5/8/2023 0 Comments One for the murphys book![]() But soon she finds herself protecting the younger boys from a neighborhood bully, teaching the older brother how to play basketball, and feeling like part of a normal family for the first time in her life.īut then news from her mother shakes her world-and Carley's forced to make the most difficult decision of her life in this moving and powerful read. The story spans 80 days in the life of a preteen girl after her removal from an abusive family environment and placement in a foster home that seems too good to be true. Angry and distrustful, Carley keeps her distance at first. The novel explores the foster care system and the way that even its most positive experiences have a nuanced and complex effect on children in foster care. Murphy is nothing at all like Carley's mother-she cooks meals from scratch and she actually takes Carley shopping instead of stealing clothes from the Salvation Army drop box. ![]() Carley doesn't know what to think of the warm and caring family-especially Mrs. After being placed in foster care, Carley is sent to stay with the Murphys-a lively family with three boys. 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 her whole life comes crashing down the night her stepfather beats her up. ![]() Growing up in Las Vegas with her fun-loving mother and Elvis-impersonator stepfather taught Carley to be tough and independent. ![]()
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