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Hot girl Hot girl Dream Jordan Kate, a fourteen-year-old Brooklyn girl and former gang member, risks losing her first good foster family when she adopts the risqué ways of her flirtatious new friend, Naleejah. OL12005893W
What child is this? What child is this? 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. OL12423W
Success as a foster parent Success as a foster parent 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… OL13852459W
Thirteen days to midnight Thirteen days to midnight 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… OL14906970W
Peace, Locomotion Peace, Locomotion 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… OL14952466W
Hidden Hidden Cathy Glass From the author of Number One bestseller 'Damaged' comes the poignant and shocking memoir of Cathy's recent relationship with Tayo, a young boy she fosters whose good behaviour and polite manners hid… OL15184005W
Compromised Compromised 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… OL15408651W
Bank job Bank job James Heneghan Thirteen-year-old Nell and her friends are robbing banks to raise money for renovations in their foster home. OL15973648W
The vanishing game The vanishing game Kate Kae Myers Seventeen-year-old Jocelyn follows clues apparently from her dead twin, Jack, in and around Seale House, the terrifying foster home where they once lived, and with help from childhood friend Noah she… OL15991355W
Geek girl Geek girl 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… OL16126460W
Sonntagskind Sonntagskind 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. OL1632655W
One for the Murphys One for the Murphys Lynda Mullaly Hunt "After heartbreaking betrayal, Carley is sent to live with a foster family and struggles with opening herself up to their love"-- OL16471216W
Bronxwood Bronxwood Coe Booth Tyrell’s father is just out of jail, and Tyrell doesn’t know how to deal with that. It’s bad enough that his brother Troy is in foster care and his mother is no help whatsoever. Now there’s another t… OL16482347W
Returnable Girl Returnable Girl 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… OL16577569W
The kindness of strangers The kindness of strangers 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… OL16825912W
A family-style Christmas A family-style Christmas 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 … OL17739357W
Truth and lies Truth and lies 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 … OL17866111W
Kinda Like Brothers Kinda Like Brothers Coe Booth When his mother takes in a twelve-year-old foster boy, Jarrett is forced to share his room and his friends with the new boy. OL17869266W
Out of the deep Out of the deep Gloria Skurzynski Jack, Ashley, and their unreliable new foster sister set out to solve the mystery of why whales are beaching themselves at Acadia National Park. While investigating mysterious strandings of whales in… OL19931884W
Orbiting Jupiter Orbiting Jupiter Gary D. Schmidt 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.… OL20009051W
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