Be Someone's Hero

"Be Someone's Hero"

Ten months ago, when I finished reading One for the Murphys , I was certain this was the sort of narrative voice I would always reach for. {I still am. It is one heck of a middle-grade novel.} It was as if Carley, the protagonist, was seated next to me, quietly telling me her story.

When we meet Carley, she was just out of the hospital and on her way to a foster home. Through fits of flashbacks, Carley re...