AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Jacqueline Wilson/Nick Sharratt
PUBLISHER: Yearling PUBLICATION DATE: 2010
GENRE: Contemporary Fiction
READING LEVEL: 12 years old
BRIEF OVERVIEW:Hetty is an orphan who lives with a foster family. She ends up going to school and hopes she finds her birth mother; however, it may not be the sweet woman she was hoping it would be.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will research the adoption process and learn the differences between open and closed adoption. They will compare and contrast the two possibilities.