Half a World Away (Paperback)

from JRlibrary

Jaden is a messed up adopted kid who can't love his new parents because he's so angry that his biological Romanian mom gave him up for adoption. When he learns that his parents are now going to adopt a second child - a baby, he is both excited and jealous at the same time. They fly to Kazakhstan ...

from ewyatt

Jaden has been adopted as an older child from Romania. To say he's had a hard time dealing with his new life is putting it mildly. When his parents want to adopt a new baby and the family goes to Eastern Europe, he goes along on the journey. The description of the adoption process was a bit distu...

from jennybeast

I admire the unflinching depiction of Jaden, who is an adopted child that personifies all the horror stories that adoptive parents fear: attachment issues, fire starting, anger, and kleptomania. He is at war with himself, torn between gratitude for living in a place with electricity and food and ...

from Whisper1

This Newbery Medal award-winning author writes with clarity, and excellently handles very difficult situations. In Kira, Kira the subject was the loss of a sibling. In this book, she deftly handles the issue of adoption and the emotional pitfalls of both the adopted child and the parents who open...

from tona.iwen

I began this book grudgingly; it met the multicultural criteria, it was written by an award-winning author; however, the book jacket did not thrill me and I was ambivalent about this book about adoptions from far-away countries. I was so wrong to be hesitant. This was a beautifully written story:...