20 Best fostering books like The Girl in the Dark by Angela Hart

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The Girl in the Dark

By: Angela Hart

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Melissa is a sweet-natured girl with a disturbing habit of running away and mixing with the wrong c…

If you liked the fostering plot in The Girl in the Dark by Angela Hart , here is a list of 20 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 Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • memoir
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2. Trafficked

By: Sophie Hayes

3.93

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

When Sophie Hayes met Bledi she knew he'd change her life – but she had no idea how much. At first,… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Hayes's Trafficked book and Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"...it really struck me that, just as people might look at me and never imagine I'd worked as a prostitute, they must look at some of those girls and see only the alienation and disaffection that hide…"

-Sophie Hayes, Trafficked

"Part of the problem was that I couldn't seem to get past the fact that I hadn't tried to escape from Kas. Even in France, when he'd left me on my own for several days, I'd carried on working [as a pr…"

-Sophie Hayes, Trafficked

"It's easy to dismiss girls who work on the streets as deadbeats or drug addicts without ever thinking about why they're working as prostitutes. And the truth is that many of them have been trafficked…"

-Sophie Hayes, Trafficked

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3. Little Prisoners: A Tragic Story of Siblings Trapped in a World of Abuse and Suffering

By: Casey Watson

3.84

Format: 179 pages, Paperback

Little Prisoners is a harrowing, yet moving memoir about two innocent and frightened 'unfosterable'… read more

Similar categories in Casey Watson's Little Prisoners: A Tragic Story of Siblings Trapped in a World of Abuse and Suffering book and Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • memoir

4. Crying for Help: The Shocking True Story of a Damaged Girl with a Dark Past

By: Casey Watson

3.90

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Two weeks after saying farewell to her first foster child, Casey is asked to look after Sophia, a t… read more

Similar categories in Casey Watson's Crying for Help: The Shocking True Story of a Damaged Girl with a Dark Past book and Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • memoir

5. Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child

By: Cathy Glass

2.75

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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Similar categories in Cathy Glass's Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child book and Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

6. The Girl Without a Voice: The true story of a terrified child whose silence spoke volumes

By: Casey Watson

3.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

Bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson tells the shocking and deeply moving true story of… read more

Similar categories in Casey Watson's The Girl Without a Voice: The true story of a terrified child whose silence spoke volumes book and Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

7. 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 Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

8. Will You Love Me?: Lucy's Story: The Heartbreaking True Story of My Adopted Daughter and Her Desperate Search for a Loving Home

By: Cathy Glass

4.23

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

The eleventh memoir and latest title from the internationally bestselling author and foster carer C… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's Will You Love Me?: Lucy's Story: The Heartbreaking True Story of My Adopted Daughter and Her Desperate Search for a Loving Home book and Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

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9. A Life Lost: The shocking true story

By: Cathy Glass

4.54

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

Jackson’s mother, Kayla, can no longer cope. Having tragically lost her husband and son, Kayla i… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's A Life Lost: The shocking true story book and Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • memoir
Cover of A Family Torn Apart: Three sisters and a dark secret that threatens to separate them for ever by Cathy Glass

10. 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 Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • memoir
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11. 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 Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • memoir
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12. 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 Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • memoir
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13. 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 Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
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14. Little Girl Lost

By: Casey Watson

4.59

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

The new fostering memoir from the Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson Six-year-old Amel… read more

Similar categories in Casey Watson's Little Girl Lost book and Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
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15. 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 Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • memoir
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16. Mummy, Please Don’t Leave

By: Casey Watson

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartbreaking true story of a broken family and the foster carer who wants to keep them together…… read more

Similar categories in Casey Watson's Mummy, Please Don’t Leave book and Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • memoir
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17. Eden's Story (Thrown Away Children)

By: Louise Allen

4.57

Format: 158 pages, Kindle Edition

Ashley is a young single mum raising her daughter, Eden, and working hard to do the very best job s… read more

Similar categories in Louise Allen's Eden's Story (Thrown Away Children) book and Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
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18. Denied a Mummy (A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story)

