Recommended Age:
9
+
Best for independent readers who enjoy hopeful, community-centered stories about foster care, belonging, and the courage to open one's heart.
About the Book
Eleven-year-old Tess lives on a small Maine island where the community decides to take in foster children to boost the school's enrollment and keep it open, and Tess's family fosters a boy named Aaron who has been through many placements and is wary of attachment. A hopeful novel about foster care, community, and the courage to open one's heart.
Content Ratings
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Light Themes
Aaron has been through multiple foster placements and struggles to trust that he will be allowed to stay; themes of belonging, community, and the foster care system are handled gently and with hope.
⚔️
No Violence
There is no physical violence; conflict is emotional, centered on Aaron's fear of attachment and the possibility of losing the school.
Engagement:
Genre:
Adventure
Published:
2010
Page Count:
186
