Adopted

The challenging teen years can be even more difficult for adopted teens, many of whom have unanswered questions that may result in fear, anger, and low self-esteem. Adopted: The Ultimate Teen Guide enables young adults to read about the personal experiences of other adopted teens, and gain powerful insights from those who have gone through some of their same frustrations, struggles, and concerns. This revised edition features discussion questions at the end of each chapter that help teens address various concerns, such as fitting in, deciding whether or not to search for their birth parents, meeting their birth parents, and what defines a family.

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Is This for Real?
Reader's Note

1. Finding Out You're Adopted
2. Fitting In
3. Learning about Your Adoption
4. Why Did My Birth Parents Choose Adoption?
5. Should I Search?
6. Searching for Birth Parents
7. Meeting Birth Parents
8. International Adoptions
9. Transracial Adoption
10. Adopted at an Older Age
11. A Real Family

Glossary
For Further Information
Index
About the Author and Photographer