Johnson, Anna Rose
Summary: "Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a mysterious family of lighthouse- keepers -- and, she hopes, to find the legendary necklace her father spent his life seeking."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC JOHKline, Christina Baker
Summary: Molly Ayer has been in foster care since she was eight years old. Most of the time, Molly knows it's her attitude that's the problem, but after being shipped from one family to another, she's had her fair share of adults treating her like an inconvenience. So when Molly's forced to help an elderly woman clean out her attic for community service, Molly is wary. Just another adult to treat her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KLIWoodson, Jacqueline.
Summary: 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. A companion to the Woodson's other book entitled: Locomotion
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC WOOWeir, Ivy Noelle
Summary: In this modern retelling, Anne is fostered into the West Philly home of siblings Marilla and Matthew, and while she initially has a hard time at school, she ends up joining the robotics team and competes for a spot in an elite STEM program.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 WEILupica, Mike
Summary: Since his mother's death, Jayson, twelve, has focused on basketball and surviving but he is found out and placed with an affluent foster family of a different race, and must learn to accept many changes, including facing his former teammates in a championship game.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD LUPLupica, Mike
Summary: Since his mother's death, Jayson, twelve, has focused on basketball and surviving but he is found out and placed with an affluent foster family of a different race, and must learn to accept many changes, including facing his former teammates in a championship game.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: Eleven-year-old December waits to sprout wings and fly away, until a new foster mother changes her perspective on home and family.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2019