When I Found You

The boy is troubled and when his grandmother delivers him in desperation to the man (rather than giving him up to the state), the man's determination to support the troubled teen kicks into high gear. It gives confidence and drive and a sense of self worth. Fifteen years later, the now-teenager has become difficult and the grandmother asks Nathan to raise the young man (Nat).One morning, hunter Nathan finds an abandoned infant boy in the woods. 'When I Found You' was the book that made me start to love Catherine Ryan Hyde. Nathan never gives up on the boy and drives a 5 hour round trip to visit the boy the allowed 3 times a week.

Nathan gets the baby to the hospital and at that moment decides he wants to adopt this child. I cried like a baby, but it was a beautiful story. I did want more info about some of the characters. It also shows us that life may not go in the direction we planned, but still can be a rewarding life.

He let him take responsibility for his bad decisions and guided him into being a better person.This book was so good. 'When I Found You' by Catherine Ryan Hyde is possibly one of the best books I ever read in my life. Nathan, married and childless, finds a baby in the woods and from there, the writer kept me guessing.

Like the first, “When I Found You” is a great story--well-written, straightforward, and with the right amount of drama to hold my interest. The back story was boxing, a sport that has never interested me but was crucial to the storyline. [ I love the way he takes the reader completely by surprise at times, such as the way he coolly tells the prison officer that he's not intending to pay bail for the boy. Nathan was the type of surrogate parent every professional in my field looks for when placing abused and neglected children. The story veered second half into what was, for me, just not believable on any level. The message to be truthful with children about their past and not to create stories they will ultimately learn are false is one that is paramount in securing the trust foster and adoptive children needed to heal.

The grandmother doesn't like the idea of letting the boy know the circumsOut on a duck hunting trip, Nathan's dog finds what turns out to be a barely living newborn baby boy. Probably because it's so much easier. I think that this book is (or should be) ranked as the best book about unconditional love.You get what you pay for is believed to be true by many, including me, but I know there are exceptions to every saying and every rule, or so it seems, and this is definitely one of them.You get what you pay for is believed to be true by many, including me, but I know there are exceptions to every saying and every rule, or so it seems, and this is definitely one of them.This is a book about unconditional love for a child not related by blood. He feels compelled to adopt the child, but a grandmother comes forward to take him in instead.Out on a duck hunting trip, Nathan's dog finds what turns out to be a barely living newborn baby boy. But then the baby moves and in one remarkable moment, Nathan's life is changed forever.Nathan felt like a real person to me. I kept wishing Nathan’s efforts were better spenNathan felt like a real person to me. It has a sort of circle of life happy ending that for me was a bit too pat. This would be a good book for teens and young adults, but it left a lasting impression with me. I admired Nathan's ways & how he loved & taught his young friend/son.