Boy No One Loved

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The first in a series of books from foster carer Casey Watson. ' We're hungry ' his brother cried. ' We're hungry Justin. Please find us some food.' Justin was five years old; his brothers two & three. Their mother a heroin addict had left them alone again. Later that day after trying to burn down the family home Justin was taken into care. Justin was taken into care at the age of five after deliberately burning down his family home. Six years on after 20 failed placements Justin arrives at Casey's home. Casey & her husband Mike are specialist foster carers. They practice a new style of foster care that focuses on modifying the behaviour of profoundly damaged children. They are Justin's last hope & it quickly becomes clear that they are facing a big challenge. Try as they might to make him welcome he seems determined to strip his life of all the comforts they bring him violently lashing out at schoolmates & family & throwing any affection they offer him back in their faces. After a childhood filled with hurt & rejection Justin simply doesn't want to know. But as it soon emerges this is only the tip of a chilling iceberg. A visit to Justin's mother on Boxing Day reveals that there are some very dark underlying problems that Justin has never spoken about. As the full picture becomes clearer & the horrific truth of Justin's early life is revealed Casey & her family finally start to understand the pain he has suffered...