Foster Parents

Foster parents are parents who take care of a fostered child, on either a short-term or long-term basis. This can be a formal legal placement or an informal one arranged between the biological and fostering parents.

The Boy on the Porch
Reason to Believe (Legacy, #1)
Counting by 7s
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Before We Were Yours
Just Like a Mama (Denene Millner Books)
Another Place at the Table
Strays Like Us
Wish Me Home
The Book Thief
Emily and Jackson Hiding Out
Twelve Days (The McRaes #1)
The Language of Hoofbeats
Hidden Girl: The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave
The Language of Flowers

Corinne Beenfield
The danger was not gone—Helen knew that. Each day spent together, the existence of this tiny charge was in her hands. It suddenly seemed the most perplexing fact of life—it was up to flawed, bruised, broken adults to bring up angels. Helen wanted to offer the child a place of safety, but no matter where Lyric went, that could not be found. Not for sure. If she stayed, they would each risk hurt, loss, and suffering. But it was no more than anyone else could offer. Helen realized, as she brushed ...more
Corinne Beenfield, The Ocean's Daughter :

Tori Hope Petersen
Being a safe person is something I've strived for. When all is said and done, I don't care to be remembered as a powerhouse. I hope to be remembered as a safe house. ...more
Tori Hope Petersen, Fostered: One Woman’s Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care

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