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*Foreword
****by
Jonathan Kozol
**Introduction
****by
Al Desetta
I.
FAMILY
**Questions
Without Answers
**Six
Months on the Run from the BCW
**My
Foster Mother Is My Best Friend
**I
Lost My Brother to Adoption
**She'll
Always Be My Mother
**My
Crew Was My Family
Short
Takes:
**Remembering
Family
**I'm
Grateful to My Mother
**The
Key to Her Heart
**Still
Wishing
**Searching
for a Father
II.
LIVING IN THE SYSTEM
**The
Resident's Creed
**My
Day in the Group Home
**Finding
a Father in the System
**Sista
on the Run (From the Past)
**Why
I'm Better Off in Foster Care
**Can
the Counselors Keep a Secret?
**Making
a New Family103
**Why
Are Your Doing This, Mr Jones?
**How
I Became a Stronger Mother
**Peer
Pressure and Me
**Kicked
to the Curb at 21!
**My
Group Home Scapegoat140
**A
Three-Point Shooter143
Short
Takes:
**If
I Ran Foster Care
**Train
the Counselors Right
**A
Gym in Every Home
**Your
True Friend
**The
Lovable Child
III.
WHO AM I?
**To
Whom It May Concern
**How
I Lived a Double Life
**Why
No One Knows I'm a Foster Child
**Keeping
It on the Down Low
**What
They Say Behind Our Backs
**Kicked
Out Because I Was Gay
**My
Friend Marisol
**Is
Stealing My Addiction?
**Phat
Flows, Honeys, and the Booms
**I'm
the Mommy Now
**Who's
the Real "Problem Child"
Short
Takes:
**Who
Will I Become?
**No
Way Out
**The
Way I Was Raised
**A
Heart that Loves
**Why
Not Me
IV.
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
**From
Fighter to Friend
**Staying
With the Hurt
**My
Family Secret
**Therapy
Changed My Life
**How
I Made Peace With the Past
**Facing
the Problem
**A
Loner In the Group Home
**I
Won't Abuse My Kids
**Writing
Taught Me About Myself
**A
Vacation from Mr. Hope
**Closing
Section
**Message
from the Writers
**Slang
Glossary
**Resource
List
**Subject
Guide
**Acknowledgments
**About
Youth Communication
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