Foster Child

By Heddrick McBride

FOSTER CHILD

Taylor learned how to survive long before she learned how to be a child.

As she moves through foster care placements, school systems, and constantly shifting homes, Taylor does what no one ever asked her to do: she protects her younger brother while navigating adults who do not always listen and systems that rarely see the full picture.

Told through Taylor's steady and observant voice, Foster Child explores what happens when children are forced to grow up too soon, when silence feels safer than honesty, and when love becomes both a shield and a burden. When attention finally comes, it brings pressure, judgment, and choices that test everything Taylor believes about loyalty, truth, and responsibility.

This is not a story about being rescued.
It is a story about standing firm.
About sibling love.
About resilience.
And about the cost of telling the truth in a world that is not always ready to hear it.

Foster Child is a powerful, emotionally grounded novel that centers the voices of children who are often discussed, but rarely listened to.

Some heroes are quiet.
Some survivors are still standing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GBVF2BQM
• ISBN13: 9798279304257
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"