Start with high-confidence ya orphan & foster stories books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Losers Bracket
Chris Crutcher
Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All
Laura Ruby
Far From the Tree
Robin Benway, Sophie Lamotte d'Argy
Rite of Passage
Richard Wright
Keesha's House
Helen Frost
Jupiter Rising
Gary D. Schmidt
Crash Into You
Katie McGarry
Hattie Ever After
Kirby Larson
A Family Apart
Joan Lowery Nixon
A Place to Belong
In the Face of Danger
The Devil's Paintbox
Victoria McKernan
Orbiting Jupiter
Watch Over Me
Nina LaCour
Sync
Ellen Hopkins
Once
Morris Gleitzman
Then
Sisters in the Wind
Angeline Boulley
Crossing the Tracks
Barbara Stuber
Dime
E. R. Frank
A List of Cages
Robin Roe
The Quiet You Carry
Nikki Barthelmess
Girls on the Line
Jennie Liu
The Butterfly's Sting
Abbie Harlow
