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Carley uses humor and street smarts to keep her emotional walls high and thick. But the day she becomes a foster child, and moves in with the Murphys, she's blindsided. This loving, bustling family shows Carley the stable family life she never thought existed, and she feels like an alien in their cookie-cutter-perfect household. Despite her resistance, the Murphys eventually show her what it feels like to belong—until her mother wants her back and Carley has to decide where and how to live. She's not really a Murphy, but the gifts they've given her have opened up a new future.
"Hunt's writing is fearless and One For The Murphys is a story that is at once compassionate, thought-provoking and beautifully told. From the first page, I was drawn into Carley's story. She is a character not to be missed or forgotten." —Jacqueline Woodson, three-time Newbery Honor author of After Tupac and D Foster
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Release date
May 5, 2015 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781101915547
- File size: 158212 KB
- Duration: 05:29:36
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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The last time 12-year-old Carley Connors cried was 384 days ago, when her mother married her abusive stepfather. Narrator Nora Hunter captures Carley's conflicted emotions--her snarky side and her unvoiced but obvious fears. Now facing foster care, she remembers how her mother warned, "Never show your fear." But despite her social worker's assurances about her placement with the Murphys, she's shaking. Still, she hasn't totally lost her attitude: "I love it when people use the word 'please' but look like they want to remove your face." Hunter's portrayal of the warm, caring Julie Murphy contradicts Carley's perceptions, and Carley's mother's hardness. As the story and characters evolve, so do their painful dissonances and their eventual heartbreaking understandings. S.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine
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