Non-Fiction Books about Adoption/Foster Care
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The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
by:
Ann Fessler
4.24 avg rating — 10,667 ratings 
4. 
The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family
by:
Karyn Purvis
4.44 avg rating — 5,921 ratings 5. 
The Brightness of Stars: Stories of Adults Who Came Through the British Care System
by:
Lisa Cherry
4.47 avg rating — 53 ratings 
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The Lost Daughters of China: Abandoned Girls, Their Journey to America, and the Search for a Missing Past
by:
Karin Evans
4.01 avg rating — 2,449 ratings 
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To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care
by:
Cris Beam
4.01 avg rating — 3,432 ratings 13. 
The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption
by:
Kathryn Joyce
4.15 avg rating — 1,133 ratings 
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Parenting the Hurt Child : Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow
by:
Gregory C. Keck
4.12 avg rating — 631 ratings 18. 
Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents
by:
Deborah D. Gray
4.16 avg rating — 730 ratings 
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There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children 4.26 avg rating — 3,402 ratings
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Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families & Churches
by:
Russell D. Moore
4.31 avg rating — 3,166 ratings 
27. 
In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories
by:
Rita J. Simon
3.94 avg rating — 283 ratings 28. 
The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant
by:
Dan Savage
4.05 avg rating — 8,735 ratings 
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The Boy from Baby House 10: From the Nightmare of a Russian Orphanage to a New Life in America
by:
Alan Philps
4.18 avg rating — 895 ratings 
32. 
One Small Boat: The Story of a Little Girl, Lost Then Found
by:
Kathy Harrison
4.22 avg rating — 1,333 ratings 
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They Cage the Animals at Night: The True Story of an Abandoned Child's Struggle for Emotional Survival 4.35 avg rating — 10,164 ratings
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Voices Unheard: A Reflective Journal for Adult Adoptees it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
41. 
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
by:
Sherrie Eldridge
3.73 avg rating — 1,573 ratings 41. 
The Adoptive & Foster Parent Guide: How to Heal Your Child's Trauma and Loss
by:
Carol Lozier
4.60 avg rating — 25 ratings 43. 
Silent Tears: A Journey of Hope in a Chinese Orphanage
by:
Kay Bratt
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,153 ratings 
46. 
Adoption Parenting: Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections
by:
Sheena Macrae
4.11 avg rating — 122 ratings 
51. 
In Their Voices: Black Americans on Transracial Adoption
by:
Rhonda M. Roorda
4.43 avg rating — 116 ratings 52. 
No Matter What: An Adoptive Family's Story of Hope, Love and Healing
by:
Sally Donovan
4.57 avg rating — 559 ratings 
55. 
Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk
by:
Marc Parent
4.12 avg rating — 870 ratings 56. 
Cut: The True Story of an Abandoned, Abused Little Girl Who Was Desperate to Be Part of a Family
by:
Cathy Glass
4.31 avg rating — 7,367 ratings 
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I'm Chocolate, You're Vanilla: Raising Healthy Black and Biracial Children in a Race-Conscious World 3.80 avg rating — 367 ratings
59. 
Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children
by:
Daniel A. Hughes
4.43 avg rating — 923 ratings 
62. 
Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families With Special-Needs Kids : A Guide for Parents and Professionals
by:
Gregory C. Keck
4.11 avg rating — 249 ratings 
69. 
19 Steps Up The Mountain: The Story of the DeBolt Family
by:
Joseph P. Blank
4.09 avg rating — 103 ratings 69. 
The Boy No One Loved: A Heartbreaking True Story of Abuse, Abandonment and Betrayal
by:
Casey Watson
4.22 avg rating — 2,953 ratings 
72. 
Ten Thousand Sorrows : The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan
by:
Elizabeth Kim
3.87 avg rating — 1,956 ratings 
76. 
Big Steps for Little People: Parenting Your Adopted Child
by:
Celia Foley
4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings 77. 
Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away
by:
June Cross
3.95 avg rating — 1,615 ratings 77. 
The Waiting Child: How the Faith and Love of One Orphan Saved the Life of Another
by:
Cindy Champnella
4.21 avg rating — 414 ratings 79. 
Orphans of the Living: Stories of America's Children in Foster Care
by:
Jennifer Toth
3.87 avg rating — 316 ratings 80. 
The Baby Thief: The Untold Story of Georgia Tann, the Baby Seller Who Corrupted Adoption 3.59 avg rating — 2,953 ratings
81. 
Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited
by:
Elyse Schein
3.67 avg rating — 3,959 ratings 82. 
Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
by:
Conor Grennan
4.26 avg rating — 23,240 ratings 
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Adoption Not an Option: A Metis Woman Torn from Her Family and Her 40 Year Battle to Find Them Again
by:
Eugenea Couture
4.85 avg rating — 13 ratings 86. 
The Guild of the Infant Saviour: An Adopted Child’s Memory Book (Volume 1) (Machete) 4.61 avg rating — 104 ratings
86. 
Fostered: One Woman’s Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care 4.43 avg rating — 1,758 ratings
91. 
Does Anybody Else Look Like Me?: A Parent's Guide To Raising Multiracial Children 3.84 avg rating — 160 ratings
91. 
In On It: What Adoptive Parents Would Like You To Know About Adoption. A Guide for Relatives and Friends. 4.32 avg rating — 521 ratings
93. 
The Complete Book of International Adoption: A Step by Step Guide to Finding Your Child
by:
Dawn Davenport
4.09 avg rating — 116 ratings 93. 
Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child: From Your First Hours Together Through the Teen Years
by:
Patty Cogen
4.32 avg rating — 196 ratings 
93. 
The New Crunch-Time Guide to Parenting Language for Chinese Adoption
by:
Kat LaMons
4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings 93. 
The New Crunch Time Guide to Parenting Language for Haiti Adoption
by:
Kat LaMons
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 
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The Heart Knows Something Different: Teenage Voices from the Foster Care System 3.90 avg rating — 58 ratings
