Ward of the State by Karlos Dillard

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/168996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ward of the State Author: Karlos Dillard Narrator: Karlos Dillard Format: mp3 Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins Release date: 12-15-21 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 58 ratings Genres: Adoption & Fostering Publisher's Summary: Ward of the State: A Memoir of Foster Care tells what happened to a little Black boy from the inner city of Detroit. This is the story of Karlos Dillard, who was severely neglected by his mother, who often left him and his siblings at home alone for weeks to fend for themselves. Enduring severe neglect and abuse, the boy was removed by the State of Michigan and put into foster care. Karlos was removed from his mother's care just to end up in foster homes that treated him worse. Karlos was told he was not loved, he was not wanted, and he was nothing but a ward of the state.