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Vanessa Diffenbaugh

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Information on The Camellia Network, founded by Ms. Diffenbaugh and a friend to support young people (~age 18) leaving the Foster Care network:

A very different story about foster children:

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

From Booklist:
A long journey from home and the struggle to find it again form the heart of the intertwined stories that make up this moving novel. Foster teen Molly is performing community-service work for elderly widow Vivian, and as they go through Vivian’s cluttered attic, they discover that their lives have much in common. When Vivian was a girl, she was taken to a new life on an orphan train. These trains carried children to adoptive families for 75 years, from the mid-nineteenth century to the start of the Great Depression. Novelist Kline (Bird in Hand, 2009) brings Vivian’s hardscrabble existence in ­Depression-era Minnesota to stunning life. Molly’s present-day story in Maine seems to pale in comparison, but as we listen to the two characters talk, we find grace and power in both of these seemingly disparate lives. Although the girls are vulnerable, left to the whims of strangers, they show courage and resourcefulness. Kline illuminates a largely hidden chapter of American history, while portraying the coming-of-age of two resilient young women. --Bridget Thoreson Bold added.

Another story, well written, but devastating, set in a prison, written by a woman who has been an investigator for death row prisoners:

The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld

Current month (July, 2014) reader's pick on 21st Century Board. Includes examples of foster care treatment. At its core, a very compassionate book.

A nice, upbeat review in the NYT:



A reader's guide set of questions are here:



Article starts here:

Another "sell the book" review in the Washington Post:



Another review. Don't know The Cuestonian:



Book Rags even has a discussion guide!