I loved this book so much! It was a quick read and really kicked me in the feels. It made me miss my t.v show the fosters less. I loved the family we meet and also the main character path. I just wish the book was longer! ( )

I loved this book so much! It was a quick read and really kicked me in the feels. It made me miss my t.v show the fosters less. I loved the family we meet and also the main character path. I just wish the book was longer! ( )

Oh good lord, what a tearjerker. I mean, er, well that sure packed an emotional punch, now didn't it? Plucky kid from a difficult background finds awesome foster family and... onwards into healing and fighting and building relationships and remembering what happened that got her there. Very well written, hard to put down, it's not riding the empathy train, it's driving it at 500 miles/hour. ( )

As YA book, this was amazing. I read it in less than 24 hours I couldn’t put it down. You feel all the emotions and just such an amazing story line. It was a tear jerker at the end. I highly recommend this book. It expresses the struggle kids go through when they’re put into the system. You can’t help but just feel sorry for her, and her feeling undeserving of love. ( )

Twelve-year-old Carley Connor’s life turns upside-down when she's sent to live with a foster family hundreds of miles away from her Las Vegas home. Her life with her mom hasn’t always been easy, but Carley is tough and has been able to handle things. Now she’s worried about her mother, confused about what happened, and doing her best to be invisible at the Murphys. While Carley feels welcome by Mrs. Murphy, who never stops smiling, the oldest son (who is her age) makes it clear he wants her to leave. The two younger boys don’t take long to worm their way into Carley’s heart and every day it gets harder to ignore the affection Mrs. Murphy continues to show her. At school, she’s the new kid and for the first time has new clothes and a chance to start fresh. When a friendship forms with an unlikely classmate, Carley listens, but can’t tell her friend the truth about her situation. Will she settle into her new life? Will Carley’s mother ever reach out to her? Read this touching book about facing our fears, making changes and believing in hope to find out!

One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt is a powerful story! I read it in a day because I had to know what happened to Carley. She is a girl that I can imagine being friends with because she has feelings that I can relate to, even though we have different lives. I think the book would be helpful for anyone that has been in foster care or had a foster child live with them because they would be able to relate to the experiences of Carley and the Murphys. It made me think about how hard it can be to make a change when we are scared or worried. We feel like our armor and our edge protects us, but they can also prevent us from feeling loved. I would recommend this book to anyone in 4th grade and up that is ready for an emotional story with characters that will really make them think. Be prepared to cry!
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