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01658aam a2200265Mi 4500 001 0B1199A4EAB411EB95DB475F3FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210722010305 008 160801s2016 oku 000 0deng d 010 $a 2016949020 020 $a 1937054292 :. 020 $a 9781937054298 :. 040 $a DON $b eng $e rda $c DON $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d FOLLT $d APL $d SKYRV $d SILO 100 1 $a Carter, Alton, $e author. 245 10 $a Aging out : $b a true story about the pitfalls and promise of life after foster care / $c Alton Carter. 264 1 $a Oklahoma City, Oklahoma : $b The RoadRunner Press, $c 2016. 300 $a 207 pages ; $c 21.5 cm 520 $a While still a little boy, Alton Carter walked away from his violent, drug- and alcohol-riddled childhood home believing the worst life had to offer was behind him. He was sorely mistaken. After surviving a troubled foster care system and becoming the first in his family to graduate from high school -- with a college scholarship in hand no less, he found himself at age eighteen, as so many young people do on the cusp of life: scared, lonely, and all on his own. This is the story of how he aged out of the foster care system only to have his college dreams shattered, and how he found the courage to face his past and dare to take the steps to the life and family he always dreamed he would one day have. 521 1 $a 16 and up. 600 10 $a Carter, Alton. 650 0 $a Foster children $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a African American youth $x Social conditions. 941 $a 1 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722055640.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0B1199A4EAB411EB95DB475F3FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search