The novel I read for book club is called Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul, which is full of short stories about growing up, written by various authors across the country. Although the majority of the stories were nice to read, one stood out to me the most, called She Didn’t Give Up on Me. The story is about a foster girl who goes from house to house in order to find a family. After she’s unsuccessful a few times and believes she is unlovable, she finally finds a family she fits in with.
Even though I wasn’t adopted, I sure did test some of the boundaries of my parents. In the story, the girl would kick and scream to test her new parents’ love for her. Most of the time, they would end up sending her back to the