<DIV>Who are the children of foster care? What, as a country, do we owe them? Cris Beam, a foster mother herself, spent five years immersed in the world of foster care looking into these questions and tracing firsthand stories. The result is <I>To the End of June,</I> an unforgettable portrait that takes us deep inside the lives of foster children in their search for a stable, loving family.</p><P>Beam shows us the intricacies of growing up in the system — the back-and-forth with agencies, the rootless shuffling between homes, the emotionally charged tug between prospective and birth parents, the terrifying push out of foster care and into adulthood.<I> To the End of June</I> humanizes and challenges a broken system, while at the same time offering a tribute to resiliency and hope for real change.</DIV>