Books about Foster Care for Teenagers and Children

Non-Fiction

A Child Called “It”
By David J. Pelzer
PELZER PEL (Biography)

Close-Up
By Szabjnka Dudevsky
J 362.7 DUDEV (Children’s)

Coping as a Foster Child
By Geraldine Blomquist
362.733 BLOMQ (Non-Fiction)

Everything You Need to Know About Living in a Foster Home
By Joe Falke
362.733 FALKE (Non-Fiction)

Foster Families
By Jeanne Barmat
J 362.733 BARMA (Children’s)

The Heart Knows Something Different
By Al Desetta
362.733 HEART (Non-Fiction)

Jason’s Story
By Deborah Anderson
J 362.733 AND (Children’s)

Just For Now: Kids & the People of the Court
By Kimberly Morris
J 346.73015 MORRI (Children’s)

Let’s Talk About Foster Homes
By Elizabeth Weitzman
J 362.733 WEITZ (Children’s)

Locomotion
By Jacqueline Woodson
J 811.54 WOODS (Children’s)

The Lost Boy
By David J. Pelzer
PELZER PEL (Biography)

A Man Named Dave
By David J. Pelzer
PELZER PEL (Biography)

Maybe Days: A Book for Children in Foster Care
By Jennifer Wilgocki
J 362.733 WILGO (Children’s)

The Privilege of Youth
By David J. Pelzer
YA PELZER PEL (Young Adult Biography)

They Cage the Animals at Night
By Jennings Michael Burch
BURCH BUR (Biography)

Fiction (Stories)

Dakota Dream
By James W. Bennett
YA FIC BENNE (Young Adult)

Gossamer
By Lois Lowery
YA FIC LOWER (Young Adult)

The Great Gilly Hopkins
By Katherine Paterson
J FIC PATTE (Children’s)

Leonardo’s Hand
By Warwick Downing
YA FIC DOWNI (Young Adult)

The Ocean Within
By V.M. Caldwell
J FIC CALDW (Children’s)

Pictures of Hollis Woods
By Patricia Reilly Giff
J FIC GIFF (Children’s)

The Road to Paris
By Nikki Grimes
YA FIC GRIME (Young Adult)

Tin Can Tucker
By Lynn Hall
YA FIC HAL (Young Adult)

When the Road Ends
By Jean Thesman
J FIC THESM (Children’s)

Won’t Know Till I Get There
By Walter Dean Myers
YA FIC MYE (Young Adult)

You’re Dead, David Borelli
By Susan M. Brown
J FIC BROWN (Children’s)