![]() ![]() (In fact, she had so many placements that when I picked the book up again after a break in reading, I had trouble remembering where she was.) She also uses dialog extensively, which keeps the read lively.Ī good portion of the book is focused on the abusive foster home in which she lived for 8 months (and returned for an overnight respite visit at a later time!) Multiple maltreatment reports to CPS from teachers and interviews with the children themselves either were not investigated or not taken seriously. The simple facts of her numerous placements, the maltreatment in some of her placements, and the negligence of some of the child protective services (CPS) authorities alone are enough to make a reader understand how angry and desolate she must have felt, and why it took a long time for her to trust her adoptive parents. Rhodes-Courter tells her story in a direct way, using a "show me, don't tell me" approach. ![]() Given that this is the first book of a very young author, I was impressed at how good the writing was. ![]()
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