About the author
Claudia Rowe is an American journalist whose reporting has covered children, courts, crime, psychology, and public systems. Her earlier book The Spider and the Fly examined the relationship between a reporter and a serial killer.
Wards of the State follows six former foster youths while interviewing the adults and institutions that shaped their cases. The long view shows how child welfare can hand unresolved harm forward into schools and courts.
Where to start
Start with Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care for reported life histories behind the foster-care-to-prison pipeline.
