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Braided Love by Jo Elizabeth PintoFind a Stranger, Say Goodbye by Lois LowrySee No Color by Shannon GibneyFar from the Tree by Robin BenwayA Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life by Dana Reinhardt
YA Adoption Fiction
250 books — 59 voters
Uprooted by Peter J. BoniDelly Duck by Holly MarlowVoices Unheard by Lisa Coppola LMHCAdoption Is a Lifelong Journey by Kelly DiBenedettoAdopting a Little Brother or Sister by Holly Marlow
Adoption Books
20 books — 49 voters

In Our Mothers' House by Patricia PolaccoHome at Last by Vera B. WilliamsWe Belong Together by Todd ParrA Mother for Choco by Keiko KaszaMy New Mom & Me by Renata Galindo
Adoption and Foster Care Picture Books
128 books — 43 voters
Uprooted by Peter J. BoniAccidental Sisters by Katherine Linn CaireBattle Cry by Jordyn GlaserKisses from Katie by Katie Davis MajorsFixing the Fates by Diane Dewey
Best Memoirs About Adoption
43 books — 42 voters

This I Know by Eldonna EdwardsThe Horse and His Boy by C.S. LewisThe Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee StewartThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsThe Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
Separated at Birth
67 books — 35 voters
Braided Love by Jo Elizabeth PintoAdoption Is a Lifelong Journey by Kelly DiBenedettoDelly Duck by Holly MarlowI Don't Have Your Eyes by Carrie A. KitzePablo's Tree by Pat Mora
Adoption Books for Kiddos
41 books — 34 voters

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddMary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn MeyerCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareTill We Have Faces by C.S. LewisAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Bad Dads
136 books — 28 voters
Through Wolf's Eyes by Jane LindskoldThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelGuards! Guards! by Terry PratchettThe Jungle Book by Rudyard KiplingAcorna by Anne McCaffrey
Raised By Another: Interspecies Adoption in Fiction
31 books — 24 voters

Someone Named Eva by Joan M. WolfIndian Captive by Lois LenskiThe Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. CooneyCoraline by Neil GaimanCry No More by Linda Howard
Adoption Via Abduction
88 books — 23 voters
Lost Love's Return by Alfred NicolsRising Tides by Nora RobertsSea Swept by Nora RobertsFinding You by Jo WatsonEdge of Eighteen by Melinda Hazen
Adopted: Romance Leads who were Adopted
80 books — 22 voters

Dare You To by Katie McGarryStand Alone by P.D. WorkmanCrash by Nicole WilliamsClash by Nicole WilliamsThe Vincent Boys by Abbi Glines
Books about about kids who had a bad start in life
30 books — 21 voters
June First by Jennifer HartmannKing of Carnage by R.E. BondPoisoned Paradise by Lucy SmokeThe Language of Flowers by Vanessa DiffenbaughWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Raised as siblings, but not actually related - Romance
25 books — 21 voters

Lost Love's Return by Alfred NicolsA Lady by Midnight by Tessa DareBetween the Devil and Desire by Lorraine HeathSurrender to the Devil by Lorraine HeathThe Governess Game by Tessa Dare
Orphaned Hero/Heroine in Romance
103 books — 19 voters
Adoption Is a Lifelong Journey by Kelly DiBenedettoWhen We Become Ours by Shannon GibneyAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyThe War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
children's books about adoption, age +8
29 books — 15 voters

My Name Is Rachel by Lorna PeelWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensFamily Likeness by Caitlin DaviesBack From the Brink by Paul McGrathThe Shoebox Kid by Judith Lawrence Outten
Children abandoned by or separated from Birth Parents
26 books — 15 voters
Mercy Watson Fights Crime by Kate DiCamilloMercy Watson by Kate DiCamilloMercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig by Kate DiCamilloMercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamilloMercy Watson Goes for a Ride by Kate DiCamillo
Silly, fun, and SWEET children's books
48 books — 9 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThirty-Eight Days of Rain by Eva AsprakisThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'FarrellThe Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
Step and Adoptive Families in Fiction
26 books — 7 voters
Cinder by Marissa MeyerThe False Princess by Eilis O'NealRuby Holler by Sharon CreechA Drowned Maiden's Hair by Laura Amy SchlitzThe Complete Wreck by Lemony Snicket
Adoption Dissolution
22 books — 6 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Rose Legacy by Jessica Day GeorgeAlcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians [Dramatized Adaptation] by Brandon SandersonSon of a Witch by Gregory MaguireOddity by Eli Brown
Luke, I Am Your Mother
10 books — 6 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakIndian Captive by Lois LenskiReturnable Girl by Pamela LowellThe Sunken Town by Karen NelsonThe First Escape by G.P. Taylor
Reluctant Adoptee
50 books — 5 voters

I Hunt Killers by Barry LygaDaughter by Kate McLaughlinHave You Seen This Girl by Nita TyndallThe Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco by Michelle ChouinardBone Music by Christopher Rice
Sons and Daughters of Sam
24 books — 5 voters
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Cement Garden by Ian McEwanDuckTales, Vol. 1 by Joe CaramagnaJim the Boy by Tony Earley
Siblings Raising Children Together
37 books — 4 voters

Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg SloanBeyond the Bright Sea by Lauren WolkAnne of Green Gables by Kathleen OlmsteadCairo Hughes by Millie MurrayThe Year the Maps Changed by Danielle Binks
children's books about adoption, ages 10-14
25 books — 3 voters
The Family Next Door by Sally HepworthCry No More by Linda HowardThe Borrower by Rebecca Makkai
Uncomfortably Justified Kidnappings
3 books — 1 voter

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