One true friend

By Joyce Hansen

Subjects: Doris Williams (Fictitious character), African Americans, Behavior, fiction, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Choice, Foster home care, Fiction, Letters, Children's fiction, Orphans, Amir Daniels (Fictitious character), Friendship

Description: Fourteen-year-old orphan Amir, living in Syracuse, exchanges letters with his friend Doris, still living in their old Bronx neighborhood, in which they share their lives and give each other advice on friendship, family, foster care, and making decisions.