BY ADOPTEES OR ALLIES
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Adoptee Reading. Books Written and Recommended by Adoptees
Abrams, Sil Lai. Black Lotus
Bhol, David B. Parallel Universes- The Story of Rebirth
Bisantz-Raymond, Barbara. The Baby Thief
Burcea, Nicolae Viore. Memories of Childhood: Life in the Romanian Orphanages
Burzlaff, Mi Soon. Bravo Your Life
Chung, Nicole. All You Can Ever Know
Ezeff, S. M. Adopted Out Memoir
Fessler, Anne The Girls Who Went Away
Gibney, Shannon. See No Color
Harness, Susan Devan. Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption
Hall, Beth. Inside Transracial Adoption
Heffron, Anne. You Don’t Look Adopted
Herrick, Lee. Scar and Flower
Hoffman, Kevin. Growing Up Black in White
Lee, S. J. Keurium
Lifton, Betty Jean. Lost and Found
Lockington, Mariama J. For Black Girls Like Me
Nelson, Kim Park. Invisible Asians: Korean American Adoptees, Asian American Experiences and Racial Exceptionalism
Oluo, Ijeoma. So You Want to Talk About Race
Phillips, Zara. Mother Me / Somebody’s Daughter
Raleigh, Elizabeth. Selling Transracial Adoption: Families, Markets, and the Color Line
Redmond, Paul Jude. The Adoption Machine: The Dark History of Ireland’s Mother & Baby Homes and the Inside Story of How Tuam 800 Became a Global Scandal
Roorda, Rhonda M. In Their Voices- Black Americans on Transracial Adoption
Stephens, Alice. Famous Adopted People
Tharps, Lori L. Same Family Different Colors
Verrier, Nancy. Primal Wound
Wright, Camron. The Orphan Keeper
ADOPTEE ANTHOLOGIES
Chau Adam (Eds.) Parenting As Adoptees
Christian, Diane Rene (Eds.) Dear Wonderful You, Letters to Adopted & Fostered Youth & Perpetual Child: Adult Adoptee Anthology, Dismantling the Stereotype
Forero- Hilthy, Abbey (Ed.) Decoding Our Origins: The Lived Experiences of Colombian Adoptees
Hentz, Trace L. (Ed.) Stolen Generations & Two Worlds Lost Children of the INdian Adoptions Projects
O’Conner, Susan Harrison (Eds.) Black Anthology: Adult Adoptees Claim Their Space
FOR CHILDREN OF COLOR
11 Books With South Asian Characters You Should Read in 2019
Top 13 Books That Feature Biracial Children
Ashay By the Bay- African American and Multi-cultural Childrens Books
Pact’s Multicultural Adoption Book Source
Multi-racial Families in Picture Books
Native American Children’s Books
The Adoptee Diary 