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Three Little Words
A Memoir
By Rhodes-Courter, Ashley
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-41694-806-3
- Publisher
- Atheneum
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
Gr 8-Up Rhodes-Courter was three years old when she and her younger brother, Luke, were removed from their mother. She spent the next 9 years in 14 different foster placements. Some caregivers were nurturing, others indifferent or negligent. Marjorie and Charles Moss were terribly abusive. The author, who was intermittently placed with Luke, continuously dreamt of a happy ending with her mother until the state permanently terminated all parental rights. Eventually, she found a loving home, and her adoptive parents sup...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
As a young child, Rhodes-Courter was endlessly shuttled among state facilities and foster homes (some horrifyingly abus...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
