Untangling Hope

<p><span style=color: rgba(35 37 38 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>S</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>ometimes you have to piece your family together. </em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Hope a determined eleven-year-old lands in her seventh foster home in three years. The foster lady seems okay and she has an adorable rescue dog that actually smiles. But Hope's not betting on this placement lasting. Besides Hope doesn't </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>need</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> a new family. After all her dad's just doing a little time in jail. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Hope tries to hide her foster status at the new middle school. But her brain gets tangled up as she finds herself getting drawn into real friendships and discovering a love for cross-country running all the while plotting a daring secret plan to live with a distant cousin until her dad is released.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Untangling Hope </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>is</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>a contemporary Middle Grade novel with a refreshingly honest portrayal of foster care. This grace-filled coming-of-age story is a journey of loss resilience and healing.</span></p>