The Risk Of UsNearly half a million children are in foster care. Most placements fail. Will seven year old Maresa's? "It starts with a face in a binder. CHILDREN AVAILABLE, reads the cover." So begins Rachel Howard's intimate and heartbreaking novel about a couple hoping to adopt a child from foster care, then struggling to make it as a family. Seven year old Maresa arrives with an indomitable spirit, a history of five failed foster care "placements," and a

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and her lovable hound Charlie share the joys and frustrations of welcoming a new little one in Charlie and the New Baby

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