The Shelves

Orphans & Foster Homes Books

Books selected for readers looking for orphans & foster homes books.

21 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 500+ tracked lists·71% reader overlap with Homelessness & Poverty Books

1. A List of Cages
Robin Roe
Fits this list for its focus on foster.
Shelf signal: Abuse & Trauma for Teens
2. Sisters in the Wind
Angeline Boulley
Fits this list for its focus on foster.
Shelf signal: YA Indigenous Stories
3. Sync
Ellen Hopkins
Fits this list for its focus on foster.
Shelf signal: YA Orphan & Foster Stories
4. Orbiting Jupiter
Gary D. Schmidt
Fits this list for its focus on foster.
Shelf signal: YA Orphan & Foster Stories
5. Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All
Laura Ruby
Included for strong fantasy alignment with this orphans & foster homes list.
Shelf signal: 20th-Century US YA
6. Not Nothing
Gayle Forman
Included for strong friendship alignment with this orphans & foster homes list.
Shelf signal: Depression & Mental Health
7. Where the Heart Should Be
Sarah Crossan
Included for strong year alignment with this orphans & foster homes list.
Shelf signal: Europe for Teens
8. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Allan Corduner
Fits this list for its focus on foster.
Shelf signal: Holocaust Stories for Teens
9. Gathering Blue (for Pob Boxed Set Only)
Lois Lowry
Included for strong fiction alignment with this orphans & foster homes list.
Shelf signal: YA Orphan & Foster Stories
10. Saving Red
Sonya Sones
Included for strong authors alignment with this orphans & foster homes list.
Shelf signal: Faith & Belief
11. Homecoming
Cynthia Voigt
Included for strong award alignment with this orphans & foster homes list.
Shelf signal: Homelessness & Poverty for Teens
12. Interrupted
Zondervan, Rachel Coker
Included for strong historical alignment with this orphans & foster homes list.
Shelf signal: YA Orphan & Foster Stories
13. The Good Thieves
Katherine Rundell
Included for strong thriller alignment with this orphans & foster homes list.
Shelf signal: YA Orphan & Foster Stories
14. Gather
Kenneth M. Cadow
Included for strong book club alignment with this orphans & foster homes list.
Shelf signal: Addiction & Substance Use for Teens
15. Bridge of Clay
Markus Zusak
Included for strong book club alignment with this orphans & foster homes list.
Shelf signal: Death & Grief for Teens
16. Crossing the Tracks
Barbara Stuber
Included for strong book club alignment with this orphans & foster homes list.
Shelf signal: 20th-Century US YA
17. Hattie Big Sky
Kirsten Potter, Kirby Larson
Included for strong book club alignment with this orphans & foster homes list.
Shelf signal: 20th-Century U.S.
18. Belle Prater's Boy
Ruth White
Included for strong teen alignment with this orphans & foster homes list.
Shelf signal: YA Orphan & Foster Stories
19. Caprice
Coe Booth
Included for strong middle alignment with this orphans & foster homes list.
Shelf signal: Sexual Abuse & Support
20. A Northern Light
Hope Davis, Jennifer Donnelly
Included for strong book club alignment with this orphans & foster homes list.
Shelf signal: 20th-Century US YA
21. Camilla
Ann Marie Lee, Madeleine L'Engle
Included for strong adult alignment with this orphans & foster homes list.
Shelf signal: YA Divorce & Marriage Stories
Explore more on this shelf →