One for the Murphys

From the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Fish in a Tree!

Carley uses humor and street smarts to keep her emotional walls high and thick. But the day she becomes a foster child, and moves in with the Murphys, she's blindsided. This loving, bustling family shows Carley the stable family life she never thought existed, and she feels like an alien in their cookie-cutter-perfect household. Despite her resistance, the Murphys eventually show her what it feels like to belong--until her mother wants her back and Carley has to decide where and how to live. She's not really a Murphy, but the gifts they've given her have opened up a new future.

"Hunt's writing is fearless and One For The Murphys is a story that is at once compassionate, thought-provoking and beautifully told. From the first page, I was drawn into Carley's story. She is a character not to be missed or forgotten." --Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming

Winner of the Tassy Walden Award for New Voice in Children's Literature

Author: Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
Published: 05/16/2013
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.4lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780142426524

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.4
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 152684 / One for the Murphys


Award: 2015 Iowa Teen Award Nominee - Young Adult
Award: 2015 Nutmeg Book Award Nominee - Teen
Award: 2015 Georgia Children's Book Award Nominee - Children's Book
Award: 2015 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award Nominee - Grades 4-8