Bennett, James W.                            Dakota dream                                   BEN ppb YA

After being shuttled between foster homes and institutions for most of his life, fifteen-year-old Floyd Rayfield escapes from a mental institution to a Sioux reservation, desperately seeking a family and a home.

Bowers, Laura                                    Beauty shop for rent                          YA BOW

Raised by a great-grandmother and a bunch of beauty shop buddies, fourteen-year-old Abbey resolves to overcome her unhappy childhood and disillusionment with the mother who deserted her.

Cruthcher, Chris                    Whale talk                                                      CRU YA ppb

Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students.

Haddix, Margaret                    Found   Missing:1                                                       HAD YA

When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time.

Harrar,George                       Parents wanted                                               HAR YA

Twelve-year-old Andrew, who has ADD, is adopted by new parents after years of other foster homes and desperately hopes that he will not mess up the situation.

Holland , Isabelle.     The house in the woods: a novel                                HOL ppb YA

Feeling overweight, unattractive, and unloved by her adoptive father, Bridget learns to put aside her escapist fantasies and live in the real world after uncovering the secrets of a mysterious house.

Perkins, Mitali                 First Daughter: Extreme Makeover                           PER YA

During her father's presidential campaign, sixteen-year-old Sameera Righton, who was adopted from Pakistan at the age of three, struggles with campaign staffers who want to give her a more "all-American" image and create a fake weblog in her name.

Strasser, Todd                          Boot Camp                                                                STR YA

After ignoring several warnings to stop dating his teacher, Garrett is sent to Lake Harmony, a boot camp that uses unorthodox and brutal methods to train students to obey their parents.

Nonfiction

Kaminker, Laura .Everything you need to know about being adopted                                                                                                                                             367.734 KAM YA

Sparls,Beatrice.ed. Finding Katie: the diary of Anonymous, a teenager in foster care.

                                                                                                            362.733 ppb YA

Pelzer, David J.          The lost boy: a foster child’s search for the love of a family

                                                                                                            361.76 PEL YA

Pelzer, David J.          A child called “IT”: one child’s courage to survive

362.76 PEL YA

Falke, Joe. Everything you need to know about living in a foster home 362.733 FAL YA

Gives examples of teenagers who have been sent to live with foster families, detailing some of the reasons for needing foster care, what to expect, and how to make the necessary adjustments.

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