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Angel Child - Couverture souple

Johnson, Barbara J.

 
9781403399199: Angel Child
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1403399190 ISBN 13 : 9781403399199
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2003

Synopsis

Many young people blame their bad childhood experiences, as the reason life owes them. Some young people also reason that life has given them fewer chances to succeed, so they turn to crime or drugs or find themselves involved in toxic relationships.It is a young girl's determination to survive in the foster care system that is the theme of Angel Child. Maggie Johnson arrives at her new residence in the winter of 1948. Only four years old, she is very confused when she and her two siblings, an older sister Karen, and a younger brother John are introduced to their foster mother Mrs. Hudson, by Miss Smith, the social worker who brings the children to the house. Maggie is also surprised to find a baby girl at the house who is not related to her. She learns that this is her foster sister, Ellen. Ellen is six months old at the time of Maggie's arrival. Mrs. Hudson has taken approximately twenty foster children into her home over the years. She is now an older woman and is becoming tired of keeping children. Miss Smith is grateful to have Mrs. Hudson take the four children.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Many young people blame their bad childhood experiences, as the reason life owes them. Some young people also reason that life has given them fewer chances to succeed, so they turn to crime or drugs or find themselves involved in toxic relationships.It is a young girl's determination to survive in the foster care system that is the theme of Angel Child. Maggie Johnson arrives at her new residence in the winter of 1948. Only four years old, she is very confused when she and her two siblings, an older sister Karen, and a younger brother John are introduced to their foster mother Mrs. Hudson, by Miss Smith, the social worker who brings the children to the house. Maggie is also surprised to find a baby girl at the house who is not related to her. She learns that this is her foster sister, Ellen. Ellen is six months old at the time of Maggie's arrival. Mrs. Hudson has taken approximately twenty foster children into her home over the years. She is now an older woman and is becoming tired of keeping children. Miss Smith is grateful to have Mrs. Hudson take the four children.

Biographie de l'auteur

A native of Chicago, Illinois, the author was raised in the foster care system. She earned a degree in Business Administration and a degree in Computer Science. The author is a graduate of The Institute of Children's Literature, and a graduate of The Writer's Digest School for novel writing. After working for thirty years as a public servant for the federal government, the author is now retired. She enjoys her hobbies of gardening and working with miniatures.The author is currently working on her second novel.

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1403399190
ISBN 13 
9781403399199
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
340
Coordonnées du fabricant
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