Document Summary
His mother and older brother were killed in. Syria when he was about a year old, after which tarek and his father immigrated to chicago. A year ago, tarek ran away from the impoverished downtown hotel where he and his father lived: i hate him. He hits me and blames me for everything . Social services has since placed tarek in a foster home located in a quiet, middle-class neighborhood in the suburbs. His foster parents (bev and tony) have four adolescent boys in addition to tarek. Bev and tony pride themselves on maintaining a calm, peaceful atmosphere and encourage support from social workers, therapists, and volunteer mentors. Bev and tony because they treat me like a charity case and are certain i will get into trouble . However, he said he likes his four foster brothers and living in the house.
