In Almost Home, the reader gets a sense of protagonist Sugar Mae Cole’s progressive downward spiral into devastating poverty, homelessness, and life as a foster child. Sugar Mae is a good kid working to maintain a positive outlook on life as the walls of stability shatter all around her. In the novel, author Joan Bauer also reveals… Read more »
October 2012
October: Families in Change
We’re in difficult times for many families. The economy has led to a degree of job loss, relocation, situational poverty, and homelessness that is creating havoc in the lives of many children. Families are being reconfigured out of necessity. Military conflicts are causing additional separation and heartbreak. The foster case system is over-burdened, the daily… Read more »
