| Description |
224 pages, 10 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm |
| Audience |
520 Lexile. |
| Note |
Novel. |
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"First published in the United States of America by Nancy Paulsen Books, 2012." -- Title page verso. |
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Nutmeg Award nominee, Teen level, 2015. |
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Includes an excerpt from Fish in a Tree. |
| Summary |
"After heartbreaking betrayal, Carley is sent to live with a foster family and struggles with opening herself up to their love"-- Provided by publisher. |
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"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 foster care. When she's placed with the Murphys, a lively family with three boys, she's blindsided. Mrs. Murphy makes her feel seen and heard for the first time. Then, just when she starts to believe she could truly be one of the Murphys, news from her mother shakes her world."--Back cover. |
| Contents |
Lucky girl -- The first step -- Orange you glad you're here? -- Are you there, God? It's me, Carley -- I should have licked the anthill -- Lettuce pray -- Upward and all around -- Wake up and smell the apple juice -- What a clip -- A genie, fresh rolls, and a penguin -- High tops girl from the planet Oblivion -- Thou art a wing nut -- You have the right to remain silent -- There's no crying in baseball -- Birds of a feather -- If I throw a stick, will you go away? -- Bad to worse to unthinkable -- Long night -- Paige turner -- Wilting Chamberlain -- Murphy's Law -- House of mirrors -- Truth hurts, huh? -- Bagged -- Mrs. Murphy's big idea -- Walk off loss -- Irish abyss -- Must ... get ... out ... now -- Friend or fiend? -- Sunk by the bell -- If you're going to lie to yourself, be convincing -- Reservations for one -- Out on a limb -- Defying gravity -- Order on the court! -- Late-night surprise -- Sinking feelings and other plumbing problems -- When you care enough to send the very worst -- Summon the book eater -- Ironing the wrinkles in -- Mind over matter -- Back against the wall -- Pals spelled backwards -- Playing with fire -- On the line -- The giving ... Uh, I mean ... The living tree -- One for the Murphys -- Soft place to land -- Someone's hero -- A great and terrible thing. |
| Audience |
Ages 10 and up. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.4 6.0 152684. |
| Subject |
Foster home care -- Juvenile fiction.
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Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction.
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Stepfathers -- Juvenile fiction.
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Families -- Connecticut -- Juvenile fiction.
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Connecticut -- Juvenile fiction.
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Family problems -- Fiction.
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JUVENILE FICTION -- Family -- Orphans & Foster Homes.
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JUVENILE FICTION -- Social Issues -- Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance.
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JUVENILE FICTION -- Family -- Parents.
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Families
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Foster home care
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Mothers and daughters
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Stepfathers
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Connecticut
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Mother-daughter relationship -- Fiction.
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Family life -- Connecticut -- Fiction.
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Family problems -- Fiction.
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Foster home care -- Fiction.
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Stepfathers -- Fiction.
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JUVENILE FICTION -- Family -- Orphans & Foster Homes.
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JUVENILE FICTION -- Family -- Parents.
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JUVENILE FICTION -- Social Issues -- Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance.
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Connecticut -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
novels.
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Novels
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Fiction
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Juvenile works
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Fiction.
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Novels.
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| Added Title |
1 for the Murphys |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Hunt, Lynda Mullaly. One for the Murphys. New York, NY : Nancy Paulsen Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, [2012] 9781101572122 (OCoLC)858976540 |
| ISBN |
9780142426524 (pbk.) |
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0142426520 (pbk.) |
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9780605712164 (Perma Bound) |
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0605712166 (Perma Bound) |
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9780606367943 (Turtleback) |
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0606367942 (Turtleback) |
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9781480611887 (Paw Prints) |
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1480611883 |
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