The Golden Days

By: Gail Radley

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Synopsis: Convinced that his new foster parents do not really want him, eleven-year-old Cory decides to run away with his new friend, an old lady from the nearby nursing home. [From the front dust jacket flap:] "When eleven-year-old Cory first meets seventy-five-year-old Carlotta, he thinks she's just a weird, cranky old lady. But gradually, as they spend more time together, he comes to enjoy her stories of life in the circus, and he realizes that the two of them are a lot alike. Neither seems to belong anywhere: Carlotta hates the restrictions and depressing atmosphere of the nursing home she lives in, and Cory is ill at ease in his new foster home--his third in two years. With no real families of their own, they pledge to be family to each other. Then Cory finds out that his foster parents are expecting a baby. He's sure it won't be long before they send him back to the children's shelter, especially when they become upset over his poor performance in school. Rather than wait for them to get rid of him, he decides to run away, and he invites Carlotta to go with him. As they make their way from town to town, Cory grows to love and trust Carlotta. But the runaway life is a hard one, one Carlotta may not be strong enough for. And even harder, Cory discovers, are the emotions and decisions that confront him as he learns what it really means to be family." Ages 8-12