A House Between Home: Youth in the Foster Care System
Publisher
Mason Crest
Publication Year
2008
ISBN
9781422204191
Pages
127 pages
Genre
nonfiction
Format
full length
Item Type
Nonfiction
Annotation
Discusses the laws that govern the foster care system, the newest and most innovative programs available today and provides an overview of the history of foster care, including the orphan trains and the British home children.
Grade Level
9-12
Lexile Measure
1010L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Foster care; Family violence; foster children; foster home; foster family; abuse; abusive mother; child neglect
Main Character
male child; female child
Race/Ethnicities
multiple
Family Formation
foster mother and father
Keywords
family life; foster system; Orphan Trains; social services; social worker; laws
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Libal, Joyce, "A House Between Home: Youth in the Foster Care System" (2008). Diverse Families. 467.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/467