Represent Magazine
Stories by Teens in Foster Care
Book Review: Spilling the Greasy Beans on Demon Copperhead
What Barbara Kingsolver’s novel gets right about the opioid and foster care crisis in Appalachia
by Jessica Miller
Barbara Kingsolver dedicates her novel Demon Copperhead to survivors of the opioid crisis and foster care. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that the book is dedicated to someone like me: I am an Appalachian who was put in foster care due, in part, to my father’s opioid addiction.
Youth-written stories in Represent give inspiration and information to teens in foster care while offering insight into those teens’ struggles.