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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Relates the adventures of a family with two fathers, four adopted boys, and a variety of pets as they make their way through a school year, Kindergarten through sixth grade, and deal with a grumpy new neighbor.
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English
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"Heather's favorite number is two. She has two arms, two legs, and two pets. And she also has two mommies. When Heather goes to school for the first time, someone asks her about her daddy, but Heather doesn't have a daddy. Then something interesting happens. When Heather and her classmates all draw pictures of their families, not one drawing is the same. It doesn't matter who makes up a family, the teacher says, because "the most important thing about...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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"After her parents' divorce, Bea's life became different in many ways. But she can always look back at the list she keeps in her green notebook to remember the things that will stay the same. The first and most important: Mom and Dad will always love Bea, and each other. When Dad tells Bea that he and his boyfriend, Jesse, are getting married, Bea is thrilled. Bea loves Jesse, and when he and Dad get married, she'll finally (finally!) have what she's...
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English
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Eric and Andrew, with seven-year-old Wen, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake. When Leonard appears in the driveway, he is the largest man Wen has ever seen, but he is young, friendly, and he wins her over. Leonard abruptly apologizes and tells Wen, "None of what's going to happen is your fault". Three more strangers then arrive at the cabin carrying unidentifiable, menacing objects. As Wen sprints inside to warn her parents,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Eleven-year-old Liv fights to change the middle school dress code requiring girls to wear a skirt and, along the way, finds the courage to tell his moms he is meant to be a boy.
Technically, Olivia is not a girl, even though he was born as a girl. He's transgender. Liv knows he was always meant to be a boy. But at Bankridge Middle School, the dress code means he can't wear pants. Only skirts. So Operation: Pants Project begins! To Liv, this isn't...
11) Beginners
Series
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
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"When her mother goes on a business trip, a little girl, who loves to sit between Mama and Mommy at the table, misses her a lot and feels empty until Mommy finally comes home, filling the void with love." --
13) Journey to same-sex parenthood: firsthand advice, tips, and stories from lesbian and gay couples
Author
Publisher
New Horizon Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Same-sex couples are faced with many options when choosing to have children today. Author Eric Rosswood guides prospective LGBT parents to explore these five popular options: adoption, surrogacy, foster care, co-parenting, and assisted reproduction. Each section includes a description of the specific family-building approach, followed by personal stories from same-sex couples and individuals who have chosen and gone through that particular journey....
Author
Publisher
Esplanade Books, the fiction imprint at Véhicule Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The year Paul turns forty, his friends Wendy and Eve ask him to help them get pregnant. Nothing about the process feels natural to him. But for a gay man of a certain age, making a family still means finding your own way through a world with few ready answers. The eighteen-month journey reveals many insights about Paul's past and present, from his strained relationship to his father, his overprotective relationship with his partner Michael, and the...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Gay man Dan Savage, who writes a nationally syndicated sex-advice column dispensing advice to straight people, decided to try to adopt a child along with his boyfriend, Terry. The story of their misadventures, with all of Savage's peccadilloes firmly in place, is captured in this book. Savage has made an art of irreverence and offers no apologies for his inconsistent and often politically incorrect views and values. The result is a highly entertaining...
19) In the family
Publisher
New Yorker Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Chip Hines, a precocious six-year-old, has only known life with his two dads, Cody and Joey. And a good life it is. When Cody suddenly dies in a car accident, Joey and Chip struggle to find their footing again. Just as they begin to, Cody's will reveals that he named his sister as Chip's guardian. The years of Joey's acceptance into the family unravel as Chip is taken away from him. Now Joey searches for a solution in order to find peace with the...
20) Gay & lesbian parenting choices: from adopting or using a surrogate to choosing the perfect father
Author
Publisher
Career Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English