Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk: A Caseworker's Story186 reviews Marc Parent, Anna Quindlen (foreword) Ballantine Books, 1998 A beautiful, yet emotionally challenging read... + wild stories, soberly told + Author RETURNABLE GIRL + This is a book that sticks with you             A Kind and Just Parent2 reviews William Ayers Beacon Press, 1998 Great stories of juveniles and justice system in trouble. + This book is powerful, instructive, and brilliant. This is a story of children, real children, still soft inside, and yet with a force field that can put off both the kindest and the most brutal attacks one can inflict. It is a story of a justice system long gone amuck, but often with good intentions, and some surprisingly good people lighting ...             There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America92 reviews Alex Kotlowitz Anchor, 1992 The other America indeed + A World Not Seen By Many + There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America + Incredible book to read depicting subsidized housing in Chgo + Riveting look at poverty             Orphans of the Living: Stories of America's Children in Foster Care20 reviews Jennifer Toth Touchstone Press, 1998 Tug At Your Heart + Sad Stories - but Unfortunately - True + Good book + Interesting & thought provoking book             NO MATTER HOW LOUD I SHOUT : A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court26 reviews Edward Humes Simon & Schuster, 1997 Well-written, insightful, enlightening + It was quicker than first mentioned..... + Thought Provoking, Eye Opening And Very Upsetting Book To Read + Exceptional and Insightful + A must read             The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood68 reviews David Simon, Edward Burns Broadway, 1998 The Corner, maybe the most relevant book on the topic + Like The Wire except with real people! + The Devastating Truth + Not for everyone but great for those seeking a different view             Somebody Else's Children: The Courts, the Kids, and the Struggle to Save America's Troubled Families9 reviews John Hubner Crown, 1997 An excellent book! + You Might Understand... + A Must Read + Fascinating and thoughtful look at a complex system + Compulsively Readable             Orphan Trains: The Story of Charles Loring Brace and the Children He Saved and Failed6 reviews Stephen O'Connor Houghton Mifflin, 2001 The origins of the American child welfare system + Orphan trains + An interesting and important book. There've been plenty of books published selecting Orphan Train children as the protagonists, but relatively few stand-alone volumes consider the origins and social implications of the American child welfare system which emerged in mid-19th century New York to handle to dearth of orphans and ...             The Lost Children of Wilder : The Epic Struggle to Change Foster Care19 reviews Nina Bernstein Pantheon, 2001 Notable + Sometimes There Is No Light At The End of the Tunnel + Required Reading for All who work with homeless & homeless youth. + The Wisdom to End Foster Care and Orphanages + Spellbinding and Depressing             NO MATTER HOW LOUD I SHOUT : A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court26 reviews Edward Humes Simon & Schuster, 1997 Well-written, insightful, enlightening + It was quicker than first mentioned..... + Thought Provoking, Eye Opening And Very Upsetting Book To Read + Exceptional and Insightful + A must read             There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America92 reviews Alex Kotlowitz Anchor, 1992 The other America indeed + A World Not Seen By Many + There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America + Incredible book to read depicting subsidized housing in Chgo + Riveting look at poverty             A Kind and Just Parent2 reviews William Ayers Beacon Press, 1998 Great stories of juveniles and justice system in trouble. + This book is powerful, instructive, and brilliant. This is a story of children, real children, still soft inside, and yet with a force field that can put off both the kindest and the most brutal attacks one can inflict. It is a story of a justice system long gone amuck, but often with good intentions, and some surprisingly good people lighting ...             The Lost Children of Wilder : The Epic Struggle to Change Foster Care19 reviews Nina Bernstein Pantheon, 2001 Notable + Sometimes There Is No Light At The End of the Tunnel + Required Reading for All who work with homeless & homeless youth. + The Wisdom to End Foster Care and Orphanages + Spellbinding and Depressing             Orphan Trains: The Story of Charles Loring Brace and the Children He Saved and Failed6 reviews Stephen O'Connor Houghton Mifflin, 2001 The origins of the American child welfare system + Orphan trains + An interesting and important book. There've been plenty of books published selecting Orphan Train children as the protagonists, but relatively few stand-alone volumes consider the origins and social implications of the American child welfare system which emerged in mid-19th century New York to handle to dearth of orphans and ...             The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood68 reviews David Simon, Edward Burns Broadway, 1998 The Corner, maybe the most relevant book on the topic + Like The Wire except with real people! + The Devastating Truth + Not for everyone but great for those seeking a different view             Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk: A Caseworker's Story186 reviews Marc Parent, Anna Quindlen (foreword) Ballantine Books, 1998 A beautiful, yet emotionally challenging read... + wild stories, soberly told + Author RETURNABLE GIRL + This is a book that sticks with you             Somebody Else's Children: The Courts, the Kids, and the Struggle to Save America's Troubled Families9 reviews John Hubner Crown, 1997 An excellent book! + You Might Understand... + A Must Read + Fascinating and thoughtful look at a complex system + Compulsively Readable             Orphans of the Living: Stories of America's Children in Foster Care20 reviews Jennifer Toth Touchstone Press, 1998 Tug At Your Heart + Sad Stories - but Unfortunately - True + Good book + Interesting & thought provoking book