Best Realistic Fiction about Adoption and Foster Care for Middle-Grade/Middle-School Readers

1.
The Destiny of Sunshine Ranch
The Destiny of Sunshine Ranch 4.39 avg rating — 38 ratings
2.
Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War
Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War 4.02 avg rating — 303 ratings
3.
Waiting to Forget
Waiting to Forget 3.99 avg rating — 178 ratings
4.
Don't Call Me Marda
Don't Call Me Marda 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
4.
One Step at a Time
One Step at a Time 3.96 avg rating — 78 ratings
4.
3 Things to Forget (Bird Face, #4)
3 Things to Forget (Bird Face, #4) 4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
7.
Blue Ridge
Blue Ridge it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
7.
Touch Blue
Touch Blue 3.87 avg rating — 7,782 ratings
7.
Umbilicus
Umbilicus 3.85 avg rating — 39 ratings
7.
Peas and Carrots
Peas and Carrots 3.56 avg rating — 369 ratings
7.
Jazzy's Quest: Adopted and Amazing!
Jazzy's Quest: Adopted and Amazing! 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings
7.
The Shoebox Kid
The Shoebox Kid 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
7.
The Year the Maps Changed
The Year the Maps Changed 4.12 avg rating — 879 ratings
7.
Delly Duck: Why A Little Chick Couldn't Stay With His Birth Mother
Delly Duck: Why A Little Chick Couldn't Stay With His Birth Mother 4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings
7.
A Place for Jeremy
A Place for Jeremy 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
16.
Summer of the Gypsy Moths
Summer of the Gypsy Moths 3.92 avg rating — 4,822 ratings
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Umbilicus
Umbilicus 3.85 avg rating — 39 ratings
16.
Jazzy's Quest: What Matters Most
Jazzy's Quest: What Matters Most 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings
16.
Adopting a Little Brother or Sister
Adopting a Little Brother or Sister it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
16.
Who Will Take Care of Me?
Who Will Take Care of Me? 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
21.
Half a World Away
Half a World Away 3.82 avg rating — 2,089 ratings
21.
Dream of Night
Dream of Night 4.17 avg rating — 985 ratings
21.
So You've Adopted a Sibling
So You've Adopted a Sibling 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
24.
Returnable Girl
Returnable Girl 3.81 avg rating — 409 ratings
25.
Parents Wanted
Parents Wanted 3.78 avg rating — 76 ratings
26.
The Great Gilly Hopkins
The Great Gilly Hopkins 3.85 avg rating — 23,276 ratings
27.
The Pinballs
The Pinballs 3.86 avg rating — 3,337 ratings