Kadohata, Cynthia.

Half a world away / Cynthia Kadohata. - First Atheneum books for Young Readers paperback edition. - New York : Atheneum Books , c2014. - 225, [6] pages ; 19 cm.

Includes a Reading group guide (pages [229]-[231]).

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.

ISBN: 1442412763 9781442412767 (paperback)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Adoption
Intercountry adoption
Emotional problems of children
Abandoned children