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Finding Katie
The Diary of Anonymous, A Teenager in Foster Care
By Sparks, Beatrice
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06050-721-3
- Publisher
- Avon
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2005
Gr 7-10 Fans of "Go Ask Alice" (S & S, 1971) and Dave Pelzer's "A Child Called It" (HCI, 1995) will be interested in this sensationalized autobiography written by a teen in dire straits. Katie is almost 16 when her diary begins. She is an only child, living on a private, gated estate near Hollywood. Her mother, a former beauty-pageant winner, was once attentive but now uses drugs and alcohol to dampen the psychological and physical pain of domestic violence. Her father, while violently abusing her mother, has always ignored Katie until he se...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
