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| Title | : | One for the Murphys |
| Author | : | Lynda Mullaly Hunt |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 224 pages |
| Published | : | May 10th 2012 by Nancy Paulsen Books (Penguin Group for Young Readers (USA) |
| Categories | : | Realistic Fiction. Childrens. Middle Grade. Young Adult. Fiction. Family |
Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Hardcover | Pages: 224 pages Rating: 4.32 | 24383 Users | 2685 Reviews
Narrative To Books One for the Murphys
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 determinded to work their way into her heart. Before she knows it, Carley is protected the boys from a neighbourhood bullly 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.
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| Original Title: | One for the Murphys |
| ISBN: | 0399256156 (ISBN13: 9780399256158) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.lyndamullalyhunt.com/book_murphys.php |
| Setting: | Glastonbury, Connecticut(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Junior Book (2015), Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Grades 6-8 (2015), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2014), Tassy Walden Award, Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Middle Grade & Children's (2012) Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2015) |
Rating Containing Books One for the Murphys
Ratings: 4.32 From 24383 Users | 2685 ReviewsCrit Containing Books One for the Murphys
***SPOILER ALERT*** If you have not read the book and don't want to know what happens, you should not read this review. Okay, I am very conflicted about this book - just as conflicted as Carley Connors is about being a foster child. I highly recommend this book, especially to foster parents or people who are considering becoming foster parents or people who have regular contact with foster children. However, from this review, you might not think so. What I dislike about the book appears toThis book is AMAZING, it is one of my favorites. I has some really sad parts, and some really happy parts. Over all it is a great book.
Its been a long, long time since a book made me cry this much. But in a good way. Carley Connors has a less-than-perfect mom and a dirt-bag of a stepfather. When physical abuse at her step-dads hand ends up with both Carley and her mom in the hospital, the state intervenes and Carleys handed over to the Foster Care system, which lands her with the Murphy family. Thank freaking God. Mrs. Murphy is one of those rare heroines whose goodness, honesty, and hard work actually leaves you with renewed
Multiply manipulative. The actual writing is competent enough, but the characters--and the plot--I can't find anything nice to say. The book is its strongest in the uncomfortable-to-read beginning where Carley has trouble adjusting to her new home. But that's all over much too soon, and there are eventually TWO denouements that don't work. One deliberately withholds information from the reader in order to create and then resolve drama, and the other is cheesy. The author seems to be leading the
What a beautiful, sad and very hopeful book about unconditional love. I fell a little in love with the Murphy's as well.
A touching, honest book about Carley, who is sent to live with a foster family, the Murphys, after a violent episode with her stepfather. Carley doesn't believe she is worthy of love or a true family, but the Murphys show her otherwise.I challenge anyone to read the last chapter without crying. I think I need a tissue rating for the books I've read this year.
it was SOOOOO good!!! i really like the message of the story, but i wish that she could have stayed with the Murphys!!!!! it almost made me cry.... :P
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