Adoption: The Facts, Feelings, and Issues of a Double Heritage [Library Binding]

Jeanne Duprau (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1990

Discusses the legal and emotional aspects of the adoption process and examines the current movement for giving the adoptee free access to the records concerning his or her origin.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 7 Up-- This modest-sized, clearly written revision of a 1981 title is excellent in presenting the concerns of adopted people who--however diverse their individual stories--have in common a double heritage from which they derive their identities. At the heart of the adoption stories are complicated emotions and crucial themes; DuPrau is evenhanded and sensitive in presenting these issues and in acknowledging that contemporary adoptees come from many races and nations. A third of the book is devoted to the dilemmas that invariably occur when adopted people want to meet their birth parents or in cases of open adoption, in which the birth mother knows the adoptive family and keeps some contact with her child. Included is a brief list of sources for pregnancy and adoption counseling, locating maternity homes, and contacting adoptee search organizations. The brief bibliography includes no recently published titles, and the incomplete citation of research discussed in the book is regrettable. In spite of these flaws, this is a fine book for young-adult collections. --Anna Biagioni Hart, Sherwood Regional Library, Alexandria, VA
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Library Binding: 129 pages
• Publisher: Julian Messner; Rev Sub edition (January 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067169328X
• ISBN-13: 978-0671693282
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,544,924 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jeanne DuPrau is the author of The New York Timesbestseller The City of Ember and its companion The People of Sparks. She lives in Menlo Park, California, and drives a hybrid car that runs on a combination of gas and electricity.

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4.0 out of 5 stars It was Great, November 30, 2000

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This review is from: Adoption: The Facts, Feelings, and Issues of a Double Heritage (Library Binding)

I thought this book was very informational. I used the information on interracial adoption from this book for a speech I had to do for school. I found so many useful facts in it. It wasn't just that I was using it for a speech, I learned alot from the book. I think my audience also learned alot from my speech. All in all, I think it was a great book.