foster children

Eight-year-old Jennifer Jordan-Wong describes her adoption by a family after four years of living as a foster child with many different families.

Provides information about what foster care is and presents questions that a teenager in foster care would need answered by a specialist. Includes myths about foster care and discusses the emotions that foster children experience. Includes photos, a glossary, an index, and information about foundations and organizations dealing with foster care.

Explains why one goes to a foster home, who foster parents are, what to do if things don't work out, and other matters regarding foster care.

A collection of eleven essays that address issues associated with the foster care system including the history of foster care in America and questions concerning whether or not grandparents should be considered as foster parents.

Describes the experiences of a young boy in the foster care system. Includes a glossary of terms and a detailed explanation of how foster care works.

During World War II, Felicity Bathburn is living in Bottlebay, Maine, with her eccentric relatives and their foster child Derek, whom she has grown to love, but when a man claiming to be Derek's true father arrives and starts asking all sorts of strange questions Felicity becomes suspicious of his motives.

Simple text and photographs offer an introduction to foster families and describe how family members interact with one another.