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John Lennon was raised by his aunt and uncle, because they felt his mother wasn't capable of it. One of his younger half-sisters was adopted at birth by a Norwegian couple and he never met her, the other two were brought up by his mother and their dad until she died and they were sent to another aunt. His song "Mother" is about his parents not raising him.
I read a lot of Young Adult books, so here's some:
I haven't read these but heard strong recommendations:
not quite what you asked for, but a few from the perspective of kids with foster siblings:
And some movies, besides Anne of Green Gables and The Great Gilly Hopkins above
edit to add: Far From the Tree, an adopted teenage girl learns about her siblings, one adopted and one not.
The only book I can think of around that reading level that involves children in foster care is The Great Gilly Hopkins.
The Great Gilly Hopkins? It's been years since I read it, but I recall a foster child and I think an old lady.
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