Part 1 Acknowledgments Part 2 Introduction: Is This for Real? Part 3 1 Finding Out You're Adopted Part 4 2 Fitting In Part 5 3 Learning about Your Adoption Part 6 4 Why Did My Birth Parents Chose Adoption? Part 7 5 Should I Search? Part 8 6 Searching for Birth Parents Part 9 7 Meeting the Birth Parents Part 10 8 International Adoption Part 11 9 Transracial Adoption Part 12 10 Adopted at an Older Age Part 13 11 A Real Family Part 14 Glossary Part 15 For Further Information Part 16 Index Part 17 About the Author and Photographer
Suzanne Slade is the author of more than 50 books for children and young adults. She is also an adoptive mother.
This resource is an effective tool for adopted teens to read on their own or use together with their families. VOYA, Vol. 30, No. 5, December 2007 This exhaustive guide...offers comprehensive coverage...a valuable resource...especially useful... School Library Journal, November 2007 As part of a series on social issues for inquisitive teens, this book answers questions and recommends resources and coping strategies regarding adoption. Chapters include vignettes and photographs and address how teens react when they learn they are adopted, the decision to search for and meet birth parents, issues in international and transracial adoption, and adoption at an older age, among other topics. Reference and Research Book News, November 2007 As an adopted teen, I had a lot of unanswered questions about my past and biological family. This wonderful resource will help adopted young adults as they explore their own histories. -- Ashley Rhodes-Courter, 2004 NACAC Youth Advocate of the Year; 2007 Golden Brick award winner; author of Three Little Words Adopted: The Ultimate Teen Guide is a comprehensive look at the issues, challenges and joys that youth experience as they make their journey through adoption. The voices of teens provide insight and wisdom and underscore the notion that although families take many forms, the common thread for us all is a need to belong, to be loved and to understand our history as we work to determine our future. -- Rita Soronen, Executive Director, Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
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