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Abusive familes / Child Abuse
A Cry in the Night -- by Jean Small Brinson

Death from Child Abuse... and No One Heard -- by Eve Krupinski, Dana Weikel

A Safe Place : The True Story of a Father,a Son,a Murder -- by LORENZO CARCATERRA

Emotionally Disturbed Children

Ghost Girl: The True Story of a Child in Peril and the Teacher Who Saved Her -- by Torey Hayden

One Child -- by Torey Hayden

The Tiger's Child (follow-up to "One Child") -- by Torey Hayden

Somebody Else's Kids -- by Torey Hayden

Just Another Kid -- by Torey Hayden

P.S. Your Not Listening -- by Eleanor Craig

One, Two, Three: The Story of Matt, a Feral Child -- by Eleanor Craig

The Moon Is Broken: A Mother's True Story by Eleanor Craig

Lovey, a Very Special Child -- by Mary MacCracken

Circle of Children -- by Mary McCracken

City Kid by Mary MacCracken

Turnabout Children -- by Mary Maccracken

Foster Care/CPS

They Cage the Animals at Night --by Jennings M. Burch

Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk -- by Marc Parent

Finding Fish -- by Antwone Fisher

The Lost Children of Wilder: The Epic Struggle to Change Foster Care -- by NINA BERNSTEIN

ORPHANS OF THE LIVING : STORIES OF AMERICAS CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE -- by Jennifer Toth

Special Needs/ Conditions

Babyface: A Story of Heart and Bones -- by Jeanne McDermott (apert's syndrome/craniofacial)

Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic -- by Martha Beck (down's syndrome)

Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America : A Memoir -- by Elizabeth Wurtzel (depression)

Alex: The Life Of A Child -- by Frank Deford (cystic fibrosis)

Autobiography of a Face -- by Lucy Grealy (facial deformity)

Childhood Experiences

Lucky : A Memoir -- by Alice Sebold (rape)

My Sister Life -- by MARIA FLOOK (missing child)

Please Stop Laughing at Me: One Woman's Inspirational Story -- by Jodee Blanco (bullying)

[AmyAnne]

For your parents, Aunts, uncles, whoever...

Adoption is a Family affair! By Patricia Irwin Johnson


For adoptive parents:

Adopting the Older Child by Claudia Jewett Jarrett