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Flora and her brother, Julian, don't believe they were born. They've lived in so many foster homes, they can't remember where they came from. And even now that they've been adopted, Flora still struggles to believe in forever. So along with their new mother, Flora and Julian begin a journey to go back and discover their past -- for only then can they really begin to build their future.
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English
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Through letters to his little sister, who is living in a different foster home, sixth-grader Lonnie, also known as "Locomotion," keeps a record of their lives while they are apart, describing his own foster family, including his foster brother who returns home after losing a leg in the Iraq War.
5) Locomotion
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English
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Inspired by his teacher, eleven-year-old Lonnie begins to write about his life in a series of poems in which he discusses his feelings about his friends, his foster mom, his little sister Lili, and the death of his parents.
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Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
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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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Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Seventeen-year-old Jocelyn follows clues apparently from her dead twin, Jack, in and around Seale House, the terrifying foster home where they once lived, and with help from childhood friend Noah she begins to uncover the truth about Jack's death and the company that employed him and Noah.
10) Just look up
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Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"After receiving devastating news about her brother, Chicago interior designer Lane Kelley reluctantly returns to Harbor Point, Michigan. Ex-soldier and successful renovator Ryan Brooks is thrilled to see Lane again, but he soon discovers that she's not the same woman he once loved. Can they overcome secrets from the past--and Lane's ambition--to find romance?"--