Running Toward Home - Inspirational Running Book for Marathon Training & Motivation | Perfect for Runners, Athletes & Fitness Enthusiasts

This book has a modest premise - a boy hides out at the Calgary Zoo and ends up spending most of the night there - but the drama of how he comes to be "lost" (at least in the eyes of both his foster mom and his real mom) plays out with a good deal of tension. The book is also an eye-opening look at how children end up in the care of the Alberta government and how they are handled by various social workers who usually mean well but are often unable to see beyond the rules. Corey, the 12-year-old boy who is the focus of this book, has been bounced around between various foster parents for years because his real mother is unable to care for him due to her dangerous and violent boyfriend. Corey finally winds up in a loving home, but feels discarded by his real mom who takes him to the zoo for a day, then bolts to see her boyfriend. It takes the combined efforts of both the foster mother and the real mother, and the timely arrival of the foster father, to bring this boy home at last. A good book for pre-teen boys and caring mothers to read.