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//One For The Murphy's// by Lynda Mullaly Hunt


Man, am I lucky! I have a career that I just love--a children's author. It encompasses all of my favorite things--reading, story-telling, and kids.
 * About this author:**

As a writer, I don't write books about kids who step through time portals or use magical powers. I write about really decent kids--ordinary and extraordinary at the same time--who find themselves in difficult circumstances and find ways to walk themselves out of it.

I strive to create characters that step off of the page. For me (as a reader or writer) storytelling is about character and emotion; this is where the heart of a story lives, I think. These are the things that leave readers carrying a character with them long after the book has been closed.

@http://www.lyndamullalyhunt.com/
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Twelve-year-old Carley Connors can take a lot. Growing up in Las Vegas with her fun-loving mother, she's learned to be tough. But she never expected a betrayal that would land her in a foster care. When she's placed with the Murphys, a lively family with three boys, she's blindsided. Do happy families really exist? Carley knows she could never belong in their world, so she keeps her distance.

It's easy to stay suspicious of Daniel, the brother who is almost her age and is resentful she's there. But Mrs. Murphy makes her feel heard and seen for the first time, and the two younger boys seem determinded to work their way into her heart. Before she knows it, Carley is protected the boys from a neighbourhood bullly and even teaching Daniel how to play basketball. Then just when she's feeling like she could truly be one of the Murphys, news from her mother shakes her world.


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