Adopted Teens

Hanté par son passé, sera-t-elle son avenir ? Orphelin, Teagan erre depuis son plus jeune âge de foyers en familles d'accueil. Bad boy écorché par la vie, la justice le rattrape à l'aube de ses 18 ans. La sentence ? Un an de conditionnelle durant lequel il devra se tenir à carreau s'il ne veut pas finir en prison. Il ne lui reste qu'une chance de se remettre dans le droit chemin et c'est dans une ultime famille d'accueil qu'elle va se jouer. Mais la rencontre avec Elena, la fille aînée de la famille risque de compliquer les choses.

Alors qu'il doit faire face à ce qu'il redoutait le plus, Teagan découvre qu'il n'avait pas encore imaginé le pire. Son passé le frappe de plein fouet, faisant voler en éclats son présent et menaçant son avenir. Sera-t-il assez fort pour l'affronter ? Au plus mal, Elena sera-t-elle capable de lui venir en aide ?

Teagan Dœ pensait en avoir terminé avec la justice mais celle-ci refuse de l'oublier si facilement. Alors que les ennuis sont de nouveau au rendez-vous, une vieille connaissance dit pouvoir le sortir d'affaire. Mais pas à n'importe quel prix. A-t-il vraiment plus à gagner qu'à perdre s'il accepte le marché ?

Children who have been adopted and/or shuttled through the foster-care system experience trauma at a much higher rate than other kids, which can make it difficult for them to trust, relax, regulate their emotions, and connect with their new families. As a parent, learning how to heal attachment trauma, attune to your child's needs, identify triggers, and create felt safety is essential to providing the loving, supportive, and stable home they need to thrive. Written for parents of adopted and foster kids of all ages, this book offers resources for handling common concerns.

The voices of adopted children are poignant, questioning. And they tell a familiar story of loss, fear, and hope. This extraordinary book, written by a woman who was adopted herself, gives voice to children's unspoken concerns, and shows adoptive parents how to free their kids from feelings of fear, abandonment, and shame. With warmth and candor, Sherrie Eldridge reveals the 20 complex emotional issues you must understand to nurture the child you love.

Keira Johnson, a 50-year-old mother of two grown sons, believes she lives a good Christian life without secrets - until she discovers a life-jarring fact her late mother kept hidden all her life. Kiera was born out of wedlock, and the man she had always known as her father had adopted her as an infant. Meanwhile, Keira's beloved 17-year-old niece, Kirsten, has just discovered an unwanted pregnancy. Her boyfriend, Jose, is bound for college and Kirsten does not know what to do.

Zazoo, almost 14, is Vietnamese by birth but feels entirely French. She lives with her adoptive grandfather, who brought her form Vietnam to his village in France when she was just two years old. Life with Grand-Pierre has always been filled with poetry and shared adventure, following the predictable rhythms of the season. Then one misty October morning, a boy on a bicycle rides into Ago's small French village and asks a question from which many stories begin to unfold.

Simone has always felt different, though her life seems pretty normal. Her mom's a lawyer for the ACLU, so she's grown up spending her Saturdays outside the food co-op, gathering signatures for worthy causes. Her dad's a political cartoonist who does most of the work around the house. Her little brother is a jock who seems to know how to do everything just right. Her best friend has a new boyfriend, and Simone has a crush on a really smart and funny guy who spends all his time with another girl.

Milly Kaufman is an ordinary American teenager living in Vermont, until she meets Pablo, a new student at her high school. His exotic accent, strange fashion sense, and intense interest in Milly force her to confront her identity as an adopted child from Pablo's native country. As their relationship grows, Milly decides to undertake a courageous journey to her homeland and along the way discovers the story of her birth is intertwined with the story of a country recovering from a brutal history.