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Books, Etc.
Books | Newsletters
Books
- Books and Booklets from Youth Communication - Award winning books, booklets, and magazines about child welfare topics and general youth development topics. All high-quality stories. All written by teens. All proceeds from sales go into furthering their nonprofit training and publishing programs for teens.
- Somebody's Someone -
A memoir that chronicles the life of an amazingly resilient young girl, who is caught in the foster care system.
- The Original Foster Care Survival Guide - This was written by a teenager desperatley searching for someone to be lead out of foster care and into a successful future. This book is a powerful tool for transitioning to successful adulthood. Author personally tested and validated every concept presented.
- On Their Own: What Happens to Kids When They Age Out of the Foster Care System - Written by Martha Shirk, a former reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Gary Stangler, executive director of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative. puts a human face on a largely invisible population. Shirk and Stangler tell the story through the lives of ten children who did not have a safety net once they were out of foster care but relied on survival skills. With a foreword by former President Jimmy Carter, the book also offers solutions, especially about education, health care, and employment.
- I Can Do It: A Micropedia of Living on Your Own by Marian Latzko - Covers Budgeting/Finance, Roommates/Renting, Laundry/Cleaning, Eating Right, and much more. At BarnesandNoble.com and Amazon.com
- Chicken Soup for the Soul Series
Newsletters
- Youth
Voice - Newsletter for Texas youth by Texas youth
(Texas Network of Youth Services)
- News for Us - Newsletter for Texas youth by Texas youth
(Texas Network of Youth Services)
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