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The foster child by Jenny Blackhurst.

The foster child by Jenny Blackhurst.






When child psychologist Imogen Reid takes on the case of 11-year-old Ellie Atkinson, she refuses to listen to warnings that the girl is dangerous.

Ellie was the only survivor of a fire that killed her family. Imogen is convinced she's just a sad and angry child struggling to cope with her loss.

But Ellie's foster parents and teachers are starting to fear her. When she gets upset, bad things seem to happen. And as Imogen gets closer to Ellie, she may be putting herself in danger...



✮ ✮

So to start off I really like how this book gets straight to the

 story, from page one you know roughly what is going on and

why! Which I love!

The chapters jump from character to character which to be

 honest is a little confusing to start with but you do get used

 to it and understand why its done this way when you get a bit

 further in and know the characters.
Some parts of the book for me hit hard the bullying the child

 went through, I just felt so much for her, going through

bullying myself as a child I could honestly say I felt exactly

how she must have been feeling in the book.

The story really shows how people are so quick to judge

 without actually finding out the facts or the truth first, it

 really opens your eyes on how this happens on an everyday

 basis in life and to be honest were all guilty of judging too

quickly, aren’t we?

As you get nearer to the end of the book there is defiantly

 some twists in it, you think you've just found out what is

 going on then it all changes, you finally go ah ok I get that

 then BAM it changes again and it really does leave you with a

 :O ‘Mouth open’ type moment and I have to admit I kinda

loved it!

I really did enjoy this book as I said some parts of the book are intense but most defiantly worth the read! I can not wait to read more of Jenny Blackhurst's work!

I just want to say a quick thank you to Headline for sending me this book to review.


If you do get this book I hope you enjoy it and leave me a comment saying what you thought.

My rating is: ✮ ✮ ✮ ✮ 
(4 stars)

Thank you for reading.



The foster child on Amazon for the Kindle version or paperback.





Publisher: Headline. 









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