foster home care

"Being placed into foster care can be a confusing experience for children. They might not understand why their parents can't care for them, and they may have trouble adjusting to life with a new family. This book shows readers what they might expect when entering foster care. The age-appropriate text provides guidance for dealing with the many emotions that come with a major life event such as meeting a new foster family. The book also touches on what to expect if a foster family situation doesn't work out"--Provided by the publisher.

Fifteen-year-old Sara Moone, abandonded at birth and shunted from one foster home to another, finds that she cannot remain aloof from her latest family.

A memoir in which Precious Williams, the daughter of a Nigerian princess, tells the story of how she was handed off at the age of three months to her foster mother, Nanny, a sixtyish white woman in Sussex, England, who could not understand the challenges Precious faced at her all-white school, discusses the criticism she endured from her mother who, on her occasional visits, said Precious had become "too white, " and explains how she was able to forge her own identity and move forward in life.

Serafina an illegal migrant worker living in California when the police catch her is sent back to Mexico--without her 3 year old daughter. Twelve years later with a pair of silver barretts her only clue to her daughter, Serafina begins a harrowing journey back across the border to find her daughter.

Eleven-year-old Maddie and her friends at East Tennessee Children's Home, learn the true secret of home and family while building a fort that becomes their own special retreat.

Through letters to his little sister, who is living in a different foster home, sixth-grader Lonnie, also known as "Locomotion," keeps a record of their lives while they are apart, describing his own foster family, including his foster brother who returns home after losing a leg in the Iraq War.

The Clues Kids, five foster children living with Chief Klink and his wife, suspect that jewel thieves are stashing their diamonds in gumball machines.

Jarrett doesn't trust Kevon. But he's got to share a room with him anyway. It was one thing when Jarrett's mom took care of foster babies who needed help. But this time it's different. This time the baby who needs help has an older brother -- a kid Jarrett's age named Kevon.Everyone thinks Jarrett and Kevon should be friends -- but that's not gonna happen. Not when Kevon's acting like he's better than Jarrett -- and not when Jarrett finds out Kevon's keeping some major secrets.Jarrett doesn't think it's fair that he has to share his room, his friends, and his life with some stranger. He's gotta do something about it -- but what? From award-winning author Coe Booth, KINDA LIKE BROTHERS is the story of two boys who really don't get along -- but have to find a way to figure it out.

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.