| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
304, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.4 12.0 119448. |
| Awards |
A Junior Library Guild selection |
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Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2009. |
| Audience |
Ages 14 up. |
| Summary |
Ashley spent nine years in foster care after being taken away from her mother. She endured many caseworkers, moving from school to school and manipulative, humiliating and abusive treatment from one foster family. See how she survives and eventually thrives against the odds. |
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"Sunshine, you're my baby and I'm your only mother. You must mind the one taking care of you, but she's not your mama." Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent nine years of her life in fourteen different foster homes, living by those words. As her mother spirals out of control, Ashley is left clinging to an unpredictable, dissolving relationship, all the while getting pulled deeper and deeper into the foster care system. Painful memories of being taken away from her home quickly become consumed by real-life horrors, where Ashley is juggled between caseworkers, shuffled from school to school, and forced to endure manipulative, humiliating treatment from a very abusive foster family. In this memoir, Ashley finds the courage to succeed -- and in doing so, discovers the power of her own voice. |
| Subject |
Rhodes-Courter, Ashley, 1985-
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Rhodes-Courter, Ashley, 1985- (OCoLC)fst01676161
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Adopted children -- United States -- Biography.
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Foster children -- United States -- Biography.
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Foster home care -- United States.
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Adopted children. (OCoLC)fst00797050
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Foster children. (OCoLC)fst00933178
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Foster home care. (OCoLC)fst00933198
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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| ISBN |
1416948066 hardcover $17.99 |
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9781416948063 hardcover $17.99 |
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