By: Maggie Hartley

4.69

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

When Maggie's latest placement arrives on her doorstep, it is clear that Sean, Dougie and their big… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's Denied a Mummy (A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story) book and Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • memoir
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19. 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 Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • memoir
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20. Billy's Story

By: Louise Allen

4.64

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Foster care expert Louise has trouble on her hands from the first moment that 5-year-old Billy Blac… read more

Similar categories in Louise Allen's Billy's Story book and Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
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21. Too Young to Parent: One baby, one scared young mum, one social worker with an impossible decision

By: Carey Patterson

4.36

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Carey Patterson, newly qualified Social Worker, is asked to see a young woman and her baby in a loc… read more

Similar categories in Carey Patterson's Too Young to Parent: One baby, one scared young mum, one social worker with an impossible decision book and Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

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22. 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 Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
Cover of Nobody Loves Me: Bobby’s true story of neglect, secrets and abuse by Maggie Hartley

23. Nobody Loves Me: Bobby’s true story of neglect, secrets and abuse

By: Maggie Hartley

4.72

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

'Wow! I did not want this book to end. This story was unlike any other' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon reader review'… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's Nobody Loves Me: Bobby’s true story of neglect, secrets and abuse book and Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
Cover of An Innocent Baby: Why would anyone abandon little Darcy-May? by Cathy Glass

24. 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 Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • memoir
Cover of Please Give My Baby Back: A tiny baby is found with a bruise on his leg and Robyn’s life is ripped apart. Can Maggie help reunite them? by Maggie Hartley

25. Please Give My Baby Back: A tiny baby is found with a bruise on his leg and Robyn’s life is ripped apart. Can Maggie help reunite them?

By: Maggie Hartley

4.56

Format: 74 pages, Kindle Edition

'Please don't take him. Let him stay with me. Please don't take my baby.'When a health visitor no… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's Please Give My Baby Back: A tiny baby is found with a bruise on his leg and Robyn’s life is ripped apart. Can Maggie help reunite them? book and Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

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26. Is It My Fault, Mummy?

By: Maggie Hartley

4.59

Format: 89 pages, Kindle Edition

Foster carer Maggie Hartley is used to receiving placements at short notice, but the arrival of sev… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's Is It My Fault, Mummy? book and Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • memoir
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27. Please Don't Take Mummy Away

By: Maggie Hartley

4.62

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

'I think this is one of the best books I have read by Maggie Hartley' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon reader reviewTHE… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's Please Don't Take Mummy Away book and Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
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28. 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 Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • memoir
Cover of Too Scared To Cry (A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story) by Maggie Hartley

29. Too Scared To Cry (A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story)

By: Maggie Hartley

4.63

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartbreaking and inspiring collection of true fostering stories perfect for fans of Cathy Glass … read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's Too Scared To Cry (A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story) book and Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • memoir
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30. The Girl in the Dark

By: Angela Hart

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Melissa is a sweet-natured girl with a disturbing habit of running away and mixing with the wrong c… read more

Similar categories in Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark book and Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • memoir
Cover of Will You Help Me?: Ralph’s true story of abuse, secrets and lies by Maggie Hartley

31. Will You Help Me?: Ralph’s true story of abuse, secrets and lies

By: Maggie Hartley

4.81

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

'Please help me,' he said in a small voice. 'Will you help me?'Six-year-old Ralph has only been i… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's Will You Help Me?: Ralph’s true story of abuse, secrets and lies book and Angela Hart's The Girl in the Dark

  • nonfiction

25 must-read nonfiction books like The Girl in the Dark by Angela Hart

Transform Your Habits

Tiny Prisoners

Maggie Hartley

4.51

Transform Your Habits

Trafficked

Sophie Hayes

3.93

Transform Your Habits

Little Prisoners: A Tragic Story of Siblings Trapped in a World of Abuse and Suffering

Casey Watson

3.84

Crying for Help: The Shocking True Story of a Damaged Girl with a Dark Past

Casey Watson

3.90

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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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