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Three little words a memoir

Ashley spent nine years in foster care after being taken away from her mother. She endured many caseworkers, moving from school to school and manipulative, humiliating and abusive treatment from one foster family. See how she survives and eventually thrives against the odds.

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Main Author: Rhodes-Courter, Ashley, 1985-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atheneum, c2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Rhodes-Courter, Ashley, > 1985-
Adopted children > Biography > Young adult.
Foster children > Biography > Young adult.
Foster home care > Young adult nonfiction.
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Summary:Ashley spent nine years in foster care after being taken away from her mother. She endured many caseworkers, moving from school to school and manipulative, humiliating and abusive treatment from one foster family. See how she survives and eventually thrives against the odds.
Physical Description:304 p. : ill. ; cm.
Audience:Ages 14 up.
Awards:A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN:1416948066 (hardcover) :
9781416948063 (hardcover) :
Author Notes:Ashley Rhodes-Courter has been featured in Teen People , The New York Times , USA TODAY , and Glamour , as well as on Good Morning America . Her first memoir, Three Little Words , began as an essay, which won a writing contest for high school students, and was published in The New York Times Magazine . She is also the author of Three More Words . A graduate of Eckerd College and a champion for the reformation of the foster care system, Ashley speaks internationally on foster care and adoption. Visit her at Rhodes-Courter.com.

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