On their own : what happens to kids when they age out of the foster care system?
Title:
On their own : what happens to kids when they age out of the foster care system?
Author:
Shirk, Martha.
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Publication Information:
[New York] : Basic Books, [2004]
©2004
Physical Description:
x, 326 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
On their own in a world of unknowns -- A tale of three brothers : Jermaine, Jeffrey and Lamar Williams, Brooklyn, New York -- "I know that I'm not alone" : Holly Moffett, Boston, Massachusetts -- "All my life, I had prayed for a family" : Alfonso Torres, Pembroke Pines, Florida -- "I never want to sleep on the street" : Raquel Tolston, San Francisco, California -- "If I'd been tougher" : Casey-Jack Kitos, Lawrence, Kansas -- "I was tired of living that life" : Monica Romero, San Antonio, Texas -- Mentally retarded, mentally ill, and on his own : Reggie Kelsey, Des Moines, Iowa -- "There is life after abuse" : Giselle John, Brooklyn, New York -- What we must do.
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ISBN:
9780465077663
Format :
Book
