Isaiah

About the Book

Six-year-old Isaiah awakes in a cold apartment to find himself all alone. Jailed for drug possession, his mother has not been home for two nights. Isaiah is taken into protective custody and put in an emergency shelter. Eventually he’s placed with his grandmother, Mrs. Jones. Isaiah longs to be back with his mother who begins drug treatment. His hopes face a tough reality. His grandmother has a wise and kind heart. She listens to Isaiah’s longings and seeks to keep hope alive and bring healing.

About the Author

In 1972, at age twenty-four, Dave Martin became a caseworker on the west side of Chicago. There he spent most of his working life. Although he worked elsewhere for a few years, he returned to the west side where he worked again for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and supervised a foster placement who was responsible for children taken away from their parents because of neglect or abuse. He always felt privileged to learn from people like Mrs. Leila Jones. Full of courage, wisdom, faith, and perseverance, people like her embrace children in need and find places for them in their hearts and homes.