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Tag: Adoption

February 16, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Review: Lasagna Means I Love You by Kate O’Shaughnessy

This moving and well-written story about one kid's experience in the foster care system is so full of heart. Mo's story will stick with me for a long time. A great read.

November 30, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Review: Snow Foal by Susanna Bailey

This compassionate book provides an important representation, especially given more than 400,000 kids in the US are in the foster care system.

June 29, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Review: The Name She Gave Me by Betty Culley

This compassionate and quiet story is a beautiful and poignant look at family, belonging, and self-discovery.

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Every Little Piece, a guest post by Betty Culley

June 20, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

One day last summer two surprises arrived—one in my inbox and one by snail mail. The first was an email with the beautiful cover art for my verse novel THE NAME SHE GAVE ME. The second was my original birth certificate, which I also saw for the first time.

Writing From Feeling, a guest post by Bill Harley

August 9, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

In the end, a good story is not about words. In the end, we use the words to communicate experience, and human experience is centered in feeling.

YA A to Z: Adoption Books – Being Discussed, Being Seen, a guest post by Eric Smith

January 10, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS

It’s the second week of January, which means we’re discussing the Letter A in YA A to Z. Today we are talking about adoption with the amazing literary agent and writer Eric Smith. You can find out more about YA A to Z here. There’s this look. It’s hard to explain. I’ve never seen myself […]

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Book Review: Welcome Home edited by Eric Smith

December 28, 2017 by Amanda MacGregor

Publisher’s description Welcome Home collects a number of adoption-themed fictional short stories, and brings them together in one anthology from a diverse range of celebrated Young Adult authors. The all-star roster includes Edgar-award winner Mindy McGinnis, New York Times best-selling authors C.J. Redwine (The Shadow Queen) and William Ritter (Jackaby), and acclaimed YA authors across […]

Book Review: You Don’t Know Me but I Know You by Rebecca Barrow

August 8, 2017 by Amanda MacGregor

Publisher’s description Rebecca Barrow’s bright, honest debut novel about chance, choice, and unconditional love is a heartfelt testament to creating the future you truly want, one puzzle piece at a time. There’s a box in the back of Audrey’s closet that she rarely thinks about. Inside is a letter, seventeen years old, from a mother […]

Book Review: See No Color by Shannon Gibney

November 3, 2015 by Amanda MacGregor

Publisher’s description: Despite some teasing, being a biracial girl adopted by a white family didn’t used to bother Alex much. She was a stellar baseball player, just like her father—her baseball coach and a former pro athlete. All Alex wanted was to play ball forever. But after she meets Reggie, the first black guy who’s […]

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