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Chapter Books About Adoption & Foster Care – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Chapter Books About Adoption & Foster Care

Adoption and foster care in chapter books means exploring the questions that get more complex with age. Identity, belonging, the relationship between biology and love. These 322 books give those questions room.

322 books

Cover of Rodzina

A twelve-year-old Polish American girl boards an orphan train in Chicago, facing her fears as she travels toward an unce

Cover of Train to Somewhere

Train to Somewhere

Marianne boards the Orphan Train in the late 1800s, traveling westward across the country in search of a place to call h

Cover of Tumble

Celia C. Pérez

Twelve-year-old Adela seeks out her estranged father, a professional luchador, to learn what it truly means to belong to

Cover of All the Impossible Things

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All the Impossible Things

Lindsay Lackey

For the child navigating the stormy emotions of the foster care system or waiting for a parent's recovery, this story of

Ages 8–12

Cover of Unsinkable: From Russian Orphan to Paralympic Swimming World Champion

Unsinkable: From Russian Orphan to Paralympic Swimming World Champion

Jessica Long, Hannah Long

Jessica Long shares her incredible journey from a Russian orphanage to the Paralympic podium, showing how she overcame e

Cover of Chloe and the Fireflies

Chloe and the Fireflies

For the child adjusting to a new home who needs the comfort of nature and a quiet moment of wonder to feel at peace.

Cover of Fast Break

After a devastating loss, twelve-year-old Jayson must adjust to a new foster family and find the courage to face his old

Cover of Mysterious Traveler

Mysterious Traveler

Mal Peet, Elspeth Graham

For children processing what it means to belong, this evocative tale explores how love and family are built through choi

Cover of Beats Me, Claude

Beats Me, Claude

Joan Lowery Nixon

Shirley's attempts to bake the perfect apple pie keep going awry until a young orphan arrives with a recipe that might c

Cover of We Wanted You

For parents seeking to show an adopted child how deeply they were wished for and how much love awaited them before they

Cover of Betti on the High Wire

Betti on the High Wire

For the child adjusting to a new family or home, this story explores the complicated feelings of leaving one life behind

Cover of My Mei Mei

For the child adjusting to a new sibling and learning that a growing family means more love, not less attention.

Cover of Where I'd Like To Be

Where I'd Like To Be

Frances O'Roark Dowell

Maddie keeps a book of dream houses while moving through foster homes, but a new friend with wild stories might finally

Cover of The Cat that was Left Behind

The Cat that was Left Behind

A summer at the Cape takes an unexpected turn for foster child Chad when he bonds with a wary stray cat and begins to tr

Cover of The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Senior year brings unexpected anger and deep questions for Sal as he tries to reconcile his quiet life with the person h

Cover of Desperate Measures

Desperate Measures

Thirteen-year-old Vicky leads her siblings on a daring escape to ensure their family stays together despite the threats

Cover of The Trouble with Donovan Croft

The Trouble with Donovan Croft

For a child struggling with big changes or emotional silence. A sensitive look at a boy who stops speaking after being p

Cover of Riding the Tiger

Riding the Tiger

Davey worries a new baby brother from Korea might change everything, but he soon learns that a parent’s heart has plenty

Cover of Quaking

Kathryn Erskine

Fourteen-year-old Matt must confront local bullies and the ghosts of her past while living with a peaceful Quaker family

Cover of Stranger With My Face

Stranger With My Face

Laurie is haunted by the feeling that someone is lurking in her yard, especially when friends claim they’ve seen her doi

Cover of You're Dead, David Borelli

You're Dead, David Borelli

For the child grappling with a sudden family crisis or feeling like an outsider in a new environment after their world h

Cover of Playing with Fire

School for S.P.I.E.S. #1

Playing with Fire

For the child who feels like a bit of a misfit or is searching for where they truly belong while navigating complicated

Cover of White Sands, Red Menace

The Green Glass Sea #2

White Sands, Red Menace

For the child grappling with what it means to belong, this story explores the tension between the family we are born int

Cover of The Door by the Staircase

The Door by the Staircase

Katherine Marsh

For children who long for a home of their own but fear the unknown, this spooky tale explores the courage it takes to tr

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