Lynda mulally hunt biography of michael
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One for the Murphys is a coming-of-age novel written by Lynda Mullaly Hunt, bestselling author of Fish In A Tree, a book which received a very favorable review on the Stone Soup blog. One for the Murphys centers around Carley Connors, who moves to Connecticut to live with her foster family after her mother ends up in the hospital. The foster family, which consists of Mr. Murphy, his wife Julie, and their children Michael Eric, Adam, and Daniel, live a very different life than Carley imagined or has ever lived before. As she tries to adjust to her new life, her thoughts on friendships, family, and mother-daughter relationships shift drastically.
Carley, her friend Toni, her mom, and her foster family are all very well-developed characters who have complicated and nuanced relationships--one of the novel’s selling points. Carley loves Toni, but they are very different people who end up learning a lot about different family dynamics, books, and huvudgata musicals. Carley also lov
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Summary and Study Guide
Overview
Lynda Mullaly Hunt’s middle-grade (young adult) contemporary novel One for the Murphys was published in 2012. It earned a Kirkus starred review and was a Scholastic Book Clubs Editor’s Choice.
This guide references the 2012 edition from Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group.
The novel explores the foster care struktur and the way that even its most positive experiences have a nuanced and complex effect on children in foster care. The story spans 80 days in the life of a preteen girl after her removal from an abusive family environment and placement in a foster home that seems too good to be true. Written in the first person, from the girl’s point of view, the story emphasizes the many challenges for a child in foster care: to accept an unfamiliar environment, to be vulnerable enough to share feelings, and to trust the intentions of new people.
Carley Connors and her mother land in the hospital after Carley’s
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Delsie lives on Cape Cod with her game showing watching Grammy who has loved and cared for her all her life. Recently, Delsie is feeling especially vulnerable wondering why her mother is not in her life and why her summer best friend Brandy has outgrown her.
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