Adopted: The Ultimate Teen Guide: 20 (It Happened to Me) - Hardcover

This resource is an effective tool for adopted teens to read on their own or use together with their families. * VOYA, Vol. 30, No. 5, December 2007 * This exhaustive guide...offers comprehensive coverage....a valuable resource....especially useful.... * School Library Journal, November 2007 * As part of a series on social issues for inquisitive teens, this book answers questions and recommends resources and coping strategies regarding adoption. Chapters include vignettes and photographs and address how teens react when they learn they are adopted, the decision to search for and meet birth parents, issues in international and transracial adoption, and adoption at an older age, among other topics. * Reference and Research Book News, November 2007 * As an adopted teen, I had a lot of unanswered questions about my past and biological family. This wonderful resource will help adopted young adults as they explore their own histories. -- Ashley Rhodes-Courter, 2004 NACAC Youth Advocate of the Year; 2007 Golden Brick award winner; author of Three Little Words Adopted: The Ultimate Teen Guide is a comprehensive look at the issues, challenges and joys that youth experience as they make their journey through adoption. The voices of teens provide insight and wisdom and underscore the notion that although families take many forms, the common thread for us all is a need to belong, to be loved and to understand our history as we work to determine our future. -- Rita Soronen, Executive Director, Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

Adopted: The Ultimate Teen Guide enables teens to explore their feelings as they read about the personal experiences of other teens. By learning about the adoption journeys of others, teens discover that others have similar concerns and they are not alone. Adopted teens will benefit from this up-to-date source that contains information on understanding adoption laws, accessing birth records, and learning how to overcome adoption issues. Seven highly qualified adoption professionals also answer real adopted teens' questions. These answers help teens become better equipped to deal with and overcome many of the common issues they face.