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Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
410 pages ; 22 cm
Description
When Rev Fletcher and Emma Blue meet, they both long to share secrets, his of being abused by his birth father, hers of her parents' failing marriage and an online troll who truly frightens her.
Author
Series
David Pelzer trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
©1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
xi, 340 pages ; 19 cm
Description
This volume is the second installment of a trilogy of books which depict the life of the author, who as a young boy who was physically, emotionally, and psychologically abused by his obsessive mother. The book discusses Pelzer's struggling with his ability to fit in and adapt to the new environment around him as he is put into foster care. It also talks about the kindness of his foster parents and other people around him as well as his inability to...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
viii, 291 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"A heartrending and unforgettable memoir of an unlikely journey to parenthood through America's broken foster care system. What does it take to keep a child safe? As a long-time strategist and activist fighting for better outcomes for foster children, Mark Daley thought he had the answer. But when Ethan and Logan, an adorable infant and a precocious toddler, entered into their lives, Mark and his husband Jason quickly realized they were not remotely...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
321 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
The Blythes are a big, warm, rambunctious family who live on a small farm and sometimes foster children. Now Prez has come to live with them. But, though he seems cheerful and helpful, he never says a word. Then one day Prez answers the door to someone claiming to be his relative. This small, loud stranger carries a backpack, walks with a swagger and goes by the name of Sputnik. As Prez dithers on the doorstep, Sputnik strolls right past him and introduces...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Willa and Mason, two teens who are unceremoniously dragged to Salem, Massachusetts for the summer, meet and help each other figure out their places in the world.
Willow has never felt like she belonged anywhere and is convinced that the only way to find a true home is to travel the world. But her plans to act on her dream are put on hold when her aloof and often absent mother drags Willow to Salem, Massachusetts, to wrap up the affairs of an aunt...
Author
Series
David Pelzer trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
Description
Dave Pelzer's astonishing, disturbing account of his early years describes one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. This book has spent over 175 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list and was also nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Dave was in first grade when his unstable alcoholic mother began attacking him. Until he was in fifth grade, she starved, beat and psychologically ravaged her son. Eventually denying even his...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 15
Formats
Description
"All those years you tried your best to break me, and I'm still here. One day you'll see, I'm going to make something of myself." These words were Dave Pelzer's declaration of independence to his mother, and they represented the ultimate act of self-reliance. Dave's father never intervened as his mother abused him with shocking brutality. But even after he was rescued, his life remained haunted by memories of his years as the bruised, cowering "It"...
Author
Series
Katie Parker production volume 1
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
273 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
Soon after moving to a small Texas town, fifteen-year-old Katie Parker's rebelliousness complicates her life at home and school, but when she is accused of vandalism, she finds hope through a new friendship, involvement in a play, and her foster family's faith in God and her.
51) Mountain dog
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
215 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
When his mother is sent to jail in Los Angeles, eleven-year-old Tony goes to live with his forest ranger great-uncle in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where Tony experiences unconditional love for the first time through his friendship with a rescue dog.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Molly Ayer has been in foster care since she was eight years old. Most of the time, Molly knows it's her attitude that's the problem, but after being shipped from one family to another, she's had her fair share of adults treating her like an inconvenience. So when Molly's forced to help an elderly woman clean out her attic for community service, Molly is wary. Just another adult to treat her like a troublemaker. But from the very moment they meet,...
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