An often funny and also very touching novel about a girl forced into foster care when she and her mother are hurt by her mother's new husband, ONE FOR THE MURPHYS is a beautiful book that reminds us that as much bad as there is in the world, there is equal good. Carley, a street-smart girl who didn't go to school and used to get her clothes from donation bins, uses sarcasm and avoidance to deal with her foster placement in the home of the Murphy family, where she is treated kindly and with respect; a new experience for her that she finds confusing and uncomfortable. But Mrs. Murphy teaches her how to understand love and how to accept it and in the end, (a tough ending, but a realistic one) Carley recognizes her life is hers to own and shape, despite challenges she may face.

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