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My family has been blessed by adoption and, while I don't have anything against LEGO Friends, one of the story lines in this book deals with pet adoptions in a way that, I feel, sends an inappropriate message about adoption. So, I'm giving this book one star, not because it's a horrible book, but more as a "heads up" that it has some potentially sensitive themes. In the story, a misbehaving dog who can't be trained is given up for adoption by her owner. One of the characters, who is trying to train the dog, tells the dog she'd better start behaving if she ever wants to get adopted. Later, after the dog has been trained, given a makeover and learned all kinds of new tricks, the previous dog owner shows up asking if she can re-adopt her old dog. Of course I know that adopting a pet is not the same thing as adopting a child, but given the age group that this book is targeted at, I feel this story line could easily be interpreted to have a larger meaning about all types of adoptions. The take away for young children could be that, had they just been "better children" they would not have been abandoned by their birthparents. When a child is placed for adoption, it's not about there being something "wrong" with the child, but about the birthparents making the decision that they are unable to parent a child. I hope readers will take this viewpoint into consideration when taking a look at this book. Thanks.