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Adopted: The Ultimate Teen Guide (Volume 34) (It Happened to Me, 34) Hardcover – January 17, 2013

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The challenging teen years can be even more difficult for adopted teenagers, many of whom have unanswered questions that may result in fear, anger, and low self-esteem. These feelings may be compounded by the isolation they feel because most friends and family members cannot fully relate to their situation.

Adopted: The Ultimate Teen Guide enables young adults to explore their feelings as they read about the personal experiences of other adopted teens. Through these stories, adopted teens can learn how others have resolved some of their adoption issues and gain powerful insights from those who have experienced some of the same frustrations, struggles, and concerns.

This book addresses various issues such as:

finding out you’ve been adopted
fitting in
searching for birth parents
meeting birth parents
international adoption
transracial adoption
what defines a family

This revised edition also features discussion questions at the end of each chapter that help teens and loved ones acknowledge and verbalize their concerns. With up-to-date statistics, as well as insights from experienced adoption professionals who offer practical advice, this edition of Adopted: The Ultimate Teen Guide is a valuable resource for adopted teens as well as their families and friends.

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232 pages
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English
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Scarecrow Press
Publication date

January 17, 2013
Reading age

13 - 17 years
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7.21 x 0.82 x 10.3 inches
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0810885689
ISBN-13

978-0810885684
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This revised edition of Adopted: The Ultimate Teen Guide is designed with the high school age student in mind who wants a broad overview of the emotional issues that the adopted teen may feel. While the teenage years are a time of great emotional and psychological change, there are many issues that may arise for the adopted teen, including questions about where they came from, why their birth parents chose adoption, the idea of meeting their birth parents, and questions about what defines 'family.' Information in this work is presented through the personal stories of teens and young adults who have lived through these experiences; most of the stories focus on adopted teenagers and the various emotions and steps they took to resolve them. Within there are stories of meetings with birth parents, fitting in to peer and family situations, finding out one's been adopted, and the realities behind international and transracial adoptions. This revised edition has added discussion questions at the end of each chapter to help teens verbalize their questions, up-to-date statistics, and first-hand advice from adoption professionals. Teens who are experiencing strong emotions surrounding their adoption and who have questions about how others have handled the questions behind locating birth parents will find this guide useful. The personal experiences shared in this book will appeal to this target audience and could be useful for students this age researching this topic. ― American Reference Books Annual

About the Author

Suzanne Slade is an adoptive mother, and the author of more than 100 books for children and young adults.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scarecrow Press; Revised edition (January 17, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 232 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0810885689
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0810885684
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 - 17 years
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.47 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.21 x 0.82 x 10.3 inches

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Suzanne Slade is the Sibert Honor author of more than 150 books for children. A mechanical engineer by degree, Suzanne often writes about STEM topics, as well as fascinating figures in history. Visit her at www.suzanneslade.com.

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Eric C. Welch

Great Reading; Great Resource!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 8, 2007

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As the parents of seven children, six of whom joined our family through adoption, we are delighted to find such an informative and clearly written book for teenagers. Actually, ADOPTED: THE ULTIMATE TEEN GUIDE should be read not just by teens but by adoption workers and parents of adopted kids of any age. The book is divided into eleven chapters with titles such as "Fitting In" and "Should I Search?" and "Adopted at an Older Age." Each chapter is full of thoughtful discussions of the issues from various viewpoints, including in depth statements by many people involved in the adoption triangle, especially teenagers themselves. These teenagers express their opinions and emotions quite honestly and speak directly to teen readers of the book, who will learn they aren't alone. In addition, the book has numerous sidebars containing valuable facts relating to the world of adoption. A glossary and index add to the useful format of the book, which also has a section called "For Further Information" with a comprehensive list of organizations and agencies that deal with all aspects of adoption. We highly recommmend this book!

Sheila and Eric Welch

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Pauline

Older child adoption

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 19, 2013

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I bought this book for my son adopted at age 6 from an orphanage( no primary caregiver 0-6 yrs). He has had great difficulty adjusting to family life. I had hoped that the older child section would be more comprehensive. As an adoptive parent I think maybe a bit more could be written about the difficulties parents face- too often the kids blame everything on the parents and maybe if there was more form an adult perspective the kids could understand the complexities of it all.

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Strege

Adopted: The Ultimate Teen Guide

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 29, 2012

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Love this book! I work with adopted teens and have been looking for resources to suggest to parents. Well presented, though I suspect some of the more difficult stories were edited to remove the discription of pain and suffering that the author's experienced. Nevertheless, I continue referring my teens and their parents...both bio and adoptive, to this resource. Thanks

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Cynthia Dawson

Great Resource!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 13, 2008

The best thing about this book is that it is a great resource, not just for adopted teens, but also for adoptive parents and even birth parents. It gives perspective and insight on what questions, thoughts, and emotions adoptive teens are having.

As an adoptive parent, it gave me ideas on how to answer my son's questions and also how to have a meaningful conversation between us about his feelings. The book has teenagers express their opinions and emotions which was very interesting and informative to what my child may be thinking and feeling. Even though my son is a young teen, the book will be helpful in the years ahead when their are even more questions and discussions.

The book is written in easy to read chapters with discussions and viewpoints from various people on their adoption journey. The index is also useful for getting further information. I recommend this book to adoptive teens and also anyone that is in the adoption triangle.

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batpat

Great Christmas gift

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 18, 2007

As a mother of two transracially adopted kids, I can highly recommend this book for anyone involved in the adoption triangle. Although directed to teens, adoptees as young as 11 would identify with the issues. Also adoptive parents and birthparents will gain a lot of insight into what their kids are thinking and dealing with by reading the book. It is easy to read. The text is broken up with lots of pictures, questions and answers, and sidebars with background facts. Thus you can open to any page or read for just a few minutes and it will catch your interest and make sense. I have ordered copies for grandparents and birthparents for Christmas.

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