Foster Care Odyssey: A Black Girl's Story
The year is 1954. Abandoned by her teenage mother, a baby girl is left in the care of a charity in Buffalo, New York. The baby is black in a city and at a time in which blacks and whites have little to do with one another. In this shattering account of her eighteen years as a ward of the state, Theresa Cameron takes us inside the life of a foster child.
The year is 1954. Abandoned by her teenage mother, a baby girl is left in the care of a charity in Buffalo, New York. The baby is black in a city and at a time in which blacks and whites have little to do with one another; the charity is an overwhelmingly white organization. Little Theresa Cameron is placed into this racially divided world. In this shattering account of her eighteen years as a ward of the state, Cameron takes us inside the life of a foster child. She shares with us her heartbreaking struggle to survive in a foster-care system where children's welfare often seemed the lowest priority.
| SKU | 405682 |
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| ISBN | 9781591940982 |
| Language | English |
| Page Count | 381 |
| Product Type | Paperback Books |
| Book Type | Young Adult Nonfiction |
| Primary Contributor | Theresa Cameron |
| Age Groups | Ages 13 to 15, Ages 16 to 18 |
| Publisher | Townsend Press |