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1) Welcome Comfort

Author

Polacco, Patricia

Pub. Date

c1999

Physical Desc

[33] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

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Welcome Comfort, a lonely foster child, is assured by his friend the school custodian that there is a Santa Claus, but he does not discover the truth until one wondrous and surprising Christmas Eve.

2) Orbiting Jupiter

Author

Schmidt, Gary D

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"Jack, 12, tells the gripping story of Joseph, 14, who joins his family as a foster child. Damaged in prison, Joseph wants nothing more than to find his baby daughter, Jupiter, whom he has never seen. When Joseph has begun to believe he'll have a future, he is confronted by demons from his past that force a tragic sacrifice"-- Joseph was a father at thirteen, but has never seen his daughter, Jupiter. He has spent time in a juvenile facility, and...

3) Where I belong

Author

Hahn, Mary Downing

Pub. Date

[2014]

Physical Desc

226 pages ; 22 cm

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"Eleven-year-old Brendan Doyle doesn't get along with his foster mother, he's failing fifth grade, and he's bullied mercilessly by a band of boys in his class. Then Brendan meets two potential friends--an eccentric old man and a girl from summer school--and he sees that there may be hope for him after all"--

4) Future shock

Author

Briggs, Elizabeth

Pub. Date

2016.

Physical Desc

265 pages ; 22 cm

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Elena, nearly aged out of the foster care system, is recruited along with four other exceptional teens for a time-travel mission that will make them rich if they survive.