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More To Me
For as long as Bri can remember, it’s been the same taking care of her siblings throughout her mom’s many hangovers, breakups, and abusive habits.After fourteen years of this family dysfunction, she and her younger three siblings end up in foster care, where she battles with depression and loneliness – the very things that caused her mother to slip deeply into her alcohol addictions years ago.Bri fights with every ounce of strength she can muster, but it doesn’t matter – her family still falls apart, and she is left broken and alone.As she drifts through the unfairness of a shattered heart, Bri meets one unexpected last chance at hope. Cautious and skeptical, she slowly realizes the truth about her past.
222 pages, Paperback
Published May 1, 2018
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November 4, 2023
Fourteen-year-old Bri and her siblings are separated into foster homes after their alcoholic mother's abuse sends their little brother to the hospital.
Bri desperately wants to reunite with her siblings, but instead she bounces from one foster to another. The dream fades away as her siblings find the stability and love they need in forever homes. Bri herself struggles.
This book is a fast read, and I wanted to like it more. On the one hand, I was overwhelmed by the ever-changing cast of characters as Bri moved around, but I suppose this is a realistic experience for a child in the foster system. They probably DO all start to blend together, especially when you don't stay long.
There were a couple of moments when some deeper character development could have happened and didn't. For example, at the end, Bri finally does go into therapy, but she completely glosses over how this is helping her, just saying that it does. It makes her transformation rushed and incomplete.
Still, if you're looking for YA books about fosters, More to Me is one worth checking out.
Bri desperately wants to reunite with her siblings, but instead she bounces from one foster to another. The dream fades away as her siblings find the stability and love they need in forever homes. Bri herself struggles.
This book is a fast read, and I wanted to like it more. On the one hand, I was overwhelmed by the ever-changing cast of characters as Bri moved around, but I suppose this is a realistic experience for a child in the foster system. They probably DO all start to blend together, especially when you don't stay long.
There were a couple of moments when some deeper character development could have happened and didn't. For example, at the end, Bri finally does go into therapy, but she completely glosses over how this is helping her, just saying that it does. It makes her transformation rushed and incomplete.
Still, if you're looking for YA books about fosters, More to Me is one worth checking out.
June 20, 2018
Bri may be a young teen, but she acts as a mom to her three siblings, Chloe, Jess, and Kyle. She makes sure they’re ready and fed for school and helps them with everyday tasks. Her mother, however, is too busy drowning in alcohol and bad boyfriends to take care of her own children.
Until one day, Bri’s mother is forbidden to take care of them at all.
All four children are placed into different foster homes after the youngest sibling was abused by his drunk mother. Bri’s world comes crashing down as she deals with the loss of her mother and her siblings. She wants to fix it—to bring back her mother and mend their family.
But social services has other plans.
Bouncing from one foster home after another, Bri doesn’t latch onto a family—instead, she embraces resentment and anger.
From heartache to heartbreak, Bri must fight through her hurtful past to find love in her forever family.
I hope teens going through foster care or even the adoption process will have the opportunity to read More to Me by Saty Cornelius. There’s so much heart behind this book and its message.
I would’ve loved to have seen this book with twice the word count. I think the author could’ve easily dove into the plot lines more with the several foster families. At times, those scenes felt rushed and it was hard to remember who was whom in the earlier foster families.
This is a story of hope for those who need to hear the truth: you are beautiful and you have a purpose.
Until one day, Bri’s mother is forbidden to take care of them at all.
All four children are placed into different foster homes after the youngest sibling was abused by his drunk mother. Bri’s world comes crashing down as she deals with the loss of her mother and her siblings. She wants to fix it—to bring back her mother and mend their family.
But social services has other plans.
Bouncing from one foster home after another, Bri doesn’t latch onto a family—instead, she embraces resentment and anger.
From heartache to heartbreak, Bri must fight through her hurtful past to find love in her forever family.
I hope teens going through foster care or even the adoption process will have the opportunity to read More to Me by Saty Cornelius. There’s so much heart behind this book and its message.
I would’ve loved to have seen this book with twice the word count. I think the author could’ve easily dove into the plot lines more with the several foster families. At times, those scenes felt rushed and it was hard to remember who was whom in the earlier foster families.
This is a story of hope for those who need to hear the truth: you are beautiful and you have a purpose.
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