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Twelve year old Carissa wants to ride horses. When the neighbor gets an abused palomino, Carissa offers to help take care of it. But will her wish come true?

With national coverage of the first edition in 1997 Tracks found an eager audience, including many parents needing to inform their children's choices for the future. Through over 15 annual editions the title has been revised and updated. The new edition carries work descriptions, listing pay scales and qualifications to degree level, with advice from professionals in the field, and chartered institutes. The 2017 edition covers over one 150 career paths.

"I hate being a foster kid!" Fourteen-year-old Lissa had thought those words dozens, if not hundreds, of times over the last 12 years. She and her twin brother, Leigh, had been foster kids for as long as they could remember. Naturally shy, this life of bouncing around from one foster home to another, of changing schools mid-term, and of never having a real place they could call home had left Lissa with feelings of insecurity and doubt. Would they ever have a real home? Why didn't anyone want them?