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House of Tomorrow
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Claire Lorrimer |
This is the moving story of Jeanette Roberts, a young London girl who survived appalling abuse in her own childhood, and so determined to give other children in the same position the love and care sh… |
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What child is this?
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Caroline B. Cooney |
When seventeen-year-old Matt tries to find a family for an eight-year-old foster child, his attempt backfires and both of them need a Christmas miracle. |
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Success as a foster parent
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National Foster Parent Association. |
Change a child’s life!Reap the rewards of becoming a foster parent.Over 600,000 American children are in the foster care system each year—and the number is growing. So is the number of good-hearted p… |
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Thirteen days to midnight
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Patrick Carman |
*You are indestructible.* These are the words that transfer an astonishing power to Jacob Fielding...and it changes everything. After all, there's something addictive about testing the limits of fear… |
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Hetty Feather
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Jacqueline Wilson |
A wonderful and original Jacqueline Wilson novel, featuring Hetty Feather(who is a bitch), a Victorian Tracy Beaker!London, 1876 and Hetty Feather is just a tiny baby when her mother leaves her at th… |
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Peace, Locomotion
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Jacqueline Woodson |
Twelve-year-old Lonnie is fi nally feeling at home with his foster family. But because he's living apart from his little sister, Lili, he decides it's his job to be the "rememberer"—and write down ev… |
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Cliff hanger
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Gloria Skurzynski |
Twelve-year-old Jack and his younger sister visit Mesa Verde National Park, where they delve into the park's history while gradually uncovering the mysterious past of their family's teenage foster ch… |
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Come fall
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A. C. E. Bauer |
Drawn together by a mentoring program and an unusual crow, middle school misfits Salman, Lu, and Blos form a strong friendship, despite teasing by fellow students and the maneuverings of fairies Ober… |
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Compromised
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Heidi Ayarbe |
With her con-man father in prison, fifteen-year-old Maya sets out from Reno, Nevada, for Boise, Idaho, hoping to stay out of foster care by finding an aunt she never knew existed, but a fellow runawa… |
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One true friend
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Joyce Hansen |
Fourteen-year-old orphan Amir, living in Syracuse, exchanges letters with his friend Doris, still living in their old Bronx neighborhood, in which they share their lives and give each other advice on… |
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Geek girl
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Cindy C. Bennett |
Jen, a teenaged foster child and social outcast, makes a bet with her friends that she can turn Trevor, a straight-A student and self-avowed "geek", into a social outcast like herself, but quickly fi… |
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Sonntagskind
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Gudrun Mebs |
Ten-year-old Jenny's new foster mother doesn't live up to her expectations until Jenny discovers that there are more important things in life than lavish gifts and fancy homes. |
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One for the Murphys
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Lynda Mullaly Hunt |
"After heartbreaking betrayal, Carley is sent to live with a foster family and struggles with opening herself up to their love"-- |
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Returnable Girl
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Patricia Lowell |
Abandoned. That's how Ronnie Hartman feels after her mother and Kenny, her mom's good-for-nothing boyfriend, move to Alaska, bringing Ronnie's two younger brothers with them and leaving her behind. N… |
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The kindness of strangers
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Katrina Kittle |
A young widow raising two boys, Sarah Laden is struggling to keep her family together. But when a shocking revelation rips apart the family of her closest friend, Sarah finds herself welcoming yet an… |
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A family-style Christmas
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Carolyne Aarsen |
The swaggering stranger embodied every warning nurse Caitlin Severn had ever heard, all wrapped up in one handsome, dangerous package. Yet, from the moment she saw his motorcycle crash and his manly … |
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Don't look now
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Michelle Gagnon |
"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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Truth and lies
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Norah McClintock |
"Mike's lies are spinning out of control and now he's the number-one suspect in a murder. Okay, so he can't explain his bruised and skinned knuckles, and he can't explain why he was spotted near the … |
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Future shock
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Briggs, Elizabeth (Young adult author) |
Elena, nearly aged out of the foster care system, is recruited along with four other exceptional teens for a time-travel mission that will make them rich if they survive. |
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The foster parenting manual
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John DeGarmo |
The Foster Parenting Manual is a comprehensive guide offering proven, friendly advice for novice and experienced parents alike. Distilling many years' experience into one book, this book describes wh… |
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