I'm On Your Side by Emily J. Vaughan

     You know, nothing hurts me more than when children are hurt.  Sometimes, in a fictional story, it's necessary.  In stories like this one, regardless of the age, it hurts.  In I'm On Your Side by Emily J. Vaughan, choices are made, lines are drawn against a world that seems to be against them and in situations like the ones in this tale, someone always gets hurt.

     The story is about Cassie. She's trash; that's the way she sees herself anyway.  As a foster child, when your only possessions are thrown into a garbage bag before leaving what could have been considered home, that's an understandable perception.  She's not and enter into the PSA of the story.  
 
     This story touches my heart because there are a few aspects of the story to pay attention to.  I won't say exactly what they are, but let me just say this, one of the issues holds a problem that is near and dear to my heart.  I wish I could say what it is, but that would be a SPOILER and you know I don't do those!  Ugh- it's killing me!  What I can say is, this story isn't one of those where anything negative is glorified.  There is no celebrated suicide, no Jane Austen quotes and no fashionable depression.  It's a story of acceptance, love, friendship and doing the right thing.  I enjoyed this book .  
     Check out and know that you will love it for what it is:  A good book.  "NEXT!"