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863) Hester takes charge
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Series
Hester's hunt for home volume 3
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English
Description
Hester, the Native American who was rescued as an infant by an Amish couple, now lives in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She shares a house with Bappie King, another Amish woman, living their independent lives in the fast-growing mid-18th-century city. Bappie runs a highly successful stand at the downtown farmers market; Hester is Bappie's assistant when she isn't out in the city nursing desperately sick children and their impoverished parents...
864) My real family
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English
Description
Sarah, convinced that she is adopted, runs away from the Bear Family Theater to find her "real parents."
872) Just the way you are
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English
Description
A king adopts a family of orphans who try to impress him with gifts and their talents, but it is the one willing to spend time with him who wins his approval.
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Español
Description
"¡Una preciosa y poética historia sobre el amor de una madre por su hijo! Inspirada en la experiencia personal de la autora al adoptar a su hija cuando era un bebé, Siempre, siempre te querré es una proclamación vivaz del amor que siente una madre hacia su hijo. A través de las preciosas ilustraciones de Suzie Mason, un texto lírico y múltiples alusiones a la naturaleza, una madre le cuenta a su hijo hasta dónde llega su amor por él....
874) We're getting a pet!
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English
Description
"A young boy's family is ready for a pet. But what kind of pet should they get? In this lively read-aloud, a trip to a rescue shelter leads to just the right kind of pet for the whole family. It's an older dog who's already trained...and ready to be a best friend"--Amazon.com.
875) Stuck
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English
Description
Documentary film that uncovers the personal, real-life stories of children and parents navigating a roller-coaster of bureaucracy on their journeys through the international adoption system. The lives of four children's individual voyages from orphanages in their native countries to their homes with families in the United States, revealing along the way the intense hope and disappointment they experience on the odyssey to unite as families.
877) Room for one more
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English
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When it comes to children, three is a crowd for city engineer Poppy Rose. But for his wife, Anna, three is just a beginning. She wants to add to their brood of three kids, a legion of cats, a scruffy stray dog and whatever else comes their way by having them become foster parents of one, then another, troubled youth.
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English
Description
King of the Heap: During a mix-up at the pound, Niblet is mistakenly adopted as the new junkyard dog. Quintuplets: The pound puppies struggle to find a home for five adorable puppies who are determined to stick together. Homeward Pound: When Squirt and Niblet become lost and stranded in the middle of nowhere, the Pound Puppies scramble to find them.
879) The pink bonnet
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English
Description
"Widowed in Memphis during 1932, Cecile Dowd is struggling to provide for her three-year-old daughter. Unwittingly trusting a neighbor puts little Millie Mae into the clutches of Georgia Tann, corrupt Memphis Tennessee Children's Home Society director suspected of the disappearance of hundreds of children. With the help of a sympathetic lawyer, the search for Millie uncovers a deep level of corruption that threatens their very lives"--Page [4] of...