by sproutweb | Jun 17, 2026
Three Little Words: A Memoir by Ashley Rhodes-Courter An inspiring true story of the tumultuous nine years Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent in the foster care system, and how she triumphed over painful memories and real-life horrors to ultimately find her own voice. Copies...
by sproutweb | Jun 17, 2026
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Walls has written a stunning and life-affirming memoir about surviving a willfully impoverished, eccentric, and severely misguided family. Copies also available in the CASA office. Available at Lawrence Public Library
by sproutweb | Jun 17, 2026
Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell When Ree Dollys father skips bail, the 16-year-old knows if he doesn’t show up, her family will lose their home. Her goal had been to leave her life of poverty and join the Army, but first she must find her father, teach her little...
by sproutweb | Jun 17, 2026
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline Moving between contemporary Maine and Depression-era Minnesota, Orphan Train is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of second chances, and unexpected friendship. Copies also available in the CASA office. Available at...
by sproutweb | Jun 17, 2026
No Visible Bruises by Rachel Snyder Snyder highlights an epidemic of unacknowledged violence. Fifty women a month are shot and killed by their partners, and she explores the problem from multiple perspectives: the victims, the aggressors and a society that turns a...
