The Girl They Taught to Be Unwanted
"Nobody picks the difficult ones," nine-year-old Maisie Reed whispers to her worn-out stuffed rabbit. Grant Whitaker hears her at a family center, then sees the name on her bracelet. Maisie's late mother was his sister. For six years, Grant never knew he had a niece. The records say he was contacted and refused to take her in. Grant knows he never signed that refusal. His search brings him back to the sister whose letters he returned unopened, a little girl who has learned to offer pancakes and good behavior in exchange for a home, and a former guardian determined to define Maisie as too difficult to keep. Each disputed record raises a harder question: who benefited from making Maisie believe her family did not want her? Grant can challenge the paperwork. Earning Maisie's trust will take something else: showing up when she is angry, frightened, or inconvenient, and telling her the truth about the years he lost.
Index
11 Chapters- 1. Chapter 1: The Bracelet
- 2. Chapter 2: The Man Who Said No
- 3. Chapter 3: A Visit at Four
- 4. Chapter 4: Difficult Child
- 5. Chapter 5: What the Money Bought
- 6. Chapter 6: The Name on the Form
- 7. Chapter 7: Her Mother's Copy
- 8. Chapter 8: Thirty Days
- 9. Chapter 9: The Cost of Telling
- 10. Chapter 10: Stay
- 11. Chapter 11: Room for Anger
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