The author's ability to form intelligent, open-minded conclusions about her traumatic childhood demonstrates her remarkable control and insight, and although there are plenty of wrenching moments, she succeeds not in attracting pity but in her stated intention, of drawing attention to the children who currently share the plight that she herself overcame. --Publishers Weekly

Quiet scenes cut deepest: the author's description of her only after-school visit to a friend's home lingers heartbreakingly in one's mind. This gifted young writer's moving and eye-opening story will especially appeal to fans of Jeannette Walls's The Glass Castle and David Pelzer's autobiographical books. --School Library Journal

Three Little Words is an honest and powerful memoir which shares the painful details of Ashley Rhodes-Courter's nine year journey through the foster care system, while it also conveys a message of inner strength and hope. I applaud Ashley for bravely sharing her story and commend this young woman for her on-going efforts to help the children in the foster care system. -Suzanne Buckingham Slade, author of Adopted: The Ultimate Teen Guide

Ashley Rhodes was only three when she was taken from her mother and put into the foster system because her parents were in and out of trouble. Both she and her younger brother Luke were moved from home to home over the next ten years. Ashley does a great job of explaining how difficult it is for a young child to understand that their parents aren't fit to take care of themShe talks about the fear of what is sometimes seemed like routine abuse. An honest, touch story with a begining, a middle and at least in Ashley's case: a happy ending. A RECOMMENDED read!