title: A Foster-Adoption Story: Angela and Michael's Journey: A Therapeutic Workbook for Traumatized Children
author:  Regina M. Kupecky LSW 
description: A workbook that children will enjoy while they color and find children with a story similar to their own. Connections, separations, loyalty issues, siblings and adoption are all issues the children face. This book makes it easier to share feelings. --Joe Kroll, Executive Director, The North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC)<br /><br />A Foster-Adoption Story chronicles a journey of a brother and sister from the time when they were being abused and neglected in their birth family until they were finally adopted. This workbook will help parents and their foster/adoptive children take a candid look at the many facets of their lives as they move from place to place. It allows children to express their thoughts and feelings, and it will provide parents with insights into their children's lives. It will be a valuable tool for helping everyone look at and discuss difficult things. --Gregory C. Keck, PhD, Founder/Director of the Attachment and Bonding Center of Ohio, co-author of Adopting the Hurt Child, Parenting the Hurt Child, and author of Parenting Adopted Adolescents<br /><br />This much-needed resource for adoptive families clearly shows how a child perceives life after trauma and what healthy parents can provide. I think it should be required reading for potential parents. --Sherri Eldridge, 20 Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Parents Knew and 20 Things Adoptive Parents Need to Succeed
zlib_text: # THE HOME
  
  
  ##
  
  
  ## Karen Osman
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Start Reading](part0005.html#id5)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [About this Book](part0001.html#id2)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [About the Author](part0085.html#id85)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Table of Contents](part0002.html#id3)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [ ](part0087.html#id87)
  
  
  
  
  
  [www.ariafiction.com](http://www.ariafiction.com)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### [About The Home](part0002.html#id-2)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Angela was just a baby when her mum left her for the last time, and a
  children’s home is no place to grow up. The home’s manager Ray takes the girls
  off to his ‘den’ in the garden and the littlies come back crying, and Ray’s
  wife Kath has special wooden spoons which she saves for beating any of the
  children who dare to misbehave.
  
  
  So, when wealthy couple James and Rosemary come to choose a child to adopt,
  Angela is desperate to escape. But the scars of her childhood remain, and when
  Angela’s search for her birth mother Evelyn is successful, their reunion is no
  fairy tale. Soon strange and sinister events start to unfold,