The road to Paris

153 pages

English language

Published 2006 by G.P. Putnam, Putnam Juvenile, Putnam.

ISBN:
978-0-399-24537-4
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OCLC Number:
62179113

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Inconsolable at being separated from her older brother, eight-year-old Paris is apprehensive about her new foster family but just as she learns to trust them, she faces a life-changing decision.

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Review of 'The road to Paris' on 'Goodreads'

A good, heartfelt, and realistic story about an experience of a child in foster care. This is not a fairy-tale, so no happy endings, just lots of mixed feelings. The author accurately depicts the struggle for belonging, prejudice, and the difficulty of choices. The author clearly depicts the strength of human attachment and the complications that ensue when the child is attached to a parent that's not emotionally healthy.

Subjects

  • Foster home care
  • African Americans
  • Brothers and sisters
  • Fiction