I'm a 22 year old college student who is currently going to school to work in this type of environment working with foster children being able to help them. I chose this book as a "must read" to gain some insight into what it's like for those children. And being the softy that I am did make it hard to read some of the pages but made my want to help increase. I got props to Casey and the time she spend with Justin and I know she must have been a great foster mother to many others after him. I look forward to reading more books from her and hope that they will help other the way they helped me with my career choice. People like her give this world hope. This was a touching story that was an enjoyable read. It's a true story about a foster mother who takes in a child who has some serious issues. My eyes were opened after reading this book. The hardships that young Justin goes through are so sad. We first meet Justin at the age of 5 ½. At this young tender age Justin’s mother did not come home the night before, there is no food in the house, his younger siblings (2 and 3) had taken off their dippers and made a mess. After cleaning his siblings up he wraps them in a blanket and takes them outside. Justin then goes back inside and sets his house on fire. With their dog inside. Following this Justin is taken away from his mother and place in foster care. Until he is 11 years Justin bounces from foster home to foster home. Never finding the one that fits him. That is until he meets Casey and Mike Watson. Together they work to get through Justin’s physical and emotional abuse. This book is perfect for anyone who does not mine crying but still has warmth and laughter too. I plan on checking on other books written by this author.
Interesting, but a lot of waffle. Could've been shorter.
—greenegirl99
Cried my eyeballs out for this one @.@
—kaelaamarieee
very interesting
—jordin108
