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Growing Up in the Care of Strangers: The Experiences, Insights and Recommendations of Eleven Former Foster Kids    by Waln Brown
Price: $9.99 USD. 61930 words. Published on December 7, 2010. .

Provides child welfare professionals insightful feedback from clients who grew up in juvenile justice, foster care, orphanage, adoptive and mental health placements. What makes this book particularly instructive derives from the authors credentials. They are college-educated adults who masterfully intertwine their childhood stories with mature perspective and their own professional expertise.
Journey Back Home: A Dad's Tale of Fostering and Adoption    by EE George
Price: $1.99 USD. 49800 words. Published on July 29, 2011. .

Nowadays foster parents get all kinds of training prior to opening their door to their first child, none of which provides the missing ingredient that a substitute Mom or Dad really needs: experience. That’s where Journey Back Home comes in. The narrative has relevance to anyone interested in dealing with difficult child behaviors or directing their children’s lives purposefully.
Angel on Probation    by Don Miller
Price: $0.99 USD. 109300 words. Published on August 1, 2011. .

Dr. Gary Brennan is joined by Angel Grace as he tries to convince America's leaders that demand reduction and treatment, not supply reduction, are the solutions to the drug problem. Grace uses mind-control Angel dust to sell Doc's "Clean and Sober forever" program at the same time she battles dragons and other forces of evil who need drug addicts as part of their plan to create chaos on earth.
Tommy's New Barn Mates    by Patricia Walker
Price: $1.99 USD. 890 words. Published on October 3, 2011. .

Tommy's New Barn Mates is a book about changes that might take place in families. It uses a cat and kittens to tell the story, but is very easily understood as something that might happen in a human family. Good and bad ways to deal with various situations are expressed.
The Bridge: A Will Castleton Adventure    by David Bain
Price: $0.99 USD. 9940 words. Published by aaproductions on November 29, 2011. .

In this adventure, Will Castleton, the slightly psychic detective who has appeared in other adventures such as NIGHTEYES and ISLAND GHOSTS, flies to a remote region of Oregon to help a rancher find a missing foster child. But the case soon takes a supernatural turn and Will may be heading back to Chicago with more than he bargained for...
The Magic of Christmas    by Rebecca Besser
Price: Free! 11630 words. Published on January 18, 2012. .

The Magic of Christmas - The elves of the North Pole are ravaged by a strange disease, but Santa is determined Christmas will happen. But, when he get sick as well, and becomes a zombie, will all the presents be delivered? The Power of a Gift - Santa invites the family that helped save Christmas last year to come for a visit, but when the mother and daughter become zombies, is there any hope?
Florida Pines - An Introduction to Lucena Burning    by Tres Buffalo
Price: $0.99 USD. 8910 words. Published on April 28, 2012. .

This short story starts the Lucena's Fire series. Debbie’s childhood ended the day of the wreck. After surviving the accident and living with wild children in the forest, she eventually falls into in an abusive relationship. She tolerates it all until she finds herself suspended by her feet over murky swamp water. As her head is being lowered into the swamp, the transformation to Lucena begins.
A Child to Love    by Timothy Paterson
Price: $0.99 USD. 2500 words. Published on May 14, 2012. .

More than anything, Doug and Amy wanted a child. They had put their careers ahead of everything else, and now they discovered that it was too late to have a child of their own. However, Lucille would remind them that there were many children in the world who needed love.
The Mud Sisters    by Edie Claire
Price: $3.99 USD. 78140 words. Published on September 4, 2012. .

One hot lazy summer, two twelve-year-old girls swore to stay friends forever. But fate had other plans. Fourteen years later, when hospital social worker Teagan recognizes a Jane Doe concussed and left for dead, the women reunite. But as Jamie’s memory returns, revealing looming threats of violence and a past uncomfortably intertwined with Teagan’s own, fate threatens to separate them once again.
Mumma, Can You Hear Me?    by Betty Williams
Price: $2.99 USD. 53430 words. Published by f64publishing on September 18, 2012. .

This fascinating autobiography introduces a woman who was born into poverty in Auburn, Maine, and who followed her faith—-and her teenage husband—-into mission work in Brazil. Though often sorely tested, Betty’s faith and remarkable sense of humor remained strong through a fascinating life spent helping children and raising two families of her own. This edition includes Betty's poetry as well.