| The Heart Knows Something Different: Teenage Voices from the Foster Care System Contributor(s): Youth Communication (Author), Desetta, Al (Editor), Kozol, Jonathan (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0892553774 ISBN-13: 9780892553778 Publisher: Persea Books OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Adoption & Fostering - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science | Social Work |
| Dewey: 362.733 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.21 lbs) 258 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adoption - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: There are more than 450,000 children living in foster care. The Heart Knows Something Different collects over three dozen personal narratives by young writers, ages 15 to 20, and provides an insider's account of growing up in "the system." It takes us into a world largely hidden from public view, and attests to the mix of pain and fear, and sometimes hope, and sometimes even happiness that the foster care experience involves. |