Somebody Elses Kids

Author : Torey Hayden
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007258801
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Somebody Else's Kids written by Torey Hayden and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2007 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Sunday Times bestsellers One Child and Ghost Girl comes a heartbreaking story of one teacher's determination to turn a chaotic group of damaged children into a family.

Author : John Hubner
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595300782
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Somebody Else's Children written by John Hubner and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-10 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the narrative force of an epic novel and the urgency of first-rate investigative journalism, this important book delves into the daily workings and life-or-death decisions of a typical American family court system. It provides an intimate look at the lives of the parents and children whose fate it decides. A must for social workers and social work students, attorneys, judges, foster parents, law students, child advocates, teachers, journalists and anyone who cares about our nation's children.

Author : Torey Hayden
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 038059949X
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Somebody Else's Kids written by Torey Hayden and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1982-08-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Were all just somebody else's kids . . . " A small seven-year-old boy who couldn't speak except to repeat weather forecasts and other people's words . . . A beautiful little girl of seven who had been brain damaged by terrible parental beatings and was so ashamed because she couldn't learn to read . . . A violently angry ten-year-old who had seen his stepmother murder his father and had been sent from one foster home to another . . . A shy twelve-year-old from a Catholic school which put her out when she became pregnant . . . "What do we matter?" "Why do you care?" They were four problem children-put in Torey Hayden's class because no one else knew what to do with them. Together, with the help of a remarkable teacher who cared too much to ever give up, they became almost a family, able to give each other the love and understanding they had found nowhere else.

Author : Nancy Woodruff
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743212061
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Someone Else's Child written by Nancy Woodruff and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-07-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From debut novelist Nancy Woodruff comes this chilling and beautifully wrought story of forgiveness, renewal, and the ever-elusive second chance. When fifteen-year-old Matt and his family move from Oregon to an affluent Connecticut suburb, the fact that he is home-schooled brands him as more than an outsider -- he is a town oddity. Just when he seems to have made inroads into the closed social circuit, just when he is embraced by a trio of teenage girls and feels his life might be changing for the better, he is responsible for a devastating car crash that leaves two of the girls dead. Tara isn't in the car with her best friends. Instead, she's by her mother Jennie's bedside as she gives birth to a baby girl. While Jennie and her husband Chris mourn Tara's friends, and try to make sense of their eldest daughter's loss and their own new baby, a pervasive sense of blame begins to rain down on Matt. Jennie knows the community's reaction will surely ruin Matt's life. But when she reaches out to him, hiring him to work for her high school reunion company for the summer, Jennie suddenly finds herself vilified as well. In the face of community and family derision, both imagined and real, physical and emotional, Jennie and Matt soon find themselves in solidarity. As their attachment grows, Jennie realizes that she is bound to Matt by more than just compassion -- that the broken child she sought to save is, somehow, reviving her. Someone Else's Child is a deeply moving story of guilt and forgiveness, despair and hope, and the intricacies of love and responsibility. In rich and unforgettable prose, Nancy Woodruff masterfully explores the fraying loyalties that can turn our world upside down in the face of tragedy.

Author : Jean Little
Publisher : Penguin Global
ISBN 13 : 9780670044665
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Somebody Else's Summer written by Jean Little and published by Penguin Global. This book was released on 2005 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wise, tender, and funny summer adventure story from one of Canada's most beloved writers for children. On a flight from Vancouver to Toronto, two girls meet, forming an unlikely friendship. Tall, athletic Samantha is going to spend the summer with a family friend while her father is in South America. Alexis, a shy girl who likes books, is being sent to a horse farm to learn how to ride while her mother and stepfather are travelling in Australia. As they talk, Sam and Alex realize they'd each rather be doing what the other is: Sam's elderly hostess runs a bookshop, and the family Alex is staying with is young and boisterous. By the time their flight lands in Toronto, the girls have hatched their plot. They're going to trade places for the summer. After all, the people they're going to visit have never met them, and their own parents are far away and hard to contact. But will they manage to pull it off? For how long? And with what consequences?

Author : Ellen Wittlinger
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1607349957
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Someone Else's Shoes written by Ellen Wittlinger and published by Charlesbridge Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tackling divorce and suicide with a warmth and sensitive humor that refuses to be weighed down, Someone Else's Shoes chronicles a road trip that unites three young people in search of family and acceptance. Fans of Sharon Draper, Jo Knowles and Counting by Sevens will be moved by this tale of what brings us together when things fall apart. Twelve-year-old Izzy, a budding stand-up comic, is already miserable about her father's new marriage and the new baby on the way. Then ten-year-old cousin Oliver and his father, Uncle Henderson, move in with Izzy and her mom because Oliver's mother committed suicide only a few months ago. And to make matters worse, Ben, the rebellious 16-year-old son of Izzy's mother's boyfriend, winds up staying with them, too. But when Uncle Henderson--who has been struggling with depression after his wife's suicide--disappears, Ben, Izzy, and Oliver set aside their differences and hatch a plan to find him. As the threesome travels in search of Henderson, they find a surrogate family in each other.

Author : Rachel Bateman
Publisher : Running Press Kids
ISBN 13 : 0762462213
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Someone Else's Summer written by Rachel Bateman and published by Running Press Kids. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Julie Halpern and Morgan Matson comes a summer road trip story about adventure, sisters, and finding out who you truly want to be. Anna's always idolized her older sister, Storm. So when Storm dies in a tragic car accident on the night of her high school graduation, Anna is completely lost and her family is torn apart. That is, until she finds Storm's summer bucket list and decides to honor her sister by having the best summer ever--which includes taking an epic road trip to the coast from her sleepy Iowa town. Setting out to do everything on Storm's list along with her sisters best friend Cameron--the boy next door--who knew that Storm's dream summer would eventually lead to Anna's own self-discovery?

Author : Michael Platt
Publisher : Changemakers
ISBN 13 : 9781913520687
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Do Something for Someone Else written by Michael Platt and published by Changemakers. This book was released on 2022-05-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet kids - just like you - whose small acts of kindness are changing the lives of others. Learn about the work they do and discover how the future of our world starts here... with you. Features a how-to-help section, with simple steps to inspire young readers to take action at home and at school.

Author : Eleanor Morrison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999890806
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book C Is for Consent written by Eleanor Morrison and published by . This book was released on 2018-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A children's board book about respecting body boundaries. Teaches babies, toddlers, and thoughtful parents that it is okay for kids to say no to hugs and kisses, and that what happens to a person's body is up to them. Inspired by the #MeToo movement, written by a mom, illustrated by a feminist artist, and successfully crowdfunded on Kickstarter. Follows recommendations by child experts about allowing kids to decide when and how to offer affection to others. Helps young kids grow up confident in their bodies, comfortable with expressing physical boundaries, and respectful of the boundaries of others.

Author : Elizabeth Brundage
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780670019007
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Somebody Else's Daughter written by Elizabeth Brundage and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having grown up in a privileged environment, private school student Willa witnesses the tragic collision between the private difficulties of her biological and adoptive families, a situation that is further challenged by the indiscretions of her headmaster and a feminist sculptor's reckless affair. 60,000 first printing.