Three Little Words
A Memoir
New York : Atheneum, [2008]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
"Sunshine, you're my baby and I'm your only mother. You must mind the one taking care of you, but she's not your mama." Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent nine years of her life in fourteen different foster homes, living by those words. As her mother spirals out of control, Ashley is left clinging to an unpredictable, dissolving relationship, all the while getting pulled deeper and deeper into the foster care system. Painful memories of being taken away from her home quickly become consumed by real-life horrors, where Ashley is juggled between caseworkers, shuffled from school to school, and forced to endure manipulative, humiliating treatment from a very abusive foster family. In this memoir, Ashley finds the courage to succeed -- and in doing so, discovers the power of her own voice.
Subjects:
Rhodes-Courter, Ashley, 1985- -- Juvenile literature.
Adopted children -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Foster children -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Foster home care -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Rhodes-Courter, Ashley, 1985- -- Juvenile literature.
Adopted children -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Foster children -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Foster home care -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: Ages 14 up.
ISBN:
9781416948063
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T BIOGRAPHY Rhodes-Courter, Ashley | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Teen Biography | Out (Due: 5/18/2024) |
Reading Counts RC 5.3 19.0 42860.
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.4 12.0 119448.
A Junior Library Guild selection
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2009.
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.4 12.0 119448.
A Junior Library Guild selection
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2009.