I wrote this novelette when I was a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate.) When children are taken from their parents because the parents were unfit, usually, the parents want them back. Typically, alcoholism or addiction to drugs caused the neglect. Parents are given a limited amount of time to shape up, during which the children reside in a foster home. CASAs are assigned to a child or siblings to spend time with them and help them through this tough time, and make recommendations to the judge about permanent homes. 

The Foster Princess is part fairy tale and part recognition of how most children want to be with their mothers. The young girl in this story lives in a shoe of a giant. (At one time, giants roamed the land.) The king riding in his coach encounters little Regina fighting another child who made fun of her raggedy clothes. He decides to adopt her. She is treated as well as a princess, but she misses her mother. 

I hoped this would be a story adopted children could relate to as well as being entertaining to anyone including adults.