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Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Foster parents face a unique set of circumstances and experience a wide array of emotions that few can relate to. Their journey is one of equal parts beauty and brokenness, joy and heartache, excitement and exhaustion. There is no textbook on how to be a foster parent, no formula, no simple three-step guide. But there is hope--in God's capacity to bring great beauty out of tragic brokenness. This is the gospel--the lens through which you can filter...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Madea's neighborhood takes a turn for the worse when a foster mother moves in with her unruly kids. Suspicious activity leads Madea to take justice into her own hands. With Aunt Bam by her side, Madea uses her unique wit and wisdom for unforgettable results.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From his childhood on the streets in Uganda to his life as an adoptive and foster father and work as an international advocate for children, Peter Mutabazi's story will inspire and empower you to find hope in the midst of hardship and live out the call that God places on each of us."--
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Tori grew up in the foster care system, a biracial child with a mentally ill mother in a volatile world. And yet, even after living in twelve different foster homes with a miniscule chance of graduating college and a great risk of being homeless, jobless, and on drugs, Tori overcame every negative stereotype and assumption that attacked her idenity.
10) Strays like us
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Twelve-year-old Winifred is being fostered by the eccentric but kind Margery Dawson while her mother is dealing with addiction problems, and mostly Fred is determined not to form any attachments to anybody--until the condition of Toby, the abused dog next door, captures first her attention and then her heart, and somehow it becomes increasingly difficult to stay detached from the people who are helping her.
11) Instant family
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Pete and Ellie choose to start a family, they stumble headfirst into the world of foster care adoption. After they learn their perfect foster child comes with two other siblings, Pete and Ellie find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight and must hilariously learn the ropes of instant parenthood if they hope to become a real family.
Author
Series
House on Sunrise Lagoon volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Sam, who lives with her siblings and mothers in a house on Sunrise Lagoon, tries to come up with a plan to save the family's charter boat business before the summer is over"--
15) Nightfall
Author
Series
Keeper of the lost cities volume 6
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the battles continue, Sophie must uncover the truth about the Lost Cities' past.
16) Kings
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Millie Dunbar is a foster parent who looks after her many children in Los Angeles in 1992. After the verdict from the Rodney King Incident is revealed, the city quickly begins to descend into all-out chaos between its denizens and the police. Now, Millie must protect her children from the ensuing anarchy and erupting violence all while navigating the precarious waters of police violence and finding justice for her family.
17) Untouchable
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A man's quest to find answers for those who are haunted by the past leads him deeper into the shadows in this electrifying novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Promise Not to Tell. Quinton Zane is back. Jack Lancaster, consultant to the FBI, has always been drawn to the coldest of cold cases, the kind that law enforcement either considers unsolvable or else has chalked up to accidents or suicides. As a survivor of a fire, he finds...
18) Night road
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
After a string of foster homes and the death of her heroin-addict mother, Lexi Baill is taken in by a newly discovered great-aunt who lives a spartan life near Seattle. Lexi soon meets Mia and her loving twin brother, Zach. The friendship flourishes, and Mia's mother draws Lexi into the family circle. A slowly growing attraction between Zach and Lexi begins, but then Lexi, Mia, and Zach collectively make a bad decision that results in a tragedy with...
19) Legacy
Author
Series
Keeper of the lost cities volume 8
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Sophie Foster wants answers. But after a lifetime of lies, sometimes the truth is the most dangerous discovery. Even the smallest secret comes with terrifying new responsibilities. And Sophie's not the only one with blank spots in her past, or mysteries surrounding her family. She and her friends are part of something much bigger than they imagined--and their roles have already been chosen for them. Every clue drags them deeper into the conspiracy....
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
To foster their younger siblings, two strangers—Chloe and Warren—agree to live together and as their lives intertwine, these polar opposites realize they're far more similar than they realized and must decide if their mutual attraction is worth risking everything they've fought for.
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