Holland Burris: 3 books

Elizavetta has spent most of her thirteen years living in a Russian orphanage. She's happy there--she has friends, school, and the orphanage is her home. But when Jack and Maggie Cavendish arrive from Montana looking for a daughter, they turn her stable world upside down with the offer of a new life...

By the time Mai Nakahara’s family leaves Tokyo to help run her aunt and uncle’s restaurant in Hawaii, she’s pretty much gotten used to living without the arm she lost to cancer. But life in Honolulu presents its own challenges: a giant ocean she’s too afraid to swim in, mean girls to ignore,...

Iris Beekman is finally getting used to having divorced parents when her mom informs them all that she’s taken a teaching job in America. The panic attacks Iris has had since Dad left start up again, and her older brother Pim makes it clear to everyone that he’s not happy about the move. But with...