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Author
Publisher
namelos
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
1 online resource (172 p.)
Language
English
Description
"Walter, namesake of Sir Walter Scott and a rat that can read, lives in the home of Miss Amanda Pomeroy, a celebrated writer of children's books. Walter corresponds Miss Pomeroy, bringing the two together as friends. This is a sophisticated and quiet contemplation of the relationship between writers and readers."--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Calla Hammond has always been a loner-a product of the foster system and avoided by others because of a skin condition. When doctors discover her immune system holds the key to curing cancer, she struggles to advance lifesaving research in a world that sees her only as a means to an end. Yet along the way, Calla gains the one thing she has always longed for: a chosen family. When a group of unscrupulous people join forces to sell Calla's blood to...
5) The boys
Author
Language
English
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Description
"When introverted Ethan Fawcett marries Barb, he has every reason to believe he will be delivered from a lifetime of solitude. She fills his world with a sense of adventure, expanding his horizons beyond his comfortable routine. Because Ethan fears becoming a father, one day Barb brings home two young brothers, Tommy and Sam, for them to foster, and Ethan immediately falls in love with the two boys. When the pandemic hits, he becomes obsessed with...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As a teenager, Kristin Berry had heard all the horror stories surrounding foster care and adoption-abuse, neglect, rejection, anger, and misunderstandings. But instead of closing her heart, God opened it wide. This is Kristin's honest, unvarnished story of her experiences as a foster parent of twenty-three children over the course of nine years. What she learned is that living in a foster home is like living with a revolving door. You never know...
Author
Series
Deacon's family volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
A new teacher in Stoney Ridge takes on the challenge to help find homes for foster children in Lancaster County. Her effort brings hope to two young girls, but complicates her budding romance.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"Only one thing matters to Caleb O'Malley: his daughter. Framed for his wife's murder, Caleb's only wish is to see his little girl. But Noelle Whitman, his daughter's foster mother, isn't buying his plea of innocence until bullets start flying and they're running for their lives. Staying one step ahead of the real killer proves nearly impossible, but former SWAT cop Caleb will risk everything to keep them safe. Because now there is nothing more important...
9) Night road
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Language
English
Description
After a string of foster homes and the death of her heroin-addict mother, Lexi Baill is taken in by a newly discovered great-aunt who lives a spartan life near Seattle. Lexi soon meets Mia and her loving twin brother, Zach. The friendship flourishes, and Mia's mother draws Lexi into the family circle. A slowly growing attraction between Zach and Lexi begins, but then Lexi, Mia, and Zach collectively make a bad decision that results in a tragedy with...
10) Instant family
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Formats
Description
After adopting three children, a couple finds themselves in over their heads.
When Pete and Ellie choose to start a family, they stumble headfirst into the world of foster care adoption. After they learn their perfect foster child comes with two other siblings, Pete and Ellie find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight and must hilariously learn the ropes of instant parenthood if they hope to become a real family.
12) Below zero
Author
Series
Joe Pickett novels volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett's teenage daughter, Sheridan, receives a text message with a staggering implication: that April, the foster daughter thought to have died 6 years ago in a massacre, is still alive. If it really is April who's texting, she's in danger, and for Pickett, the only thing worse than losing her the first time would be losing her again. Pickett must negotiate FBI politics, recruit his fugitive friend Nate Romanowski, and take...
Author
Publisher
Mira Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
454 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
As children in foster care, Cecilia and Robin vowed they would be the sisters each had never had. Now superstar singer-songwriter Cecilia lives life on the edge, but when Robin is nearly killed in an accident, Cecilia drops everything to be with her. Robin set aside her career as a successful photojournalist to create the loving family she always yearned for. But gazing through a wide-angle lens at both past and future, she sees that her marriage...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 548 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Lux was given up for adoption at birth but has now been reunited with her birth parents, radio show host Cate and bartender Baze. The three form an unlikely family, complicated by the fact that Cate is engaged to co-host, Ryan.
Publisher
Warner Home Video [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 570 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows foster care teen Lux Cassidy, who, in hopes of gaining emancipation, tracks down her birth parents: Baze, the father who never knew she existed, and Cate, the former teen mom who put her up for adoption. But when Lux's plan backfires and a judge places her in the custody of Cate and Baze, the three must learn how to be a family.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Raised on hip-hop and foster care, defiant city kid Ricky gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside. He quickly finds himself at home with his new foster family: the loving Aunt Bella, the cantankerous Uncle Hec, and dog Tupac. When a tragedy strikes that threatens to ship Ricky to another home, both he and Hec go on the run in the bush. As a national manhunt ensues, the newly branded outlaws must face their options: go ou in a blaze of glory...
Publisher
Distributed by VCI Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Full screen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A modern day ghost story for the whole family! Teenager James Greville has lived in children's homes his whole life, so he is surprised when a Great Uncle invites him to his English country manor for a holiday. He spends most of his time alone exploring the sprawling Greville Lodge and soon discovers that the Lodge has many secrets, including doors to the west wing which have been sealed shut. One night James wakes up to find himself in front of one...
Author
Publisher
Vanguard Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
x, 323 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Separated in childhood and sent to foster homes after their neglectful mother's imprisonment, sisters Lindsay and Kerrie Ann are reunited in adulthood and help each other through the fiercest battles of their lives despite their differences.
19) First dog
Publisher
Gaiam Americas, Inc
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A foster boy is befriended by Teddy, a lost dog, who just happens to belong to the President of the United States, but nobody believes him. To prove his doubters wrong, they begin an amazing adventure across America to return the 'First Dog' to the White House.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
viii, 336 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"During a terrible heat wave in 1991--the worst in a decade--ten-year-old Anton has been locked in an apartment in the projects, alone, for seven days, without air conditioning or a fan. With no electricity, the refrigerator and lights do not work. Hot, hungry, and desperate, Anton shatters a window and climbs out. Cutting his leg on the broken glass, he is covered in blood when the police find him. Juanita, his mother, is discovered in a crack house...
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