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Social Issues: Adoption / Foster Care
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TITLE & AUTHOR
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SYNOPSIS
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Adam & Eve & Pinch-Me*
JOHNSTON, J |
15-year-old Sara Moone, abandoned at birth and shunted
from one foster home to another, finds that she cannot remain aloof from
her latest family. |
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Kim/Kimi
IRWIN, H
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Despite a warm relationship with her mother, stepfather
and half brother, 16-year-old Kim feels the need to find answers about the
Japanese American father she never knew.
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Lost Boy: A Foster Child's
Search for the Love of a Family
PELZER, D
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In the long-awaited sequel to A Child Called
"It", Dave Pelzer answers questions and reveals new
adventures through the compelling story of his life as an adolescent. Now
considered an F-Child (Foster Child), Dave suffers shame and experiences
resentment from those who feel that all foster kids are trouble and
unworthy of being loved just because they are not part of a
"real" family. Tears, laughter, devastation and hope create the
journey of this little lost boy who searches desperately for just one
thing -- the love of a family.
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Rite Of Passage
WRIGHT, R |
Johnny, a gifted 15-year-old, runs away from home when
he discovers that he's really a foster child and that the faceless city
bureaucracy is moving him to a new family. Suddenly alone on the streets,
hungry and lost, he survives with a brutal gang, fights the leader for
dominance, and helps mug a man in the park.
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White Oleander
FITCH, J |
Young Astrid is an only child with strong attachments to
her brilliant if unstable mother, Ingrid, and their idyllic life together.
Astrid's world is shattered, however, when Ingrid murders her lover after
a devastating rejection. Her life becomes a constantly changing whirlwind
of strange new faces and foster homes. |
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