Our team at Henrico CASA loves to read… and there’s no better time to read than the summer! In upcoming weeks we’ll be highlighting some of our recent favorites in the hopes that you will enjoy the themes and connections to our work as child advocates.
Earlier this summer, we recommended Reshuffled: Stories of Hope and Resilience form Foster Care, as it is frequently signed out of our CASA library. Another book often read by our CASA advocates for continuing education is Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. To quote Amazon’s synopsis, “Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility…”
All of these issues are related to our work as Court Appointed Special Advocates. Afterall, our aim is for no child to be ‘invisible’ or unheard.
It is so relevant to our CASA work and so insightful. Especially from my time in Kentucky, I know a little about Appalachia where it is set and it rings true.
– Mary Ann
Wow, what a read! While it was heavy to do so, I felt like I got to know this kiddo so well. He had SO. MANY. ACES [Adverse Childhood Experiences]! But I loved how a few solid adults in his life made such a difference in his story!
– Allison
My heart broke for Demon, his mother and the kids in “foster care.” If only they had CASA on their side, their lives might have been changed.
Demon Copperhead illustrates how important it is for the voiceless to have an advocate. Demon and others are people who deserved better from the system they were cast into. The southwest Virginia setting brought this book closer to home.
I highly recommend reading this book.
– Nancy
