Nonfiction by Cathy Glass
Ten-year-old Tayo is taken into foster care right after Christmas. After several changes of address over the first school term, his mother had ditched him with friends and disappeared for two weeks over the holidays, then retrieved him without so much as a thank-you. Then she turned up drunk for court as a final straw.
As Tayo's mother seems to get more and more irresponsible, it's up to foster carer Cathy Glass to find out what's best for Tayo. But there's a further complication: Tayo was born in another country, and he and his mother seem to have come to Britain illegally.
This was a good story with a surprise ending.
I also read recently by this author: Too Scared to Tell
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