TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kadohata,Cynthia
TI  - Half a world away
SN  - 9781442412767
AV  - PZ7.K1166 Hal 2015
U1  - [Fic] 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York
PB  - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
KW  - Adoption
KW  - Fiction
KW  - sears
KW  - International adoption
KW  - Stress (Psychology)
KW  - Abandoned children
KW  - Romance fiction
KW  - lcgft
N1  - School Library Journal, September 2014; Booklist starred, July 2014; Pub Weekly, June 2014; New York Times, October 2014; Horn Book, April 2015; Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2014; Kirkus Review, July 2014; Library Media Connection, May 2015; 4.7; 5-8; Follett School Solutions; Accelerated Reader AR; MG; 4.7; 5.0; 168464; NBEV
N2  - Twelve-year-old Jaden, an emotionally damaged adopted boy fascinated by electricity, feels a connection to a small, weak toddler with special needs in Kazakhstan, where Jaden's family is trying to adopt a "normal" baby
ER  -