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House of Tomorrow House of Tomorrow 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… OL10540186W
Loving you Loving you Maureen Child On the surface, things always came easy for Nick Candellano, with his dashing good looks, easy charm, and penchant for women. When an injury permanently sidelines the pro football star, he's forced t… OL15858355W
Earwig and the witch Earwig and the witch Diana Wynne Jones,Paul O. Zelinsky,Miho Satake,Magali Mangin Although an orphan, Earwig has always enjoyed living at St. Morwald's, where she manages to make everyone do her bidding, but when she is taken in by a foster parents who are actually a witch and a d… OL16603833W
Lifesaving lessons Lifesaving lessons Linda Greenlaw "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 renow… OL16769436W
Yuletide baby Yuletide baby Debra Kastner Shawn O'Riley is shocked to find a baby girl abandoned at his church on Christmas Eve. He is a pastor and a cowboy--not a daddy! Haunted by family tragedy, he is not sure he can risk his heart to bab… OL17826241W
Cut Cut Cathy Glass The story of Dawn, a sweet and seemingly well-balanced girl whose outward appearance masks a traumatic childhood of suffering at the hands of the very people who should have cared for her. Dawn was t… OL20941721W
Mummy's little helper Mummy's little helper Casey Watson She'd gone to school expecting to come home again but instead she'd been picked up, told her mother was in hospital and that tonight she would have to sleep somewhere else. I was used to dealing with… OL20942477W
Crying for help Crying for help Casey Watson "Two weeks after saying farewell to her first foster child, Casey is asked to look after Sophia, a troubled 12-year-old with a sad past. Sophia's actions are disturbing and provocative and, before lo… OL21715862W
Breaking the silence Breaking the silence Casey Watson "The Watsons are astonished when they answer their front door to find their case worker with a small boy on the doorstep. Jenson is just nine years old. He was removed from his home thirty minutes ea… OL24251962W
Skin deep Skin deep Casey Watson "Rejected by her mother and excluded by her school, Flip is a little girl desperate to be loved. 'Am I ugly, Mummy?' are the first words that little Phillipa says to Mike and Casey as she stomps into… OL24298913W
The Women Who Raised Me The Women Who Raised Me Victoria Rowell The story of a remarkable woman's rise out of the foster-care system to attain the American dream—and of the unlikely series of women who lifted her up in marvelous and distinctive ways Born as a war… OL278408W