David C Hayes 
Cherub 

He wasn’t like the other boys. Too rough. Even on the day he came out of Momma’s belly. When Momma died, though, they sent him away to a terrible place. A doctor place… but the people there didn’t act like doctors. They called him Cherub and they made him do awful things. Wet things. Hurty things. Until he met his angel, that is. She made it better and the pain went away. For awhile. Nothing lasts forever except a mother’s love.

Illustrated by Sean Seal.