foster children

When Olivia, a sixteen-year-old computer whiz and foster child, meets Z, a mysterious guy at her new school, she is brought into his team of hacker elite and begins to engage in criminal activity.

Discusses the foster care system and a number of challenges the children face.

Contains articles in which teens who have spent time in foster care share what it is like to be separated from their biological parents and siblings, and discuss the emotional challenges of being reunited with family members.

At the death of their mother, the three little girls- at ages five, six, and almost eight - are taken from their father to become wards of the state.

Explains why children must sometimes live in foster care, stressing the importance of children and the need for them to be safe.

Tasha Jones is an innocent pre-teen, held in a world gone wrong. Stuck in the foster care system, she deals with the struggles of adolescence, a parent on drugs and the perils of life for the unpopular, neglected and abused. Through embarrassments and disappointments, she rises each day to face what life has in store for her and her older sister KK-- a tough, street-smart teen who loves her little sister as much as she's able and does whatever it takes to keep the family together.

Tells the stories of ten young people who were raised in the foster care system, discussing what happened to them after they turned eighteen and were no longer eligible for the benefits of family or government support, and offers suggestions on how best to respond to the needs of these new adults.

Eleven-year-old Gilly Hopkins has had to change foster homes many times and longs for the day when her mother, Courtney, finally comes for her.