Cathy Glass - Finding Stevie - Part 1 of 3 - A teenager in crisis

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Part 1 of 3Finding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking on online.When Stevie’s social worker tells Cathy, an experienced foster carer, that Stevie, 14, is gender fluid she isn’t sure what that term means and looks it up.Stevie, together with his younger brother and sister, have been brought up by their grandparents as their mother is in prison. But the grandparents can no longer cope with Stevie’s behaviour so they place him in care.Stevie is exploring his gender identity, and like many young people he spends time online. Cathy warns him about the dangers of talking to strangers online and advises him how to stay safe. When his younger siblings tell their grandmother that they have a secret they can’t tell, Cathy is worried. However, nothing could have prepared her for the truth when Stevie finally breaks down and confesses what he’s done.

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Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Acknowledgements Chapter One: Struggling to Cope Chapter Two: Difficult Meeting Chapter Three: Trouble Chapter Four: Straight Talking Chapter Five: Secrets Chapter Six: Inappropriate Chapter Seven: Quiet and Withdrawn Chapter Eight: Error of Judgement Chapter Nine: First Review Chapter Ten: Controlling Moving Memoirs eNewsletter About the Publisher

Copyright Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Acknowledgements Chapter One: Struggling to Cope Chapter Two: Difficult Meeting Chapter Three: Trouble Chapter Four: Straight Talking Chapter Five: Secrets Chapter Six: Inappropriate Chapter Seven: Quiet and Withdrawn Chapter Eight: Error of Judgement Chapter Nine: First Review Chapter Ten: Controlling Moving Memoirs eNewsletter About the Publisher

Certain details in this story, including names, places and dates, have been changed to protect the family’s privacy.

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First published by HarperElement 2019

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Text © Cathy Glass 2019

Cover layout design © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2019

Cover photograph © Mark Owen/Trevillion Images (posed by a model)

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Ebook Edition © February 2019 ISBN: 9780008324322

Version: 2019-01-09

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Title Page Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Acknowledgements Chapter One: Struggling to Cope Chapter Two: Difficult Meeting Chapter Three: Trouble Chapter Four: Straight Talking Chapter Five: Secrets Chapter Six: Inappropriate Chapter Seven: Quiet and Withdrawn Chapter Eight: Error of Judgement Chapter Nine: First Review Chapter Ten: Controlling Moving Memoirs eNewsletter About the Publisher

Copyright Copyright Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Acknowledgements Chapter One: Struggling to Cope Chapter Two: Difficult Meeting Chapter Three: Trouble Chapter Four: Straight Talking Chapter Five: Secrets Chapter Six: Inappropriate Chapter Seven: Quiet and Withdrawn Chapter Eight: Error of Judgement Chapter Nine: First Review Chapter Ten: Controlling Moving Memoirs eNewsletter About the Publisher Certain details in this story, including names, places and dates, have been changed to protect the family’s privacy. HarperElement An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF www.harpercollins.co.uk First published by HarperElement 2019 FIRST EDITION Text © Cathy Glass 2019 Cover layout design © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2019 Cover photograph © Mark Owen/Trevillion Images (posed by a model) A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library Cathy Glass asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books. Find out about HarperCollins and the environment at www.harpercollins.co.uk/green Source ISBN: 9780008324292 Ebook Edition © February 2019 ISBN: 9780008324322 Version: 2019-01-09

Acknowledgements Acknowledgements A big thank you to my family; my editors, Carolyn and Holly; my literary agent, Andrew; my UK publishers HarperCollins, and my overseas publishers who are now too numerous to list by name. Last, but definitely not least, a big thank you to my readers for your unfailing support and kind words. They are much appreciated.

Chapter One: Struggling to Cope Chapter One

Chapter Two: Difficult Meeting

Chapter Three: Trouble

Chapter Four: Straight Talking

Chapter Five: Secrets

Chapter Six: Inappropriate

Chapter Seven: Quiet and Withdrawn

Chapter Eight: Error of Judgement

Chapter Nine: First Review

Chapter Ten: Controlling

Moving Memoirs eNewsletter

About the Publisher

Acknowledgements

A big thank you to my family; my editors, Carolyn and Holly; my literary agent, Andrew; my UK publishers HarperCollins, and my overseas publishers who are now too numerous to list by name. Last, but definitely not least, a big thank you to my readers for your unfailing support and kind words. They are much appreciated.

Chapter One

Struggling to Cope

‘… and he’s gender-fluid,’ Edith continued. ‘So together with all his behavioural problems his grandparents don’t feel they can look after him any longer.’

‘No, quite, I can see that’s rather a lot to cope with,’ I sympathised. ‘His grandparents must be stretched to the limit, looking after his younger brother and sister too.’

‘So you’ll take him?’ Edith asked. She was my supervising social worker, employed by the local authority to supervise and support their foster carers, of which I was one. She’d just been telling me about Steven, who liked to be known as Stevie. Aged fourteen, he needed a foster home as – according to his grandparents – he was confrontational, moody, withdrawn, stayed out late, didn’t do as they told him, wasn’t going to school and was generally making their lives a complete misery.

‘So I’ll tell his social worker you’ll take him,’ Edith said, slightly impatient at my hesitation.

‘Yes, but I have a question.’

‘Go on.’

‘What does gender-fluid mean?’ I asked reluctantly, not wanting to appear ignorant and make a fool of myself. ‘Is he gay?’

‘Not sure,’ she said. ‘I think it’s mainly to do with whether he is male or female, but his social worker will be able to tell you more. It’s not a problem for you, is it?’

‘No.’

‘Good. I’ll tell his social worker to phone you. They want to move Stevie as quickly as possible.’

‘How quickly?’

‘Within the next few days.’

‘All right.’

‘And you had a good Christmas?’ Edith asked. It was 27 December and the first day back at work for many.

‘Yes, thank you, and you?’

‘Busy.’

We said goodbye and I replaced the handset on its base in the hall. Our Christmas had been a good one, although it was the first since my father had passed away and, as anyone who has lost a loved one knows, the first Christmas and their birthday can be rather emotional. But my family and I had enjoyed ourselves for Dad’s sake; a child at heart, he always loved Christmas.

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