I Speak For This Child: True Stories of a Child Advocate

I Speak For This Child: True Stories of a Child Advocate by Courter, Gay. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780595168392.

In I Speak For This Child, best-selling novelist Gay Courter recounts her experiences as a Guardian ad Litem, a volunteer court-appointed advocate for children involved in Floridas court system. Following her first tentative approach to her local Court Appointed Special Advocates program to her more determined efforts, we get an insiders glimpse on this hidden world and learn what it takes to ensure that Americas most vulnerable citizens are treated with care and respect. Courters story is both heartbreaking and heartwarming, and is an inspiration for anyone who has ever looked up from a newspaper and wondered, "What can I do to help?"