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After taking a few weeks off work, Casey is presented with a new foster child: 14-year-old Elise, whose Mum left her at just five-years-old.
At first, she's no trouble at all, that is until she falsely accuses another carer, Jan, of acting inappropriately towards her. It turns out this isn't the first lie Elise has told — her previous carer was constantly following up allegations Elise had made of people bullying her, trying to have sex with her,...
782) The Adopted Teen Workbook: Develop Confidence, Strength, and Resilience on the Path to Adulthood
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Written for teens who were adopted, this compassionate workbook will help give you the strength, resilience, and confidence you need to thrive-now and on into adulthood. If you're like many other adopted teens, you may wonder about your birth family. You may question why you were given up. And you may even grapple with feelings of isolation, abandonment, and broken trust. These feelings are valid and deserve to be addressed. This workbook is designed...
783) Taken: Part 2 of 3
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Experienced foster care, Rosie Lewis, takes on the heart-breaking case of Megan, a baby born with a drug addiction and a cleft palate. Addicted to drugs from birth because of her mother's substance abuse during pregnancy, newborn Megan is taken into Rosie's loving care. Rosie is supposed to help Megan find her new permanent home, but it turns out that Megan has already found her 'forever mummy' in Rosie. Rosie grows incredibly attached to Megan and...
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At last, after sixty years of adoption profiteering, these narratives paint a true portrait of adoption--from the back door--by those most affected. This collection, compiled by Korean adoptees, serves as a tribute to transracially adopted people sent all over the world. It has been hailed to be the first book to give Korean adoptees the opportunity to speak freely since the pioneering of intercountry adoption after the Korean War. If you were adopted,...
785) A Dark Secret
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Just when Casey thinks her foster care duties are done, she's asked to look after Sam, a troubled nine-year-old with a violent streak who drove his previous guardians to release him of their care. It soon unfolds, however, that this is no simple case.
Determined to get to the root of Sam's behaviour, Casey is committed to uncover his mysterious past only to find out something far darker than she ever imagined...
Having recently said goodbye to their...
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After taking a few weeks off work, Casey is presented with a new foster child: 14-year-old Elise, whose Mum left her at just five years old.
At first, she's no trouble at all, that is until she falsely accuses another carer, Jan, of acting inappropriately towards her. It turns out this isn't the first lie Elise has told — her previous carer was constantly following up allegations Elise had made of people bullying her, trying to have sex with her,...
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In the late 1960's, at the age of eighteen and living far from home amidst the thriving counterculture of Ottawa, Marilyn Churley got pregnant. Like thousands of other women of the time she kept the event a secret. Faced with few options, she gave the baby up for adoption. Over twenty years later, as the Ontario NDP government's minister responsible for all birth, death, and adoption records, including those of her own child, Churley found herself...
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After taking a few weeks off work, Casey is presented with a new foster child: 14-year-old Elise, whose Mum left her at just five years old.
At first, she’s no trouble at all, that is until she falsely accuses another carer, Jan, of acting inappropriately towards her. It turns out this isn’t the first lie Elise has told – her previous carer was constantly following up allegations Elise had made of people bullying her, trying to have sex with...
789) Halfway to forever
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Forever faithful series volume 3
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c2002
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Halfway to Forever brings back two of Karen Kingsbury's favorite couples -- Waiting for Morning's Matt and Hannah, and Jade and Tanner from A Moment of Weakness -- who once again face traumatic issues. Matt and Hannah risk losing another daughter as they invest their emotions in a risky adoption, and Tanner dreads losing Jade when brain cancer threatens her first pregnancy. Kingsbury's latest heart-wringing novel tells of two familiar, beloved couples...
790) Holly & Ivy
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When Melody's neighbor, Nina, learns that her illness has returned, Melody promises to keep Nina's kids, Holly & Ivy, together. To adopt the children, she must renovate her new fixer-upper, which she does with the help of contractor, Adam.
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Angie, 6, and her sister, Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive at Cathy's house, having been taken from their home by social workers, after their older half-sister, Ashleigh, accuses their father of raping her. Cathy tries to comfort the girls, but they want their mummy and daddy, and are inconsolable for days. They appear to have been well looked after and the family has never come to the attention of the social services before. However,...
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'I'm so sorry, Casey,' my link worker John said, sounding weary. 'I know this is probably the worst time I could ring you, but we desperately need someone to take a child tonight.' It's the night before Christmas when Casey and Mike get the call. A twelve year old girl, stuck between a rock and a hard place. Her father is on a ventilator, fighting for his life, while her mother is currently on remand in prison. Despite claiming she attacked him in...
793) Robin Robin
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A classic picture book inspired by the new animated Christmas musical special, which will stream worldwide from November 2021.
A heartwarming and humorous, action-packed story with themes of diversity, community, inclusion and acceptance.
Written by the directors of the film with beautiful artwork from the illustrator of Margaret's Unicorn.
Publication timed ahead of the Netflix worldwide release which streams to over 158-million subscribers in 190-countries...
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When what you believe turns out to be a lie, how far will you go for the truth?
"Just go home and pretend it never happened," is the advice given to 17-year-old Selimah as she departs a Los Angeles home for unwed mothers where she's been forced to give up her newborn baby for adoption. It's 1967, the Summer of Love, and outside the cloistered home, Selimah discovers an insurgence is taking place. Backlash to the archaic values that made her a prisoner...
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Part 3 of 3 Finding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking online. When Stevie's social worker tells Cathy, an experienced foster carer, that Stevie, 14, is gender fluid she isn't sure what that term means and looks it up. Stevie, together with his younger brother and sister, have been brought up by their grandparents as their mother is in prison. But the grandparents can no longer cope with Stevie's behaviour...
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In this real-life Mr. Mom-meets-Baby-Yoda story that will make you both laugh and cry, newborn baby Ethan chooses his self-involved, immature father Jeff as his caregiver and, in his short ten years of life, helps Jeff come of age and find happiness while together they grapple with major health challenges and a difficult social environment.
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Lara was seven when her birth mother died from a drug overdose. With no extended family to look after her, she was put into foster care. The care system failed Lara and now she is failing her son. Lara and her one-year-old son, Arthur, are brought to experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, by their social worker. Lara has fled an abusive relationship and Arthur has suspected non-accidental injuries. Cathy must monitor Lara whenever she is with her...
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'I'm so sorry, Casey,' my link worker John said, sounding weary. 'I know this is probably the worst time I could ring you, but we desperately need someone to take a child tonight.' It's the night before Christmas when Casey and Mike get the call. A twelve year old girl, stuck between a rock and a hard place. Her father is on a ventilator, fighting for his life, while her mother is currently on remand in prison. Despite claiming she attacked him in...
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Finding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking online.
When Stevie's social worker tells Cathy, an experienced foster carer, that Stevie, 14, is gender fluid she isn't sure what that term means and looks it up.
Stevie, together with his younger brother and sister, have been brought up by their grandparents as their mother is in prison. But the grandparents can no longer cope with Stevie's behavior...
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Lynn watched her beloved Clare, newly adopted from Haiti, crawl the house in a frantic search for her lost mother.
Preschool Clare enchanted with belly laughs and shining smiles. Also, thrashed and wailed in her room as Lynn crouched on her own bed-pillow clutched over her head-her past trauma triggered. A pre-teen trip to Haiti brought sunshine, ruby red hibiscus blooms, and the music of Haitian Creole. Back at home, Clare shattered mirrors into...
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