The story: Jaden's family is traveling to Kazakhstan to adopt another baby, and Jaden knows why: it's because he's such a failure as a son. He's got a whole bunch of terrible habits, but the worst of them is that he can't bring himself to love his adoptive parents, even after all these years. It's only after he meets toddler Dimash at the orphanage, and realizes he's the only one who cares enough to ever make a difference in the boy's life, that Jaden suddenly learns what it's like to care about someone else. Problem is, it doesn't look like it's going to make any difference, which is the worst feeling of all.
June Cleaver's ratings: Language PG; Violence G; Sexual content G; Nudity G; Substance abuse PG; Magic & the occult G: GLBT content G: adult themes (parental abandonment, disability, third-world conditions) PG; overall rating PG.
Liz's comments: Here's a story that will give kids a look into several different worlds: what's it like in a crummy third-world country; what it's like to be adopted from a country like that, and what it's like to be a mystery to yourself and others. This is the kind of story that adults tend to like better than the target audience of kids, but given to the right readers, it will resonate.
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