Kbrooks' Biography Reviews



 

Foster Care 

                                                                   Cut

                                                              by Cathy Glass

                                                                                                    

     These three books are a must read for anyone considering becoming a foster care provider.  Cathy takes you step by step into the first day of placement and ends when the child is no longer in her care.  Each book is focused on one child and how they interact with her family.  Excellent read!  I give them all **** out of five stars.

                                                           

                                                            Dammaged

                                                               by Cathy Glass

                                                                                                      

                                          The Saddest Girl in the World

                                                            by Cathy Glass

                                                                                                         

      

                                                   One Small Boat

                                                     by Kathy Harrison

                                                      

      This is a great book about the day to day life of a foster family.  Kathy describes what it is like for a confused, sometimes unwanted child from the time they are placed in her home temporarily, until they are placed with a permanant foster family.  She falls in love with some of the children only to have them taken away.  If you have ever considered becoming a foster care parent this is a must read. I give it **** out of five stars.

 

                                Foster Care Odyssey: A Black Girl's Story

by

Theresa Cameron

 

       Theresa Cameron depicts an up close and personal view of the foster care system.  She takes us along for her arrival and departure of twelve different  homes.  Some are private homes and a few are group homes.  She explores her mental anguish as she fails to connect to anyone along the way. As a defense mechanism, she shields her emotions from heartbreak. Although she is not physically or sexually abused she has to live in houses that are infested with roaches and caretakers who are ill-equiped to fill her emotional needs.  This is a very good book and it is hard to put it down.  I give it **** out of five stars.

 

Grace After Midnight

by  Felicia Snoop Pearson 

     Felicia is a TV star on "The Wire." Her life was not always easy. She grew up on the mean streets of East Baltimore.  Her early mentor's were drug dealers, Uncle in particular.  Although her foster parents tried to bring her up right, she felt at home when danger was close by. Felicia brings to her TV character what she remembers from thug life. After a stint in a prison she calls "The Cut" she turns her life around.  This book is not for young adults, without some discussion. The life lesson comes at the very last chapter and it would be easy for a young reader to feel the author is glorifying street life. For adults that work with young urban youths, there is some benefit to a peek in this world.  I give it ** out of three stars.

 

Three Little Words

by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Somebody’s Someone

by Regina Louise

     Poor Regina, no one seems to want her. Not her mother, not her father, not her grandmother and not Big Mama. This poor girl is shuffled between all of the above and various foster homes during her early teens. She longs for a Brady Bunch type family. Then when she finally finds love in an adult at a home for girls, she is not allowed to live with her because she is white and not married. This worker pays special attention to Regina and gives her just enough hope to carry on. This memoir will touch your heart and hopefully encourage the reader to reach out to make a difference in a child’s life. I give it **** out of five stars.

Hope’s Boy

by Andrew Bridge

 

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