The Barnyard Kids

This book addresses two subjects: bullying and mistreatment in foster homes. The McQueen family has to temporarily move with their grandparents in another state, because their sister was badly injured in a car accident on the way home from a trip. The story takes place in a small community in the state of Kentucky. While there on the farm, they meet some very interesting characters. There they befriend Jasper. Their friendship is more adhesive than barnacles stuck to the bottom of a ship. Jasper is a loner; he's bullied by the children in his school because of a stigmatism. He's also abused my his foster dad, who took him in just for the money.