foster home care

This work is a look at the foster care system that examines why it is failing the kids it is supposed to protect and what can be done to change it.

Original title: Family pose. David runs away from an unhappy foster homw. He hides out at a hotel until he is found out! Will he have to go back to a foster home, or can he work something out at the hotel?.

A young half-Apache man named Edgar Mint tells his life story, in which he is run over by a car at the age of seven, suffers a stint in a boarding school for Native American orphans, and is placed in the home of a dysfunctional Mormon foster family.

David has never had a permanent home or a real friend, but when he decides to try to hatch an owl egg with the help of a classmate, his life slowly begins to change for the better.

An only child first rejects and then grows to accept and love her foster sister.

A family in Kristy's neighborhood gets a foster child, and Kristy is really excited. Lou, short for Louisa, turns out to be a real terror, and Kristy is having trouble handling her.

An eleven-year-old foster child tries to cope with her longings and fears as she schemes against everyone who tries to be friendly.

Fourteen-year-old orphan Amir, living in Syracuse, exchanges letters with his friend Doris, still living in their old Bronx neighborhood, in which they share their lives and give each other advice on friendship, family, foster care, and making decisions.

An eleven-year-old foster child tries to cope with her longings and fears as she schemes against everyone who tries to be friendly.