Foster Care Books there are some available.

Sabra

September 4, 2003

Hi Everyone:

Foster Care books are available. Which ones do you know about?

Please share.

You can tell us:

1. The title and author.

2. Why you did or did not like the book?

3. What you did or did not like about the book?

4. Did the book help you in some way?

5. Would you recommend the book to others for their reading?

Thanks everyone. Please post as much as you can. Books are valuable resources and can help us understand people and situations in life.

Please feel free to politely tell us about books you are reading or would like to read.

If you think that there should be more books available about a particular aspect of foster care please feel free to share what types of books you would like.

Thanks. We all learn from each other and your input is valued.

CaptFan

September 5, 2003

The Lost Boy by David Pelzer is by far the best book I have read about foster care and the emotions foster children face. The story is of David, a young boy who is placed in foster care after enduring ten years of abuse from his mother. David wants only to find a family that loves him, but instead gets into a lot of trouble and is shipped around to five different foster homes before finally connecting to one couple where he finds love and acceptance. The story gives an accurate portrayal of the confusion and hurt foster children feel. I highly recommend this book to those involved in foster care or to anyone interested in reading a touching account of a young boy's search for love.

Advertisements

Sabra

September 5, 2003

Hi Captfan:

Thanks for the review. Really sounds like a great book. I guess people in the adoption community have heard of this book because it is right here:

[url]http://www.adoptionshop.com/cgi-bin/store2/ADP00425.html[/url]

I noticed this review in Adoptionshop:

JB says- The Lost Boy stands shining as the premier book on unique love and dedication that social services and foster families provide for our children in peril. Dave Pelzer is certainly a living testament of resilience, personal responsibility and the triumph of the human spirit.

Would you recommend this book for children to read? If yes which age children?

Thanks again!!!

Warm regards,

saucey95

September 30, 2003

I've read The Lost Boy as well as the second in the series which goes more into depth of Dave's journey through foster care. Both books made me run the gamet of emotions from tears to fury to joy. What a tremendous testament.

I would recommend that student age 14 and older read it. Simply because the emotional aspect and the descriptions of his abuse may be a little difficult to grasp for those younger.

The writing is plain and simple enough to fully understand what he is saying and he takes care not to go into too graphic an account of his abuse and neglect at the hands of not only his mother but several foster families as well.

Highly recommend! Especially for those who plan to work in social services or in education or any profession where you deal with children.