Nonfiction by Cathy Glass
Ten-year-old Donna is removed from her alcoholic mother and placed in a foster home with her two brothers, but then she comes to live with Cathy Glass alone. Donna seems to be such a sad and dejected child that Cathy can't believe her former carers' reports of excessive sibling rivalry could be true.
Soon Cathy learns that Donna feels responsible for keeping the younger kids in line, and blames herself for the fact that she and her brothers were taken into foster care. Unfortunately, her idea of "helping" with younger children is an imitation of her mother's abusive care, and Cathy much keep a careful watch on her own kids when they are with Donna.
In this story Cathy must help Donna learn that she is not responsible for everyone else and work to lift Donna's pervasive sadness as she looks toward the future.
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