In Between — Jenny B. Jones

"Katie never got a fair shot at a normal life
Katie Parker knows life isn''t fair. After all, when your mom''s in jail and your dad''s a no-show, you figure things just aren''t going your way. But hey, she can deal. Then she finds out she''s being sent to live with a foster family-in In Between, Texas. What kind of town has a name like In Between? And what kind of family wants a kid like her? One thing''s for certain: None of this will be good. Sure enough-thanks to some new ""friends"" and her non-Mom''s crazed mother, Mad Maxine-life sails right past bad to stinking. Then again, she''s just a temporary kid, they''re just temporary parents, and she definitely doesn''t have any ideas about making any of this permanent. God, on the other hand, may have other plans altogether."