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When a woman murders a former lover and is imprisoned for life, her daughter must navigate a new reality--that of a series of foster homes, each its own universe, each with its own limits and dangers.
A Los Angeles girl whose mother goes to jail is taken in hand by the city's foster-care program and the novel describes her experience in a series of homes, each a new adventure.
Astrid is the only child of a single mother, Ingrid, a brilliant, obsessed...
3) What I carry
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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"In her final year in foster care, seventeen-year-old Muir tries to survive her senior year before aging out of the system"--
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
©2013.
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IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Secretly providing for himself and a beloved grandfather who is succumbing to dementia, young Arlo is placed in the care of a social worker and runs away to find and connect with his only other family member.
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Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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"Steve was only a toddler when his babysitter jotted down these fateful words: 'This little boy doesn't have a chance in the world.' But, despite years of being abandoned, neglected, and forgotten, Steve discovers an unexpected strength to endure and a fierce determination to find his real family and to create a new life for himself. A stirring account of courage, hope, and victory, A Chance in the World is the extraordinary story of what is possible...
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Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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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.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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A CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR BOOK. Meet Caleb and Bobby Gene, two brothers embarking on a madcap, heartwarming, one-thing-leads-to-another adventure, for fans of As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds, Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina, Front Desk by Kelly Yang, and One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia. Friendships are forged, loyalties are tested . . . and miracles just might happen. Caleb Franklin and his big brother Bobby Gene are excited to...
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Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"I'm here to take you to live with your father. In Tokyo, Japan! Happy birthday!" In the Land of the Rising Sun, where high culture meets high kitsch, and fashion and technology are at the forefront of the First World's future, the foreign-born teen elite attend ICS-the International Collegiate School of Tokyo. Their accents are fluid. Their homes are ridiculously posh. Their sports games often involve a (private) plane trip to another country. They...
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