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Book / Young Adult

July 30, 2016

Reads: 885

Comments: 2

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Read the story of Dakota and the Iverson family. The story of how one boy can help change a family's view on a lifestyle and circumstances; and how one family taught a boy one of life's biggest lessons, "Don't judge a book by its cover." Read the tale of pain… Read More

Tags: family, fiction, foster

Book / Non-Fiction

March 13, 2016

Reads: 434

Comments: 4

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A true story about me and my life in foster care Read More

Tags: loss, abuse, children, social, food, fear, hatred, care, sleeping, foster, workers, fmaily

The first chapter to the new book I am writing. it is about a girl who finds an horse after surviving a fire. she has to fight to protect the horse she loves. a story of true bravery and love. Read More

Tags: adventure, fire, survival, orphan, survive, horse, fires, foster, realistic, orphanage, foster_mother

Book / Non-Fiction

October 13, 2015

Reads: 144

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I was born to a poor disabled mother and my father was a drug addict and an alcoholic. I am a victim of the system, a social outcast from birth who has wandered from one “home” to the next never feeling as if I belonged in any of them. Read More

Tags: abuse, family, adoption, forever, care, foster

Short Story / Romance

February 16, 2015

Reads: 295

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

"Please don't touch me. Please don't come in." Foster homes can be haunting for many of the kids in the system, but when a particular preteen get put into a house where the 'ideal family' lives, secrets and shadows hide behind doors which will scar her for the rest of… Read More

Tags: depression, rape, family, sad, skin, dad, touch, warm, foster, bleach, fosterhomes

Book / Fantasy

October 18, 2014

Reads: 226

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Amelia was gone from school for over a month and when she gets back, there are more rumors about her than have ever been. Jake, a student from America befriends her timid self and disaster strikes. He tries to get hit by a semi, but Amelia sees and tells him… Read More

Tags: love, death, sad, suicide, limbo, foster

A short story about a man suffering from the loss of his family twenty years ago and his own loneliness over those years. Read More

Tags: fiction, politics, short, story, loneliness, drama, boy, blue, racism, david, homeless, infinite, literary, homelessness, foster

Cassy is forced to deal with the death of her dad and herself being a foster kid. Read More

Tags: abuse, pain, foster, sufering, lieing

Short Story / Other

April 20, 2014

Reads: 148

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This is about a girl who was bought up in a foster home at the age of 13. Read More

Tags: abuse, alone, foster

Book / Action and Adventure

April 01, 2014

Reads: 290

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Rivien, brown hair that falls down across her shoulders, cold-iced blue eyes, the mysterious type of girl a locked book no one can open up, she been switching between different foster homes, until she finally found one, but lets start from the way beginning. Read More

Tags: love, mystery, adventure, suspense, torture, fighting, blood, chains, foster, stalked

Short Story / Other

February 23, 2014

Reads: 248

Comments: 27

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Claire has had an easy live living in New York City, her father being one of the richest men in the world. A few years ago though she made a selfish decision she has come to regret. Now given the chance to redeem herself will she be forgiven? © -… Read More

Tags: love, family, home, happy, sweet, girl, mother, daughter, york, searching, cool, city, finding, cute, read

Book / Romance

December 30, 2013

Reads: 4086

Comments: 60

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Amira James has officially given up after being shuffled from one foster house to another, never staying in one place for long. After a tragic accident when she was younger left her deaf and an orphan, she has never been the same. After all, no one ever cares for the… Read More

Tags: love, pain, self, money, care, deaf, finding, foster

Short Story / Other

November 20, 2013

Reads: 159

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This story is about abuse. I know plenty of people who are abused everyday, and someone I know almost killed himself over abuse, so I made this in memory of him. I am totally against abuse, just putting it out there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sammy is only 6 and she's never known… Read More

Tags: abuse, murder, sad, hurt, young, families, poor, foster

Book / Fantasy

October 09, 2013

Reads: 137

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Hayley Foster is a woman with a secret. Her flatmate is her guardian angel. But with the terrifying events of two years ago firmly put behind them, Hayley finally dares hope for a quieter life for her and Alex to enjoy. But it is not long before the old angel’s… Read More

Tags: fantasy, angels, alex, foster, hayley, scinece_fiction, crashing_down_to_earth, stars_and_satellites

Book / Romance

September 14, 2013

Reads: 452

Comments: 19

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Lila is a 17 year old Student who belongs to house of a drunken Step-father who likes to use her as a punching bag every now and again. She lost her real parents to a house fire that she just merely survived, it was a miracle really. She was placed… Read More

