One for the Murphys / Lynda Mullaly Hunt.
Carley struggles with being open to love after she suffers a betrayal that forces her to move in with a foster family.
Twelve-year-old Carley Connors can take a lot. Growing up in Las Vegas with her fun-loving mother, she's learned to be tough. But she never expected a betrayal that would land her in a foster care. When she's placed with the Murphys, a lively family with three boys, she's blindsided. Do happy families really exist? Carley knows she could never belong in their world, so she keeps her distance. It's easy to stay suspicious of Daniel, the brother who is almost her age and is resentful she's there. But Mrs. Murphy makes her feel heard and seen for the first time, and the two younger boys seem determined to work their way into her heart. Before she knows it, Carley is protected the boys from a neighborhood bully and even teaching Daniel how to play basketball. Then just when she's feeling like she could truly be one of the Murphys, news from her mother shakes her world.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780399256158
- ISBN: 0399256156
- Physical Description: 224 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, [2012]
- Copyright: ©2012
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General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. |
Citation/References Note: | Publisher's Weekly, March 2012 Kirkus Starred, April 2012 Publisher's Weekly Kirkus Starred |
Target Audience Note: | 3.5 Follett Library Resources 5-8 Follett Library Resources 5-8 520L Lexile Decoding demand: 91 (very high) Semantic demand: 100 (very high) Syntactic demand: 77 (high) Structure demand: 87 (very high) Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.4 6 152684. |
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Genre: | Fiction. Novels. |
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One for the Murphys
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Summary
One for the Murphys
A moving debut novel about a foster child learning to open her heart to a family's love 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.