In The House on Sylvia Street, the author weaves humor and hard facts to tell about invisible and overlooked foster children. It's a true story with fake names that will tug at your heart strings while educating you about the challenges these children face. Readers follow "Beth" and her current family through a spring of medical appointments, a summer week at the beach, Thanksgiving, and a winter week of pain and promise. Savor the humorous and touching stories of these young lives and the woman who not only cares for them but sends each one out into the world with a handmade sock monkey.