288 books
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62 voters
Foster Care Books
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Three Little Words (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.20 — 17,529 ratings — published 2008
One for the Murphys (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.33 — 33,874 ratings — published 2012
The Language of Flowers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.09 — 232,899 ratings — published 2011
Orphan Train (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.20 — 464,262 ratings — published 2013
Another Place at the Table (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,640 ratings — published 2003
Fighting Words (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.63 — 13,894 ratings — published 2020
To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 50 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.01 — 3,499 ratings — published 2013
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.47 — 795,746 ratings — published 2022
The Great Gilly Hopkins (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as foster-care)
avg rating 3.85 — 23,512 ratings — published 1978
Orbiting Jupiter (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 41 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.23 — 58,268 ratings — published 2015
The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.44 — 6,085 ratings — published 2007
White Oleander (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.00 — 366,652 ratings — published 1999
Pictures of Hollis Woods (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.03 — 30,630 ratings — published 2002
The Lost Boy (Dave Pelzer #2)
by (shelved 36 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.12 — 72,112 ratings — published 1997
Far from the Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.24 — 49,354 ratings — published 2017
What I Carry (Library Binding)
by (shelved 24 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.21 — 7,234 ratings — published 2020
Forever, or a Long, Long Time: A Moving Middle Grade Novel About Adoption, Trust, and Love That Multiplies for Children (Ages 8-12)
by (shelved 24 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.38 — 2,420 ratings — published 2017
Damaged (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.28 — 19,299 ratings — published 2007
Counting by 7s (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.14 — 87,514 ratings — published 2013
One Small Boat: The Story of a Little Girl, Lost Then Found (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,344 ratings — published 2006
Before We Were Yours (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.40 — 726,741 ratings — published 2017
Cut: The True Story of an Abandoned, Abused Little Girl Who Was Desperate to Be Part of a Family (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.31 — 7,484 ratings — published 2008
Maybe Days: A Book for Children in Foster Care (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.40 — 303 ratings — published 2001
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.14 — 460,907 ratings — published 1995
The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,120 ratings — published 2024
All the Impossible Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,708 ratings — published 2019
The Lost Children of Wilder: The Epic Struggle to Change Foster Care (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.16 — 495 ratings — published 2001
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.35 — 281,155 ratings — published 2014
Reframing Foster Care (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.49 — 494 ratings — published
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,426,276 ratings — published 2017
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.58 — 41,682 ratings — published 2007
Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.32 — 25,020 ratings — published 2013
Mummy Told Me Not to Tell (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.38 — 6,158 ratings — published 2010
Locomotion (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.02 — 7,372 ratings — published 2003
And Then, Boom! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.60 — 3,723 ratings — published 2024
Fostered: One Woman’s Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,897 ratings — published
Almost Home (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.22 — 9,364 ratings — published 2012
Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.04 — 122,896 ratings — published 2012
On Their Own: What Happens to Kids When They Age Out of the Foster Care System (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.02 — 220 ratings — published 2004
Something Like Home (Library Binding)
by (shelved 14 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.27 — 2,859 ratings — published 2023
Foster the Family: Encouragement, Hope, and Practical Help for the Christian Foster Parent (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.72 — 1,485 ratings — published
The Connected Parent: Real-Life Strategies for Building Trust and Attachment (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.53 — 1,718 ratings — published 2020
A Family Is a Family Is a Family (Who We Are)
by (shelved 14 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,520 ratings — published 2016
Tiny Prisoners (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.52 — 3,570 ratings — published 2016
The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.49 — 115,537 ratings — published 2015
Foster (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.31 — 165,143 ratings — published 2010
Bud, Not Buddy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as foster-care)
avg rating 3.97 — 115,191 ratings — published 1999
Darling Girls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as foster-care)
avg rating 3.99 — 214,918 ratings — published 2024
Lasagna Means I Love You (Library Binding)
by (shelved 13 times as foster-care)
avg rating 4.38 — 2,462 ratings — published 2023
Watch Over Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as foster-care)
avg rating 3.83 — 13,761 ratings — published 2020
“Kalton Harris says it's pretty common for young men like Dontay to drop out of programs designed to help them. All the barriers to good jobs, and all the other barriers that exist out in the world outside the program, are part of the reason, he says, but there is another: they have been deeply hurt at a young age, and they don't know how to deal with it.”
― We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
― We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
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