June gets several YA Picks as my penance for not getting to one in May.
What I Call Life by Jill Wolfson is the story of a child who must move into a foster home for a time while her mother deals with some mental health issues. Cal wants very much to believe that she doesn't belong in the home with the other girls, that they are not really her family and that her situation is different, but a fairly wise foster parent and the girls who have been in her shoes often enough, show her that this experience is part of her, just like the rest of her life. This book is a bit of a frame story and is engaging on many levels. I am biased toward decent books about foster children, but I highly recommend it.
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