foster home care

A sixteen-year-old foster child becomes a Christian while uncovering a mystery involving a swimming accident, a locked bedroom, and a tense reunion with her mother.

After being abandoned, thirteen-year-old Ronnie Hartman tries to connect with her new foster parent, but trouble at school and a letter from her mother interfere with her relationship with the woman who wants to adopt her.

Thirteen-year-old Baby feels torn between her childhood and the adult life she lives on the streets, and when a local pimp tries to coerce Baby into prostitution, she finds herself caught in a volatile situation even her heroin-addicted father can't ignore.

Chronicles the author's two-year investigation of foster care in America, presenting the stories of five children raised within the system and sharing their moments of despair and triumph.

Chad doesn't think his new foster family will be any better than the others, but after getting to know them during a summer at the Cape and after meeting a stray cat, he begins to change his mind.

The Clues Kids try to find out whether there really is a ghost in the spooky house known as Shockly Manor.

While searching for a bike thief, the Clues Kids, five foster children living with Chief Klink and his wife, investigate the suspicious activities at a local pizza parlor.

When her mother died in a fire, eight-year-old Jerri thought life couldn't get worse. She was wrong. Sent to live with people who didn't want her, Jerri was powerless to stop her once-happy childhood from becoming a nightmare of cruelty and neglect. Only a stubborn belief in her own worth and a fierce will to live allowed her to reach adulthood physically and emotionally intact. This is a book that will inspire not only those who have been orphans or foster children, but anyone who has known the pain of being unwanted. - Back cover.