father to death with a baseball bat in order to save both of their lives. Now thirteen years old, Sharlah has finally moved on. About to be adopted by retired FBI profiler Pierce Quincy and his partner, Rainie Conner, Sharlah loves one thing best about her new family: They are all experts on monsters. Then the call comes in. A double murder at a local gas station, followed by reports...
Author
Series
Publisher
Multnomah
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
With more than a score of heartwarming novels to her credit, Karen Kingsbury is a best-selling inspirational author who captivates fans with her tales of triumph over personal tragedy. Halfway to Forever continues the story of Hannah Ryan, the grieving widow who found her way back to God in Waiting for Morning. As Hannah and her new husband Matthew confront obstacles while waiting to adopt a child, their best friends must cope with a devastating illness....
Publisher
Microids
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Your small furry friends need you and your love to grow up and flourish. Adopt adorable puppies and kittens and take care of them like real ones through various mini-games and activities. Pet them, feed them, play with them, take them out for a walk or teach them tricks.
29) Finding home
Author
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
When Alex Ochs recieves a bank overdraft statement on an account in his sister's name, he brings it to Anne for help. After his sister, Marla, and her husband died in a car accident four years ago, Alex made sure all of their accounts were closed. He never knew of this overdrawn account until now but quickly learns it is tied to Marla's work at Heaven's Child, an organization that provides funding to families planning to adopt. Someone is clearly...
30) A long way home
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2015, 2013.
Description
"The miraculous and triumphant story of a young man who rediscovers not only his childhood life and home...but an identity long-since left behind"--
"As a little boy in India, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train. Twenty-five years later, from Australia, he found his way back. This is what happened in between. Born in a poor village in India, Saroo lived hand-to-mouth in a one room hut with his mother and three siblings...until at age five, he mistakenly...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"Your situation is always ambiguous, isn't it, Guido?", his father-in-law, Count Orazio Falier, observes of Donna Leon's soulful detective, Guido Brunetti, at the beginning of her superb 28th Brunetti novel, Unto Us A Son Is Given . "The world we live in makes that necessary, " Brunetti presciently replies. Count Falier was urging his Venetian son-in-law to investigate, and preferably intervene in, the seemingly innocent plan of the Count's best friend,...
32) Trail of secrets
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1996
Description
The heroine is Skyler Sutton, a member of Connecticut's blue-blooded equestrian world, the hero is Tony Salvatore, a blue-collar mounted policeman. When he makes her pregnant, Skyler offers the baby for adoption. The candidate is psychologist Ellie Nightingale whose own child was kidnaped 23 years earlier. The romance takes a turn when Ellie discovers that Skyler is her daughter.
33) Orphan train
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Between 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by luck and chance. This is the story of one such child. As a young Irish immigrant, Vivian Daly was sent by rail from New York City to an uncertain future a world away. Returning east later in life, Vivian leads a quiet, peaceful existence on the coast...
Author
Series
Critter Club volume 9
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
As Christmas nears, Amy and her friends in the Critter Club try to find a home for two adorable guinea pigs.
35) Max
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Military dog Max returns from service in Afghanistan, traumatized by his handler's death. He's adopted by the man's family and helps the grieving family heal.
Author
Description
Four years ago author Melissa Henderson bought a house in the Berkshire Mountains in Massachusetts-- weather-beaten, shabby and in serious need of repair-- but it was her salvation. When the hundred-year-old Victorian home is threatened by a wildfire and appears on the news, Melissa receives a call from her estranged sister, Hattie. After all these years Hattie, a nun, is on a mission: to track down the child Melissa was forced to give up when she...
37) Eden's children
Author
Series
(Virginia C.).Eden volume 1
Description
"When former teacher Paula Eden adopts Faith and Trevor, she is astounded by their natural intelligence and so decides to homeschool them to nurture their brilliance. But as the years go by, Faith and Trevor itch for more independence. When Faith sets her sights on a handsome young man who's visiting from out of town, Paula grows increasingly desperate to preserve her small family and her plans for the children to carry on her legacy. Luckily, she...
38) Little Paula
Author
Series
(Virginia C.).Eden volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Faith Eden's brief foray into motherhood is marked by tragedy. Distraught that her baby was ripped away from her, she is determined to get little Paula back from the wealthy family who adopted her. Her brother, Trevor, is also anxious to get the baby back and will do anything necessary to do so. But when the dark truth comes to light, this twisted family will stop at nothing to keep outsiders out and secrets in -- no matter the cost."--
39) Instant family
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
When Pete and Ellie choose to start a family, they stumble headfirst into the world of foster care adoption. After they learn their perfect foster child comes with two other siblings, Pete and Ellie find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight and must hilariously learn the ropes of instant parenthood if they hope to become a real family.
40) Lilo & Stitch
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
An evil creator has created a little creature by genetic experimentation. The creator and creature are sent to prison. The creature escapes and heads for Earth where he tries to impersonate a dog. Bent on self preservation, he plans to use a human shield to protect him from the aliens sent to recapture him. Earth girl, Lilo, adopts the 'dog, ' gives him the name Stitch, and actually developes an emotional attachment to the little creature. Lilo's...
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