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"Jack, 12, tells the gripping story of Joseph, 14, who joins his family as a foster child. Damaged in prison, Joseph wants nothing more than to find his baby daughter, Jupiter, whom he has never seen. When Joseph has begun to believe he'll have a future, he is confronted by demons from his past that force a tragic sacrifice"--
2) Find me
Author
Series
Wick Tate series volume 1
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
When teen hacker and foster child Wick Tate finds a dead classmate's diary on her front step, with a note reading "Find me," she sets off on a perverse game of hide-and-seek to catch the killer.
Author
Series
Persefone trilogy (Michelle Gagnon) volume 1
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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After waking up on an operating table with no memory of how she got there, Noa must team up with computer hacker Peter to stop a corrupt corporation with a deadly secret.
4) Don't let go
Author
Series
Persefone trilogy (Michelle Gagnon) volume 3
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"In his final installment of the Don't Turn Around trilogy, Noa, Peter, and what is left of their army race across the country in their search to destroy Project Persephone before time runs out"--
6) Remember me
Author
Series
Wick Tate series volume 2
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
"Teen hacker Wick Tate has to decide between right and wrong as she tries to solve another murder and discover the truth about her mother's suicide"--
Author
Series
Persefone trilogy (Michelle Gagnon) volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
"Teen hackers Noa and Peter struggle to take down the AMRF corporation while rescuing foster kids from AMRF's gruesome experiments"--
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Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When it comes to family, Annie is in the losers bracket. While her foster parents are great (mostly), her birth family would not have been her first pick. And no matter how many times Annie tries to write them out of her life, she always gets sucked back into their drama. Love is like that. But when a family argument breaks out at Annie's swim meet and her nephew goes missing, Annie might be the only one who can get him back. With help from her friends,...
9) Just Lucky
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Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"Lucky loves her grandparents, and they are all the family she really has. True, her grandma forgets things... like turning off the stove, or Lucky's name. But her grandpa takes such good care of them that Lucky doesn't realize how bad things are. That is until he's gone. When her grandma accidentally sets the kitchen on fire, Lucky can't hide what's happening any longer, and she is sent into foster care. She quickly learns that some foster families...
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Willow has never felt like she belonged anywhere and is convinced that the only way to find a true home is to travel the world. But her plans to act on her dream are put on hold when her aloof and often absent mother drags Willow to Salem, Massachusetts, to wrap up the affairs of an aunt Willow didn’t even know she had. An aunt who may or may not have been a witch. There, she meets Mason, a loner who’s always felt out of place and has been in...
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HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Rynn was born with a hole in her heart--literally. Although it was fixed long ago, she still feels an emptiness there when she wonders about her birth family. As her relationship with her adoptive mother fractures, Rynn finally decides she needs to know more about the rest of her family. Her search starts with a name, the only thing she has from her birth mother, and she quickly learns that she has a younger sister living in foster care in a nearby...
12) Homeroom diaries
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Margaret "Cuckoo" Clark keeps a journal detailing the trials and tribulations of high school life as she and her close-knit group of outcast friends try to break down the barriers between their school's "warring nations."
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HMH Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Haunted by memories of the fire that killed her boyfriend, seventeen-year-old Alice Monroe is in a mental ward when, with support from fellow patient Chase, she begins to confront hidden truths in a journal, including that the only person she trusts may be telling her only half of the story.
14) Peas and carrots
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
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After her mother is arrested, fifteen-year-old Dess is sent to live with the foster family that took in her baby brother several years before, and although she and her new foster sister, Hope, clash immediately, they soon realize they have much in common.
15) Watch over me
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Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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A newly graduated Mila emerges from foster care to accept a job on an isolated Northern California Coast farm where she confronts haunting memories and the traumas of her fellow residents.
16) Overdrive
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Jules Parish turned to stealing cars to try to get her sister out of foster care, but after she is caught, a wealthy eccentic offers a promising--but perilous--solution.
18) Oblivion
Author
Publisher
Egmont USA
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Callie Knowles fights her compulsion to write constantly, even on herself, as she struggles to cope with foster care, her mother's life in a mental institution, and her belief that she killed her father, a minister, who has been missing for a year.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"With loving adoptive parents by his side, Rev Fletcher has managed to keep the demons of his past at bay. . . until he gets a letter from his abusive father and the trauma of his childhood comes hurtling back. Emma Blue's parents are constantly fighting, and her only escape is the computer game she built from scratch. But when a cruel online troll's harassment escalates, she not only loses confidence but starts to fear for her safety. When Rev and...
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