Half a world away by Kadohata, Cynthia 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2014)

BTSB #: 505382 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.7 MG RC: 4.2 6-8 Lexile: 670

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Adoption - Fiction Intercountry adoption - Fiction Emotional problems - Fiction Abandoned children - Fiction Love - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Jaden, an emotionally damaged adopted boy fascinated by electricity, feels a connection to a small, weak toddler with special needs in Kazakhstan, where Jaden's family is trying to adopt a "normal" baby.

Story I'll tell by Tupper Ling, Nancy 

BTSB Prebound(Lee & Low, 2015)

BTSB #: 577132 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
AR: 3.5 LG RC: 3.2 K-2 Lexile: 670 AD F&P: N

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Intercountry adoption - Fiction Adoption - Fiction Mother-child relationship - Fiction

Summary: A mother weaves a magical web of tales to explain how her child came to be a part of the family.