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21) Foster families
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and photographs present foster families, including how family members interact with one another"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Morgan James
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When Ashley LeMieux and her husband lost their children in an adoption battle, it sent her into a tailspin that, ultimately, taught Ashley how to soar. Most people live with constant fears, burdens, and pains. Born to Shine shares Ashley's message of hope for women brave enough to say that everything is not okay. The message is also for those who want the courage to believe they are not done yet-the unique message that acknowledges the overwhelming...
Author
Series
Blessings volume 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Christmas is just around the corner, and the town of Henry Adams is preparing for a wedding! Ever since Bernadine Brown bought the town of Henry Adams, her relationship with diner owner Malachi "Mal" July has had its share of ups and downs. But now they're finally ready to say "I do." Or are they? As wedding preparations go into full swing, and families both local and extended begin to gather for the festivities, that long awaited walk down the aisle...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"During a terrible heat wave in 1991--the worst in a decade--ten-year-old Anton has been locked in an apartment in the projects, alone, for seven days, without air conditioning or a fan. With no electricity, the refrigerator and lights do not work. Hot, hungry, and desperate, Anton shatters a window and climbs out. Cutting his leg on the broken glass, he is covered in blood when the police find him. Juanita, his mother, is discovered in a crack house...
25) Elliot
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When Elliot's parents do not know how to take care of him, a social worker takes him to live with a foster family, which begins a series of changes that leave Elliot worried and anxious, until he finds a forever home and a forever family.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A brilliant, funny, generation-defining memoir about the double bind of crafting perfect adversity narratives for highly selective institutions, while fumbling through the far murkier reality of actual life in foster care and inpatient mental health treatment As a child, Emi Nietfeld was caught between a hoarder mother who got her put on antipsychotic medication, but was also the only person to believe she was exceptional, and a state system exemplified...
Author
Series
Enchanter's child volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
"Alex has a set of Enchanted cards. When she flutters her fingers above them, something magical happens: the cards come alive and create moving pictures of what is now and what is yet to come. But Enchantment is illegal in the city of Luma, and those who practice it are imprisoned forever in the Vaults--dark dungeons deep below the city. When Alex is betrayed by her foster sister Zerra, she knows she is in great danger. With the help of her little...
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
For fans of The Language of Flowers, a sparkling, big-hearted, page-turning debut set in the 1970s about a young black boy's quest to reunite with his beloved white half-brother after they are separated in foster care. Leon loves chocolate bars, Saturday morning cartoons, and his beautiful, golden-haired baby brother. When Jake is born, Leon pokes his head in the crib and says, "I'm your brother. Big brother. My. Name. Is. Leon. I am eight and three...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer is close to 'aging out' out of the foster care system. A community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping Molly out of juvie and worse. As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly learns that she and Vivian aren't as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds...
30) The great bear
Author
Series
Misewa saga volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Eli and Morgan journey once more to Misewa, travelling back in time. Back at home after their first adventure in the Barren Grounds, Eli and Morgan each struggle with personal issues--Eli is being bullied at school, and tries to hide it from Morgan, while Morgan has to make an important decision about her birth mother. They turn to the place where they know they can learn the most, and make the journey to Misewa to visit their animal friends. This...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
California: Twelve-year-old Melanie has been in foster care her whole life, moving from home to home--unloved and unwanted. She has found a kind of happiness with her recent foster family, Delilah and Ray. But Melanie has a secret, one she knows she can never share. Someone talks to Melanie, a presence no-one else can see or hear. Melanie calls her Penny and Penny has a message for her: something very bad is about to happen. New York: Louise has spent...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"A TINY UPWARD SHOVE is a fictionalized account of real life Canadian serial killer Willie Pickton and his final victim. In the debut novel of award-winning essayist, Melissa Chadburn, we follow the life of Filipina foster youth Marina Salles and are submerged in the confluence of violence and empathy, fabulism and realism. A story of how both victim and monster emerge from the same world"--
Author
Publisher
B&H Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Tori grew up in the foster care system, a bi-racial child in a confusing and volatile world. Growing up with a mentally ill mother and living in twelve different foster homes, nothing was in her favor. And yet, even with a minuscule chance of graduating college and a great risk of being homeless, jobless, and on drugs, Tori overcame every negative stereotype and assumption that attacked her identity. However, Tori will tell you she did not overcome....
39) Midnight train
Author
Series
Enchanter's child volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A conclusion to the duology that began with Twilight Hauntings finds Alex fleeing a band of monstrous Enchantments while investigating the mystery of her banishment amid shocking revelations about her identity.
Author
Publisher
Viking Adult
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
"Famed swordfish boat captain Linda Greenlaw faces her greatest battle with nature-- a newly adopted teenage daughter Linda Greenlaw isn't a woman who shies away from a challenge-- a nationally renowned swordfish boat captain made famous in the film The Perfect Storm, Greenlaw is also a bestselling author and a television celebrity. Through hard work and determination, she had created a life of peaceful independence, living on a rugged island off...
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