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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
This book was recommended by a teacher with whom I work. She told me it was like a lot of the students we work with and that I would most like cry at the end. She was right about both.
This is such a fantastic book. Carly is a middle-school girl who ends up in foster care with the Murphys, a middle class family with three boys. She doesn't believe in the "perfect" family that she sees, and she strives to cause contention in order to protect her and prove that her world view is the true one. Slowly but surely, the family gets her to drop her guard, and she starts to feel things she hasn't felt before in her life.
It was touching. It was informative. It was heart-wrenching. It was a phenomenal book that I can't recommend enough.
This is such a fantastic book. Carly is a middle-school girl who ends up in foster care with the Murphys, a middle class family with three boys. She doesn't believe in the "perfect" family that she sees, and she strives to cause contention in order to protect her and prove that her world view is the true one. Slowly but surely, the family gets her to drop her guard, and she starts to feel things she hasn't felt before in her life.
It was touching. It was informative. It was heart-wrenching. It was a phenomenal book that I can't recommend enough.
This is a really great story. The writing is simple and suitable for anyone 4+. The subject matter is pretty intense and it's the most realistic look at a positive foster care situation I've ever seen in a novel. The book is mildly funny and heart-warming at times but mostly it's incredibly sad. Reading it from the prospective of someone who works everyday caring for other people's children, I found the helplessness of everyone very sad and I was basically balling my eyes out at the end. But I'm really glad to have read it.
Rec 6+ realistic fiction, troubled homes, students who need some push to go to college/make change.
Rec 6+ realistic fiction, troubled homes, students who need some push to go to college/make change.
Carley Connors is placed into a foster home with the Murphy family after she and her m0ther are injured by her step-father. At first, Carley hates her foster home; but she eventually grows to love every member of the Murphy family. They help her gain confidence that she uses to re-connect with her mother.
Some of the dialogue felt a bit like an out-of-touch adult writing for a young adult. But it was very moving.
Some of the dialogue felt a bit like an out-of-touch adult writing for a young adult. But it was very moving.
A gutsy, beautiful and heart-wrenching story filled with intricate relationships and truly memorable characters. This one is a thought-provoking upper MG for sure.
One of my all time favorite books. Such a touching story about a girl going into foster care.
This book was shorter than I expected. I was reading it on the e-reader and wasn’t keeping track and it just ended. Enjoyed it though!
An emotional rollercoaster of a book full of ups and downs - how Carly ended up in foster care, how difficult it is for her to trust her foster family and make a new friend at school. Saddest part-once she feels like she belongs with the Murphys, she is returned to her mother and may never see the Murphys again. I really hated the ending- if that is how the foster care system really works, you have to wonder what good does it do these children in the long run.