18 must-read fostering books like A Dark Secret by Casey Watson

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A Dark Secret

By: Casey Watson

4.32

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Just when Casey thinks her foster care duties are done, she’s asked to look after Sam, a troubled n…

If you liked the fostering plot in A Dark Secret by Casey Watson , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Tiny Prisoners

By: Maggie Hartley

4.51

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Evie and Elliot are scrawny, filthy and wide-eyed with fear when they turn up on foster carer Maggi… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's Tiny Prisoners book and Casey Watson's A Dark Secret

  • memoir
  • fostering
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
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2. Taken

By: Rosie Lewis

3.75

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Experienced foster carer, Rosie Lewis, takes on the heart-breaking case of Megan, a baby born with … read more

Similar categories in Rosie Lewis's Taken book and Casey Watson's A Dark Secret

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • memoir

3. Cruel to Be Kind: Saying no can save a child’s life

By: Cathy Glass

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in h… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's Cruel to Be Kind: Saying no can save a child’s life book and Casey Watson's A Dark Secret

4. Nobody’s Son: All Alex ever wanted was a family of his own

By: Cathy Glass

3.21

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in Cathy Glass's Nobody’s Son: All Alex ever wanted was a family of his own book and Casey Watson's A Dark Secret

5. Trapped: The Terrifying True Story of a Secret World of Abuse

By: Rosie Lewis

3.88

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

Trappedwas a Sunday Times bestseller and the first memoir from foster carer Rosie Lewis. Phoebe, an… read more

Similar categories in Rosie Lewis's Trapped: The Terrifying True Story of a Secret World of Abuse book and Casey Watson's A Dark Secret

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6. A Family Torn Apart: Three sisters and a dark secret that threatens to separate them for ever

By: Cathy Glass

4.30

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

Angie, 6, and her sister, Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive at Cathy’s house, havin… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's A Family Torn Apart: Three sisters and a dark secret that threatens to separate them for ever book and Casey Watson's A Dark Secret

  • biography
  • memoir
  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • audiobook
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7. Broken: A traumatised girl. Her troubled brother. Their shocking secret.

By: Rosie Lewis

4.46

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

Nine-year-old Archie and his five-year-old sister, Bobbi, are taken into emergency police protectiv… read more

Similar categories in Rosie Lewis's Broken: A traumatised girl. Her troubled brother. Their shocking secret. book and Casey Watson's A Dark Secret

  • biography
  • memoir
  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • audiobook
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8. Unwanted: The care system failed Lara. Will she fail her own child?

By: Cathy Glass

4.41

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

Lara was seven when her birth mother died from a drug overdose. With no extended family to look aft… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's Unwanted: The care system failed Lara. Will she fail her own child? book and Casey Watson's A Dark Secret

  • biography
  • memoir
  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. Behind Closed Doors: The true and heart-breaking story of little Nancy, who holds the secret to a terrible crime

By: Maggie Hartley

4.67

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

'It's okay, lovely,' I soothed. 'You let it all out.'She sobbed and sobbed as all the fear came t… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's Behind Closed Doors: The true and heart-breaking story of little Nancy, who holds the secret to a terrible crime book and Casey Watson's A Dark Secret

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • fostering
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10. Too Scared to Tell

By: Cathy Glass

4.57

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of a 6-year-old boy with a dreadful secret. Oskar's school teacher raises the ala… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's Too Scared to Tell book and Casey Watson's A Dark Secret

  • biography
  • memoir
  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • audiobook
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11. Daddy's Little Soldier

By: Maggie Hartley

4.61

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

Quiet and polite, obsessively neat, clean and tidy, eight-year-old Tom is unlike any child Maggie h… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's Daddy's Little Soldier book and Casey Watson's A Dark Secret

  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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12. Finding Stevie

By: Cathy Glass

4.38

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Finding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking online. When … read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's Finding Stevie book and Casey Watson's A Dark Secret

  • biography
  • memoir
  • fostering
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • audiobook
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13. A Terrible Secret: Scared for her safety, Tilly places herself into care. A shocking true story.

