Hey, I'm Foster! I'm a garbage bag. I know I'm supposed to carry garbage and then go to the dump. But, instead I was hired to carry all of Radish's treasured items that he has in this world inside of me since he got placed into foster care. Follow Radish and I throughout our journey through foster care into adoption. You will get to see how I learn all about family and love on this wild voyage.

Oscar-winning filmmakers Deborah Oppenheimer and Mark Jonathan Harris reunite for a revealing first-hand look at the foster care system as seen through the eyes of those who know it best. With extraordinary access to the inner workings of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), Oppenheimer and Harris go beyond the sensational headlines and stereotypes.

A corporate lawyer and a young man who has suffered in the foster care system must work together to expose the immorality of for-profit foster care.

There are great rewards that come along with being a foster parent, yet there are also great challenges that can leave you feeling depleted, alone, and discouraged. The many burdens of a foster parent's day--struggling children, difficult biological parents, and a broken system--are only compounded by the many burdens of a foster parent's heart--confusion, anxiety, heartache, anger, and fear. With the compassion and insight of a fellow foster parent,...

BAILEY - FOSTER ME "My parents, all of them, are beautifully flawed." Life for Ariana is not a ribbon floating through time collecting happy memories; it is a rope she clings to that transforms into a noose when she becomes a foster child. Not every child born is given a stable home. Some face tragedy and are often severed from family ties. This is how a foster child is created, how Ariana became one. Wrapped inside a letter...

Imagine for a moment, you are being whisked away from the only home you have ever known. The future is uncertain and you aren't even aware of your destination. The smell of train tracks carrying you farther and farther away as you clutch your favorite blanket, which is the only certain thing in your world at the moment. You may ask why this is happening, but the only person who can answer that is silent. That is the beginning of this story and one...

Charlie desperately wanted to belong to a family and even though his foster mother Barbara didn't provide the feeling of love and acceptance he always dreamed a real mother would offer, he forced himself to believe this is what a family was like. When Caroline entered the house as an exuberant five year old, Charlie found the only person in the world he thought of as family.As the years and Barbara became more and more cruel the pair believed they...

In a kill-or-be-killed world, The Reaper does whatever it takes to survive. Following the murder of his half-brother, legendary Army Ranger Luke Foster returns to the United States from fighting terrorists. His brother' s history with a prominent New York Mafia family was no secret, so it' s no surprise his life was cut short. But the Mafia enforcers don' t know about Foster, his reputation as The Reaper, or that he' s coming for them. FBI Special...

Please let me introduce you to Judith AM Denton. Placed in Foster Care at the age of 9, growing up through the system, Judith experienced exclusions from School and College, a run in with the Law, and then as a Care Leaver, she experienced a period of poor Mental Health. But thankfully her story doesn't end there…. In this real-life narrative, Judith openly details the challenges faced and overcome, at every stage of her journey through and out...

Foster Classroom Questions is a teacher's resource intended for use in lesson planning, and in the classroom. It contains 112 questions to provoke student engagement and personal response while studying Claire Keegan's novel. Why choose to study Foster by Claire Keegan? • Themes of family, relationships, loneliness, identity and loss. • The setting of the Irish countryside. • Engaging narration of the girl. • Beautifully written. Scene...