foster children

Red, a quirky, headstrong ten-year-old, longs to live in her own perfect paradise for away from her annoying foster family. But when a UFO mistakenly kidnaps her, Red finds herself farther away than she could have possibly imagined - across the galaxy and aboard an enormous spaceship owned by the Aquilari, an ancient creature with a taste for rare and unusual treasures.

Abandoned by his unknown father, neglected by his mother, Alton Carter is a product of foster homes and a boy's ranch-home. As the second of five children he endured a childhood full of violence, hunger, and isolation. But he never gave up, standing up to abusive relatives and sibling and cousin bullies. He always kept an eye out for those he encountered who might help him along the way to his goal : a normal life. And through sheer determination he got it. A former police officer he is now director of youth ministries for a methodist church.

Ana has three choices: One, stay with abusive foster parents. Two, expose them and risk being separated from her sister. Or three, join the Contest, win the prize money, and escape together. No matter what, the odds are against her.

When Prince Cedric of Caelum, his fellow royals, and his betrothed, Kat, find themselves stranded in modern-day Los Angeles, they meet Liv, a filmmaker foster girl who just wants out of the system and to move on with her life.

Fifteen-year-old orphan Ana Cortez has just blown her last chance with a foster family. It's a group home next--unless she agrees to leave East Los Angeles for a farm trainee program in Northern California. When she first arrives, Ana can't tell a tomato plant from a blackberry bush, and Emmett Garber is skeptical that this slight city girl can be of any help on his farm. His sister Abbie, however, thinks Ana might be just what they need. Ana comes to love Garber Farm, and even Emmett has to admit that her hard work is an asset. But when she inadvertently stirs up trouble in town, Ana is afraid she might have ruined her last chance at finding a place to belong.

Dani Lancaster, who only knew her biological father, Sam, for six weeks, uses the few clues he left her to seek out his origins--for he was a foundling who grew up in foster care--and makes her way to a small, dying town in British Columbia.