Adoption

Forever or a Long Long Time

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Copies: 6

Love is never divided, only multiplied. I hold my breath to keep all the tears inside until I'm safely in the bathroom. Then I turn on the water and I breathe deep deep deep like Dr. Fredrick taught me. I stand there and breathe breathe breathe until the crying stops.
It's not happening again, I tell myself.
It will never happen again.
You have to believe.

It's the only promise Person has ever asked us to make.

Author:

Caela Carter

Lexile:

570L

Dara Palmer's Major Drama

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Copies: 6

"'The lead role of Maria in The Sound of Music goes to ..."
I could practically hear her say "Dara Palmer." This was going to be my big break! But what really came out of my teacher's mouth was "Ella Moss-Daniels."
My heart went huuuuggggggghhhhht.

Dara Palmer longs for stardom-but when she isn't cast in her middle school's production of The Sound of Music, she get suspicious. It can't be because she's not the best. She was born to be a famous movie star. It must because she's adopted from Cambodia and doesn't look like a typical fraulein. (That's German for girl.)

Author:

Emma Shevah

Lexile:

760L

The Book Thief

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Based on the beloved best-selling book comes an "extremely moving" (Leonard Maltin, Indiewire) story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during World War II Germany. When her mother can no longer care for her, Liesel (Sophie Nelisse) is adopted by a German couple (OSCAR® Winner Geoffrey Rush and OSCAR® Nominee Emily Watson). Although she arrives illiterate, Liesel is encouraged to learn to read by her adoptive father. When the couple then takes in Max (Ben Schnetzer), a Jew hiding from Hitler's army, Liesel befriends him.

Director:

Brian Percival

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

02:11

The Cuckoo Child (Unabridged)

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At the zoo, Jack steals an ostrich egg that's about to be fed to a snake, brings it home to his family's farm, and persuades a pair of geese to be its foster parents.

Author:

Dick King-Smith

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

960L

Length:

02:16

Rodzina (Unabridged)

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In 1881, 12-year-old Rodzina Clara Jadwiga Anastazya Brodski wishes she didn't have to board the orphan train in Chicago. But she has no home, no family, and no choice. Rodzina doesn't believe the orphans are on their way out West to be adopted by good families. She's sure they will become slaves to strangers. Anyway, who would ever adopt a large, tough, stubborn girl of Polish origin?

Author:

Karen Cushman

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

740L

Length:

04:48

The Great Gilly Hopkins (Unabridged)

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At age 11, Gilly is nobody's real kid. If only she could find her beautiful mother, Courtney, and live with her instead of in the ugly foster home where she has just been placed! How could she, the great Gilly Hopkins, known throughout the county for her brilliance and unmanageability, be expected to tolerate Maime Trotter, the fat, nearly illiterate widow who is now her guardian?

Author:

Katherine Paterson

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

800L

Length:

04:40

The Penultimate Peril: A Series of Unfortunate Events #12 (Unabridged)

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Lemony Snicket returns with the last book before the last book of his New York Times best-selling A Series of Unfortunate Events.

After any harrowing struggle, it is nice to consider checking into a hotel for a rest. In fact, this might be just the break Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire could use after their wearying deep-sea adventure.

Author:

Lemony Snicket

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

NC1280L

Length:

06:27

The Penultimate Peril: A Series of Unfortunate Events #12 (Unabridged)

The Slippery Slope: A Series of Unfortunate Events #10 (Unabridged)

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Dear Listener,

Like handshakes or housepets, many things are preferable when not slippery. Unfortunately, in this miserable volume, I am afraid that Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire run into more than their fair share of slipperiness during their harrowing journey up, and down, a range of strange and distressing mountains.

Author:

Lemony Snicket

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

1150L

Length:

06:01

The Slippery Slope: A Series of Unfortunate Events #10 (Unabridged)

The Vile Village: A Series of Unfortunate Events #7 (Unabridged)

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Dear Listener,

Nobody in their right minds would listen to this particular book about the lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire on purpose, because each dismal moment of their stay at the village of V.F.D. has been faithfully and dreadfully recorded on this program.

Author:

Lemony Snicket

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Lexile:

1080L

Length:

04:18

The Vile Village: A Series of Unfortunate Events #7 (Unabridged)

The Wide Window: A Series of Unfortunate Events #3 (Unabridged)

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Dear Listener,

I am sorry to say that the lives of the Baudelaire orphans, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny, are filled with bad luck and misery. All of the stories about these three children are unhappy and wretched, and this one may be the worst of them all.

Author:

Lemony Snicket

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

1150L

Length:

03:05

The Wide Window: A Series of Unfortunate Events #3 (Unabridged)

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