Dawn suggested I post this on the front page (thanks Dawn!)

EMK Press, a leading publisher of resources and materials for adoption, seeks creative and unique submissions for an innovative resource designed for adopted teenagers.  This book will be edited by Bert Ballard, PhD, adoptee from Vietnam.

Today’s teenager struggles with a variety of challenges, ranging from concerns over popularity, doing well in school, getting into college, driving, peer pressure, friends, religion, which is not to mention concerns and worries over drugs, alcohol, sex, pregnancy, and suicide. For the adopted teen, identity issues, fitting in with their adoptive families, birth families, personal histories, cultural differences, skin color differences, abusive pasts, and more manifest themselves in a variety of ways, often unpredictably or even disguised as something other than the underlying issue.

This new book hopes to offer voices and a place where adopted teens can feel free to be themselves, a place where they feel comfortable journeying through life as a teenager . . . a teenager who also happens to be adopted.

We call on anyone and everyone who believes they can offer something supportive, yet honest, candid, wise, and even humorous to today’s adopted teenagers. This includes all domestic, international, and transracial adopted and fostered teens and adults, first parents, mentors, adoptive parents, extended family.

See http://www.emkpress.com/teenbook.html for more details on this IMPORTANT project.

*******************************************************************************
And check out our name the book contest to win an iPod nano,
entries need to be received by October 15 to be entered in the contest.
*******************************************************************************

Thanks for helping us spread the word to those who would be interested...

And while you are on our site, check out the resources we have for adoptive families....

Thanks!
Carrie Kitze
Publisher
EMK Press
www.emkpress.com