Nina Bernstein

An in-depth study of a 1973 case in which thirteen-year-old Shirley Wilder, an abused runaway, became the focus of a class-action lawsuit in regard to the inequities of New York City's foster care system provides a full-history of the case and the long-term consequences of foster care for Shirley, her son Lamont, and Lamont's son, all victims of the system. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

The Epic Struggle to Change Foster Care

The Lost Children of Wilder

Boris Kulikov

Neither Anne nor Emily remembered choosing the book at the library, but when as they read it, the boundary between their world and the one described in the book disappears. Suddenly they are in Sherwood Forest, where they join Robin Hood's band. The further adventures that await Anne, Emily, and their brother, Will, are the kind they had always dreamed about. They had yearned for magic as strong as the spell cast by the stories they loved best. But then an uninvited guest turns up at their parents' garden party. The sinister man snatches the book with the intention of using its powers for evil, and the siblings find themselves engaged in a battle to regain possession of the book. Richly detailed black-and-white drawings enliven this intriguing literary fantasy, which pays homage to some of the heroes of the author's childhood, among them E. Nesbit, Edward Eager, and Leo Tolstoy.

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