Foster Children

Fostered (or "looked-after") children as usually wards of their state or country who have been removed from the care of their biological parents. This can be a short-term temporary removal (e.g. respite care), or a longer permanent solution. It is intended to be focused on the needs of the child. Some foster children return to their biological parents, others are adopted, and many more remain within their state/country's care system. ...more

The Language of Flowers
Touch Blue
Neil Armstrong is My Uncle and Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me
White Oleander
Demon Copperhead
Bring on the Blessings (Blessings, #1)
Orphan Train
The Lost Boy (Dave Pelzer #2)
One for the Murphys
The Season of Styx Malone
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
After Tupac and D Foster
Foster
Where the Dead Sit Talking
Ginny Moon
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Orphans
719 books — 237 voters
In Our Mothers' House by Patricia PolaccoHome at Last by Vera B. WilliamsWe Belong Together by Todd ParrA Mother for Choco by Keiko KaszaMy New Mom & Me by Renata Galindo
Adoption and Foster Care Picture Books
128 books — 43 voters

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Kids in Foster Care
391 books — 174 voters


Charlena E. Jackson
My wings were clipped, but they grew back. However, they have been clipped again, and the process will continue until I free myself from my past.
Charlena E. Jackson, Pinwheels and Dandelions

Charlena E. Jackson
Dear Lotus Flower, Just like you, my roots were always latched in the mud. I envied you because you were in the dark, murky water only at night—when the daylight arose, you bloomed. Unlike you, I was submerged in nasty water every day and night, but the light abandoned me. Came the morning light, and somehow miraculously, you rebloomed, sparkling, and so clean. I sort of bloomed at night with the moonlight and stars. However, the next morning I wasn’t so lucky because the morning light was nowh ...more
Charlena E. Jackson, Pinwheels and Dandelions

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