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63) Annie
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Annie is a young, happy foster kid who's also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014. Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they'd be back for her someday, it's been a hard knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan. But everything's about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks, advised by his brilliant VP, Grace and Guy, makes a thinly-veiled...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Lexile measure
890L
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Aniyah and her little brother Noah find themselves living in foster care after the sudden disappearance of their mom, but with her life in disarray, Aniyah knows just one thing for sure--her mom is not gone forever.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Theatrical version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Esther's terrifying saga continues in this thrilling prequel to the original and shocking horror hit 'Orphan.' After orchestrating a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Esther travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. Yet, an unexpected twist arises that pits her against a mother who will protect her family from the murderous 'child' at any cost.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Pavi teaches other foster children how to navigate the system, so when she learns a young girl is being placed with a terrible foster family, she recruits friends to help save her.
Author
Publisher
Bolden, an Agate imprint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
241 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"After years of jumping from one fleeting, often abusive home to the next, Louise meets a counselor named Jeanne Kerr. For the first time in her young life, Louise knows what it means to be seen, wanted, understood, and loved. After Kerr tries unsuccessfully to adopt Louise, the two are ripped apart-seemingly forever-and Louise continues her passage through the cold cinder-block landscape of a broken system, enduring solitary confinement, overmedication,...
70) The family tree
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A young girl grapples with the feeling of being without a people when she realizes she cannot fill out her family tree for school."--
71) Back: Season 1
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Stephen is finally taking over his father's pub, and he has a tough act to follow. His dad, Laurie, is a local hero. At least he was, until he died. There's only one problem: Stephen is a loser. And when the charismatic Andrew turns up at Laurie's funeral, Stephen's anxiety strikes. Andrew claims the short time he spent fostered by Stephen's family was the happiest of his life. But to Stephen, Andrew is just one of 30-odd foster kids he resented during...
Author
Publisher
The RoadRunner Press
Pub. Date
[2016].
Physical Desc
208 pages ; cm.
Language
English
Description
"While still a little boy, Alton Carter walked away from his violent, drug- and alcohol-riddled childhood home believing the worst life had to offer was behind him. He was sorely mistaken. After surviving a troubled foster care system and becoming the first in his family to graduate from high school -- with a college scholarship in hand no less, he found himself at age eighteen, as so many young people do on the cusp of life: scared, lonely, and all...
Author
Series
Brothers series volume 2
Publisher
West 44 Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Lexile measure
500L
Physical Desc
70 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Brothers Victor and Isaac aren't sure how long they'll make it in their foster homes. Isaac is comfortable around his foster parents, but afraid they'll give him up. Victor just landed a in new, crowded home with a lot of rules, and is accused of stealing. The brothers make a secret plan to run away from their foster parents and make a home of their own. Will their plan work, or will they lose everything trying?"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Out there is chaos, the collapse of society, and so much to be afraid of. All that matters is freedom. That's what Remy Blake has been taught by his survivalist father. Raised off the grid in the middle of nowhere, his own survival skills not yet honed, Remy is days shy of his eighth birthday when his father unexpectedly dies...He is found--near feral, silent, and terrified--in the small rural town of Blaire. To Anne, a nurturing mother of two adopted...
75) Etched in sand: a true story of five siblings who survived an unspeakable childhoon on Long Island
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Regina Calcaterra is a successful lawyer, New York State official, and activist. Her painful early life, however, was quite different. Regina and her four siblings survived an abusive and painful childhood only to find themselves faced with the challenges of the foster-care system and intermittent homelessness in the shadows of Manhattan and the Hamptons. Regina Calcaterra's memoir, Etched in Sand, is an inspiring and triumphant coming-of-age story...
76) Home for a while
Author
Publisher
Magination Press, an imprint of the American Psychological Association
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
32 pages
Language
English
Description
Calvin has lived in many houses that never felt like home, but Maggie, his new foster mother, helps him deal with his emotions when he misbehaves, and still offers hugs.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A brilliant, funny, generation-defining memoir about the double bind of crafting perfect adversity narratives for highly selective institutions, while fumbling through the far murkier reality of actual life in foster care and inpatient mental health treatment As a child, Emi Nietfeld was caught between a hoarder mother who got her put on antipsychotic medication, but was also the only person to believe she was exceptional, and a state system exemplified...
Author
Publisher
Legacy Lit
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"As a child, David Ambroz was raised homeless in New York City, the home of Wall Street and more than 100,000 homeless children. For David and his two siblings, their mother's diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia sets them in motion for a life of poverty, violence and instability as they travel across New York and New England seeking shelter. For eleven years, home for David means living in train stations, subway cars, 24-hour diners, and wherever...
79) Three more words
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
290 pages
Language
English
Description
Three Little Words, began as an essay, which won a writing contest for high school students, and was published in The New York Times Magazine. In the sequel to the New York Times bestselling memoir Three Little Words, Ashley Rhodes-Courter expands on life beyond the foster care system, the joys and heartbreak with a family she?s created, and her efforts to make peace with her past.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
x, 353 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A modern take on the classic coming-of-age novel, inspired by Anne of Green Gables In the grand tradition of Anne of Green Gables, Bridget Jones's Diary, and The Three Weissmanns of Westport, Andi Teran's captivating debut novel offers a contemporary twist on a beloved classic. Fifteen-year-old orphan Ana Cortez has just blown her last chance with a foster family. It's a group home next-unless she agrees to leave East Los Angeles for a farm trainee...
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