By: Cathy Glass

4.42

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Tilly hates her stepfather, Dave. He abuses her mother, but she refuses to leave him. Frightened… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's A Terrible Secret: Scared for her safety, Tilly places herself into care. A shocking true story. book and Casey Watson's A Dark Secret

  • biography
  • memoir
  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • audiobook
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14. Neglected: Scared, hungry and alone, Jamey craves affection

By: Cathy Glass

4.54

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Little Jamey, 2½ years old, is placed with experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, as an emergency. … read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's Neglected: Scared, hungry and alone, Jamey craves affection book and Casey Watson's A Dark Secret

  • biography
  • memoir
  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • audiobook
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15. Where has Mummy Gone?: When there is nothing left but memories…

By: Cathy Glass

4.50

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of Melody, aged 8, the last of five siblings to be taken from her drug dependent sin… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's Where has Mummy Gone?: When there is nothing left but memories… book and Casey Watson's A Dark Secret

  • biography
  • memoir
  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • audiobook
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16. A Sister's Shame: The true story of little girls trapped in a cycle of abuse and neglect

By: Maggie Hartley

4.71

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

'My heart felt heavy with sadness for these two little girls.'Foster carer Maggie Hartley is used… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's A Sister's Shame: The true story of little girls trapped in a cycle of abuse and neglect book and Casey Watson's A Dark Secret

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • fostering
  • abuse
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17. Unsafe: Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way

By: Cathy Glass

4.33

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way … Damian is just seven when he is taken in by… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's Unsafe: Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way book and Casey Watson's A Dark Secret

  • biography
  • fostering
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Where's My Mummy?: Louisa's heart-breaking true story of family, loss and hope

By: Maggie Hartley

4.71

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

'Mum and Dad. Gone?' asked Louisa. 'Yes,' I nodded. 'They're gone.' After a horrific car crash, thi… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's Where's My Mummy?: Louisa's heart-breaking true story of family, loss and hope book and Casey Watson's A Dark Secret

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
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19. An Innocent Baby: Why would anyone abandon little Darcy-May?

By: Cathy Glass

4.58

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

When foster carer, Cathy Glass, is asked to foster Darcy-May, a two-day old baby, she is very conce… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's An Innocent Baby: Why would anyone abandon little Darcy-May? book and Casey Watson's A Dark Secret

  • biography
  • memoir
  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • audiobook
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20. A Dark Secret

By: Casey Watson

4.32

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Just when Casey thinks her foster care duties are done, she’s asked to look after Sam, a troubled n… read more

Similar categories in Casey Watson's A Dark Secret book and Casey Watson's A Dark Secret

  • biography
  • memoir
  • fostering
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • audiobook
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21. Helpless: Are Riley and his two little siblings in danger?

By: Cathy Glass

4.44

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

The 32nd fostering memoir from international bestseller Cathy Glass Struggling to cope with three … read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's Helpless: Are Riley and his two little siblings in danger? book and Casey Watson's A Dark Secret

  • nonfiction
  • fostering

11 best-selling audiobook books like A Dark Secret by Casey Watson

Transform Your Habits

A Family Torn Apart: Three sisters and a dark secret that threatens to separate them for ever

Cathy Glass

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Broken: A traumatised girl. Her troubled brother. Their shocking secret.

Rosie Lewis

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Unwanted: The care system failed Lara. Will she fail her own child?

Cathy Glass

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Too Scared to Tell

Cathy Glass

4.57

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19 must-read nonfiction books like Behind Closed Doors: The true and heart-breaking story of little Nancy, who holds the secret to a terrible crime by Maggie Hartley

Transform Your Habits

A Life Lost: The shocking true story

Cathy Glass

4.54

Transform Your Habits

A Family Torn Apart: Three sisters and a dark secret that threatens to separate them for ever

Cathy Glass

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Unwanted: The care system failed Lara. Will she fail her own child?

Cathy Glass

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Behind Closed Doors: The true and heart-breaking story of little Nancy, who holds the secret to a terrible crime

Maggie Hartley

4.67

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