Young Adults
They Call Me CAT
Joshua is a young African American boy who was adopted as an older child, and who lives in an interracial home with two loving mothers. Josh is a tenacious child who, like a lucky feline, defies death on several occasions.
His challenges began while he was still in his birth mother’s womb. Like many adopted teens, Joshua struggles to understand his identity and his past.
This is a tale of self-discovery and learning to cope with the challenges of living with an invisible brain disability caused by fetal exposure to alcohol. It is a story of survival, relationships, love, and hope.
“A travelogue of courage, love, challenges, and loyalty!”
– J.A.Amazon Reviewer
“Powerful! This book is written from the point of view of a young boy suffering from fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and his journey through the foster care system and ultimately into adoption. It addresses some major issues such as dealing with learning disabilities and adoption into a lesbian and biracial family.”
Christy Tillery French Author or the Brown Mountain Lights series
“I was inspired by the perseverance and resourcefulness of Josh’s moms and felt his pain I not being able to function within an educational system that didn’t understand his inherent shortcomings.”
– Reader Undercover
“I was an elementary teacher for many years and I wish this book had been available for me back then. I had minimal knowledge of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and no one to explain what I recognized as self-destructive, repetitive behaviors of some of my students.”
– Catharine McCammon