The Branding of Thorne Barrow — Eldon Reed

Is a child's potential determined by social class or skin color? Kirk and Katie Childers believe that every child has a special brand, put there by The Almighty, and specific to that child alone. They see their foster son, Thorne Barrow, as no exception. Katie and Kirk come to recognize the budding possibilities in this child and work to polish his trademark gift. But some in his birth family are trying to eliminate those possibilities. Some bridges may have to be burned. Can this young ghetto bully ever realize his full potential? Must we be bound by our heritage?