Ted Louis, who retired from a career in computing, had a passion to try and reform Children's Protective Services. By writing an extensive series of books, we see some of the abuses that particular authority has perpetrated against the ones they are sworn to protect.
Time passes as Joel goes off to College. As Crane and the boys head home from taking Joel to his new home, they pass a boy on the side of the road. The boy has been kicked out of his foster home. Will Crane add another waif to his bunch?