I’m so excited these came in today! I read the first two in 7th or 8th grade and have been looking forward to reading them again. It’s nice to have these stories as reminders of why I chose social work, specifically child welfare as a career. Not that I need reminders already, but it’s nice.

I’m going to start with the last one, “The Boy Who Carried Bricks”, written by Alton Carter, a speaker I’ll be seeing at a foster retreat in September. I’m just waiting on one more of his books that I ordered titled “Aging Out”. I can’t wait!

I definitely recommend the first two if you’re going into child welfare or any field where you’re likely to encounter children/foster children, thinking of adopting one day, or just in general. You never know who you’ll encounter that may have experiences similar to the authors of these books.