Adoption Books

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All You Can Ever Know All You Can Ever Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 256 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.85 — 26,336 ratings — published 2018
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The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family (Paperback)
by (shelved 244 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.44 — 6,009 ratings — published 2007
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Before We Were Yours Before We Were Yours (Hardcover)
by (shelved 216 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.40 — 713,465 ratings — published 2017
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Orphan Train Orphan Train (Paperback)
by (shelved 189 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.20 — 461,379 ratings — published 2013
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The Primal Wound: Understanding The Adopted Child The Primal Wound: Understanding The Adopted Child (Paperback)
by (shelved 175 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,787 ratings — published 1993
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Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew (Paperback)
by (shelved 171 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,591 ratings — published 1999
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Little Fires Everywhere Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 170 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,298,961 ratings — published 2017
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Far from the Tree Far from the Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 169 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.24 — 48,941 ratings — published 2017
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Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born (Paperback)
by (shelved 130 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.23 — 2,288 ratings — published 1996
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Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families & Churches Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families & Churches (Paperback)
by (shelved 127 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,187 ratings — published 2009
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A Mother for Choco (Paperstar) A Mother for Choco (Paperstar)
by (shelved 120 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,038 ratings — published 1992
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Secret Daughter Secret Daughter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 117 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.00 — 77,439 ratings — published 2010
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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 115 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.04 — 353,088 ratings — published 2014
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Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 112 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.16 — 732 ratings — published 2002
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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
by (shelved 100 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,097,812 ratings — published 1908
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Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1) Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1)
by (shelved 96 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.00 — 27,609 ratings — published 2014
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Counting by 7s Counting by 7s (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.14 — 86,760 ratings — published 2013
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The Language of Flowers The Language of Flowers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.09 — 231,715 ratings — published 2011
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The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 90 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.29 — 124,018 ratings — published 2017
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In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.94 — 284 ratings — published 2000
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Instant Mom Instant Mom (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 82 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,787 ratings — published 2013
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Digging to America Digging to America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 81 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.59 — 23,405 ratings — published 2006
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A Long Way Home A Long Way Home (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.12 — 67,744 ratings — published 2013
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Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.83 — 500 ratings — published 1997
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The Leavers The Leavers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.89 — 50,444 ratings — published 2017
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American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.34 — 4,079 ratings — published 2021
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Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.23 — 209 ratings — published 2006
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No Biking in the House Without a Helmet No Biking in the House Without a Helmet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,525 ratings — published 2011
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Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self (Anchor Book) Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self (Anchor Book)
by (shelved 72 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.95 — 315 ratings — published 1992
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"You Should Be Grateful": Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption "You Should Be Grateful": Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,164 ratings — published 2023
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My New Mom & Me My New Mom & Me (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 68 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.25 — 709 ratings — published 2016
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Parenting the Hurt Child : Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow Parenting the Hurt Child : Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.12 — 630 ratings — published 2002
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We Belong Together We Belong Together (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.13 — 558 ratings — published 2007
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There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,409 ratings — published 2006
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Raising Adopted Children: Practical Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent Raising Adopted Children: Practical Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.72 — 347 ratings — published 1986
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Three Little Words Three Little Words (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.20 — 17,395 ratings — published 2008
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The Lost Daughters of China: Abandoned Girls, Their Journey to America, and the Search for a Missing Past The Lost Daughters of China: Abandoned Girls, Their Journey to America, and the Search for a Missing Past (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,456 ratings — published 2000
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The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,146 ratings — published 2013
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The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1) The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.01 — 172,615 ratings — published 1988
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Lucky Girl: A Memoir Lucky Girl: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.78 — 1,283 ratings — published 2009
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Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus (Life of a Cactus #1) Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus (Life of a Cactus #1)
by (shelved 60 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.28 — 36,449 ratings — published 2017
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Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.18 — 354 ratings — published 1997
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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.01 — 46,111 ratings — published 2011
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Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.87 — 334 ratings — published 1997
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Where We Belong Where We Belong (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.90 — 101,308 ratings — published 2004
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Wolfie the Bunny Wolfie the Bunny (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,740 ratings — published 2015
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Adoption Nation How The Adoption Revolution Is Transforming America Adoption Nation How The Adoption Revolution Is Transforming America (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.62 — 199 ratings — published 2000
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I Love You Like Crazy Cakes I Love You Like Crazy Cakes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.15 — 699 ratings — published 2000
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Before and After Before and After (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.98 — 22,940 ratings — published 2019
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Karen Fowler
“My life has been shaped by the decision two people made over 24 years ago. They decided to adopt a child. They got me, and I got a chance at the kind of life all children deserve.”
Karen Fowler, Reflections on Motherhood

John M. Simmons
“I love Russia because Russia gave me you.”
John M. Simmons, To Sing Frogs

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