foster children

A collection of eleven essays that address issues associated with the foster care system including the history of foster care in America and questions concerning whether or not grandparents should be considered as foster parents.

Describes the experiences of a young boy in the foster care system. Includes a glossary of terms and a detailed explanation of how foster care works.

During World War II, Felicity Bathburn is living in Bottlebay, Maine, with her eccentric relatives and their foster child Derek, whom she has grown to love, but when a man claiming to be Derek's true father arrives and starts asking all sorts of strange questions Felicity becomes suspicious of his motives.

Simple text and photographs offer an introduction to foster families and describe how family members interact with one another.