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2022., Adolescent, Penguin Press Call No: HI-INT B NIE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A brilliant, funny, generation-defining memoir about the double bind of crafting perfect adversity narratives for highly selective institutions, while fumbling through the far murkier reality of actual life in foster care and inpatient mental health treatment. As a child, Emi Nietfeld was caught between a hoarder mother who got her put on antipsychotic medication, but was also the only person to believe she was exceptional, and a state system exemplified by a foster mom who tried to ban her art history flash cards because they had naked pictures (of Michelangelo's David). Even after wresting free of grim inpatient mental health institutions and getting into a prestigious boarding school, Emi scrambled for places to sleep during breaks. Realizing that her path to true independence lay in reinventing herself as a talented overcomer deserving of a full ride, she became obsessed with college admissions. While taking on the sad challenge of presenting herself as resilient to gain authorities' approval, Emi lived the untidy version of actual adversity at the same time--literally drafting her Common App statement while living out of her '92 Corolla. She found herself 'trading my past for my future' in college admissions essays and scholarship applications, in an extreme example of the immense pressure on teenagers from all backgrounds to build the foundations of their entire lives. Emi's story is a harsh illumination of the near-impossible challenge set by societal expectations of coming from nothing, the brokenness of our child welfare system, and the reality that congratulatory letters from top schools couldn't keep her safe--as she found when she was raped while on a trip following her Harvard admission. Though Emi learns that entering the Ivy League, working in Big Tech, and living in a fancy apartment doesn't mean her life turns into gold, her reflections on her unlikely history, and her journey in confronting trauma and injustice, hold powerful lessons. Candid and frequently harrowing, with a ribbon of dark humor, Acceptance is a stunning human story and an invaluable view of the actual cost of upward mobility"--Provided by the publisher.
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-- True story of a modern-day child slave[2014]., Simon & Schuster BFYR Call No: MEMOIR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An autobiography of Shyima Hall, who at the age of eight, was sold by her Eygptian parents into domestic slavery.
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-- True story of a modern-day child slave[2014], Adolescent, Simon & Schuster BFYR Call No: Global Studies Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An autobiography of Shyima Hall, who at the age of eight, was sold by her Eygptian parents into domestic slavery.
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-- True story of a modern-day child slave[2014], Adolescent, Simon & Schuster BFYR Call No: 921 HALL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An autobiography of Shyima Hall, who at the age of eight, was sold by her Eygptian parents into domestic slavery.
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-- True story of a modern-day child slave[2014], Adolescent, Simon & Schuster BFYR Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An autobiography of Shyima Hall, who at the age of eight, was sold by her Eygptian parents into domestic slavery.
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[2000], c1999., Plume Call No: 921 PELZER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The final entry in a trilogy of memoirs in which Dave Pelzer, brutally abused as a child, discusses the struggles he faced as an adult, and his determination to have a meaningful life.
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2009, c2008., Simon Pulse Call No: 921 RHODES COURTE R Edition: 1st Simon Pulse ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Ashley recounts the painful memories of being taken away from her mother, being juggled between caseworkers, shuffled from school to school, and forced to endure humiliating treatment from a very abusive foster family.
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[2015], Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: B RHO Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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2015., Atheneum Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Three words Volume: 2Summary Note: Taken from her mom at age three, Ashley spent most of her childhood living in fourteen different foster homes - some nice, some not, and one that was very abusive. Her indomitable will to survive carried her through her toughest days. Ashley was finally adopted at the age of twelve and went on to become a success story - poised, hardworking, well-adjusted, and an unstoppable advocate for foster children. But what does it really mean to come out on the other side of the foster care system?.
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2023., Adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Zion Clark has always had big dreams for himself despite the many hardships he faced growing up as a Black disabled child in the foster care system of Ohio. His childhood years were marked by instability as he moved from home to home, experiencing abuse and neglect. And yet his determination and grit pushed him to become an elite wrestler and wheelchair racer. His constant reinvention led him to activism, speaking out about the failings of the foster care system. The list of Zion's accomplishments and accolades is lengthy, but he's not even close to slowing down. As he says,'"Work with what you got! If I can do it, so can you'"--Jacket flap.
