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SAM IS MY SISTER, Ashley Rhodes-Courter

From New York Times bestselling author Ashley Rhodes-Courter, illustrated by Mackenzie Haley, SAM IS MY SISTER, based on one family’s real-life experiences, is a heartwarming story of a girl named Sam and the brothers who love and support her that will resonate with readers everywhere. “SAM IS MY SISTER is a sensitive, heartwarming, honest, and […]

SAM IS OUR SISTER, Ashley Rhodes-Courter

NYT-bestselling author of THREE LITTLE WORDS and THREE MORE WORDS Ashley Rhodes-Courter’s SAM IS OUR SISTER, a story based on the experiences of the author’s family that follows three siblings, one of whom is transgender, as they play astronauts, learn about what it means to become your true self, and realize they will always be together. (Albert Whitman/World/Spring […]

THREE MORE WORDS, Ashley Rhodes-Courter (Paperback)

NOW IN PAPERBACK! In the sequel to the New York Times bestselling memoir Three Little Words (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster, 2008), Ashley Rhodes-Courter expands on life beyond the foster care system, the joys and heartbreak with the family she’s created, and her efforts to make peace with her past. Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent a harrowing nine years […]

THREE MORE WORDS, Ashley Rhodes-Courter

“…highly interesting, it serves as a window onto the foster-care system.” – Kirkus Reviews The long awaited  sequel to the New York Times and London Times bestseller THREE LITTLE WORDS  In her undeniably honest and inspiring memoir Three Little Words, we were captivated by Ashley Rhodes-Courter, an amazing young woman who—through nine years, forty-four caseworkers, and […]

Sequel to Ashley Rhodes-Courter’s THREE LITTLE WORDS sold!

I first met Ashley Rhodes-Courter when she was 16.  I represented her adoptive mother, Gay Courter, a wonderful commercial novelist, and nonfiction writer.  Ashley had just won a contest sponsored by Scholastic for an essay on “What Harry Potter Means to Me.”  As a child, Ashley had been in and out of foster homes from […]

Rhodes-Courter

Ashley Rhodes-Courter Ashley Rhodes-Courter, LCSW, is a former foster youth who went on to become a Clinical Social Worker, keynote speaker, foster/adoptive parent, and New York Times bestselling author (Three Little Words, Three More Words). Since her first national keynote at age 14, Ashley Rhodes-Courter has shared her story all over the world and in […]