This Riot Recommendation asking for your favorite stories of foster kids is sponsored by All the Impossible Things by Lindsay Lackey, and Macmillan Children’s.
A bit of magic, a sprinkling of adventure, and a whole lot of heart collide in this extraordinary story of a girl navigating the foster care system in search of where she belongs. Red has power over the wind. Whenever she gets upset the wind picks up, and moving from family to family keeps her skies stormy. Red’s newest family, the Grooves, fit like a puzzle piece into her heart. Just as she’s getting settled, a fresh storm rolls in: her mother. Now Red must overcome her own tornadoes and find the family she needs.
With love, anything is possible.
Families come in all shapes, types, and sizes: biological, adoptive, foster, and combinations thereof! We want to celebrate many flavors of family, so we asked for your favorite stories of foster kids. Here are 15 of your favorites!
The Echo Park Castaways by MG Hennessey
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
Bedknobs and Broomsticks by Mary Norton
A List of Cages by Robin Roe
My Name is Leon by Kit de Wal
The Blind Side by Michael Lewis
Instant Mom by Nia Vardalos
Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth
Peas and Carrots by Tanita S. Davis
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
The Leavers by Lisa Ko
Wild About You by Judy Sierra
Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