Tags: death, abuse, rape, pain, father, violence, self, girl, boy, sorrow, cutting, care, escape, harm, runaway

Short Story / Romance

July 18, 2013

Reads: 239

Comments: 12

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Peyton left her small town a long, long time ago. She left the love of her life behind. He'd rejected her in the past, now circumstances bring her home and with an opportunity to see him again. She’d come to show him that she made something of herself despite his… Read More

Tags: love, death, depression, romance, rejection, strength, trust, suicide, gun, save, true_love, small_town, moving_on, hopeless, letting_go

Short Story / Non-Fiction

July 12, 2013

Reads: 169

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

the story is about a boy who is adopted and loves dancing! Read More

Tags: dancing, parents, singing, foster, street_dancing

Book / Romance

July 03, 2013

Reads: 165

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

In and out of Foster Homes her whole life, Lexi Erickson is moved from Wisconsin all the way Los Angeles in hope of finally having a permanent home with the Andersons. Will this just be another day living with a group of people or will this turn out to be… Read More

Tags: love, romance, home, reasons, foster, nick, lexi, avonsholy

Book / Fantasy

July 03, 2013

Reads: 87

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I am Elicia Haden. My life certainly isn't simple. I don't know who I am or where I came from but what I do know is I am a castor. I can control the elements with a click of my fingers. Fire, air or anything on Earth can be changed… Read More

Tags: fantasy, death, family, air, magic, fire, hurt, earth, water, foster, keeper, caster

Essay / Non-Fiction

June 10, 2013

Reads: 489

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Life; love it, hate it, forget it - you still have to live it. Read More

Tags: love, life, choice, acceptance, fear, voice, help, choices, inner, growth, lesson, lessons, bravery, foster

Book / Romance

April 17, 2013

Reads: 877

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Lea was lost, broken and alone. She was searching for her place in life with no idea how to get there. Out of the darkness comes a boy offering her friendship and with that friendship surprisingly brings her love. Her best friends brother is just as lost and broken as… Read More

Tags: love, romance, motorcycle, abused, foster, club, badboy

Book / Fan Fiction

November 23, 2012

Reads: 1422

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A fan fiction about Foster The People :) I hope you like it. This version hasn't been edited yet, but once I'm done, the bumps will be polished Read More

Tags: fiction, drugs, band, novel, people, surgery, science, addiction, alcohol, alcoholic, singer, fan, musicians, twin, foster

Poem / Poetry

November 16, 2012

Reads: 72

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This was a poem I wrote about the foster carer who changed my life. Read More

Tags: care, foster

I story I felt like writing down after all of these events had transpired Read More

Tags: drugs, story, true, care, meth, foster

Book / Romance

July 20, 2012

Reads: 133

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Meet Lillie Montgomery, a seventeen year old girl, looking for a place in this world. After four homes in six months, her walls are built up high around her, can anyone break through? Could she maybe even fall in love? Read More

Tags: love, romance, bestfriend, trust, hurt, betrayl, foster

I’m running, running for my life. My heart is pounding and my breath is coming in short shallow gasps. I turn to look behind me, I don’t see him but I can hear him crashing through the woods behind me. I try to run faster, I have to get away.… Read More

Tags: abuse, pain, child, survival, punishment, away, care, escape, running, foster

At turns heartbreaking and diabolically funny, Journey to Virginland is an avant-garde tour de force, delivered by a master storyteller. The protagonist, a loutish and uber-cerebral antihero known simply as Dog, takes on the challenge to navigate the perilous paradigm shifts of our age, determined to find his proper place… Read More

Tags: humor, satire, japanese, fiction, contemporary, novel, religious, george, bush, war, islam, religion, american, convention, satanic

She lived her life in the shadows, wandering and then hiding. It is not easy when you grew up in a place called Harlem, and are a runaway at the age of 12. No job, no money, no food... how will Becca ever survive? Read More

Tags: drugs, social, misery, girl, york, parents, teens, care, year, runaway, foster, workers, harlem

In case you don't know what they look like, here is Foster The People Read More

Tags: band, people, dream, ive, foster, mark, characters, sean, fink, cubbie, isom, innis, cimino

Short Story / Children Stories

March 11, 2012

Reads: 177

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Amy is a child in a care home. She is desperate to be fostered and shows an interest in horses. Will her dream parents sweep her away into a world of horses? Read More

Tags: family, home, child, parents, horse, magazine, foster, pony

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