1.He was treated like a normal kid. Like other kids would play and talk to him.

2.Gordon told David to stay away from mother. He was shocked to that idea.

3.One of the rules was never to become to attached to anyone and never to take someone's home.

4.Gordon was having an affair with another women.

5.He ment for David to go back to hillcrest for a couple days.

6.He compares Gordon to his parents.

7.David’s new family was a set of parents were the same as his old parent but not physically involved.

8.She was very weird and stuff. Like she would over comfort David as if he was a toy doll.

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9.Joanne and Michael were fighting a lot. But Michael was having an affair with another women.

10.He has been in 2 different.

11.His 2nd foster home was

12.His order to David was not to talk to his mother. 14. There were seven other foster teenagers who lived in a makeshift room in the garage.

13.Everyone in the home was always competing for Jody’s attention, and as cramped as things were there was a genuine family bond. Mattresses were crammed in every corner, and old lamps gave the home a soft glow.

14.Jody was Vera's husband, who chuckled like Santa Claus and he loved playing with the children. Whenever he came everyone was at competition fro his attention.

15.David’s new best friend was a kid named Carlos, a Hispanic boy. Carlos did not have a mean bone in his body, and could not speak English very well. Although David found it difficult it communicate with Carlos verbally, they had some kind of bond that made them understand each other instantly, without words.

16.David runs into his brother Russell. Russell does not look good at all. He is wearing old, torn shoes and he has bruises all over his arms. It is obvious who Mother has made her next victim.

17.I think he is concerned about what his mother is doing to his brothers and the rest of the family. He feels bad for just leaving his brothers behind, and he does not want the same type of abuse to be practiced on them.

18.At school the next day, David saw his mother walking behind Russell.

19.Jody was accused of statuary rape on a former female foster child.

20.Most of the kids had to go to the Hill because there was no room in any other foster homes. Jody’s foster home had been closed permanently due to the accusation
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21.David ends up staying with Alice’s foster home despite the fact that it was an all girl foster home. Alice smiled and asked him if he mined sleeping on the couch.