Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
2016 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
About This Book
A moving debut novel about a foster child learning to open her heart to a family's love
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.
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.
Awards
Sasquatch Award
2016 · Children/Young Adult · Nominee
Georgia Children's Book Award
2015 · Children's Book (Grades 4 - 8) · Nominee
Iowa Teen Award
2015 · Young Adult · Nominee
Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award
2015 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Nutmeg Book Award
2015 · Teen · Nominee
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
2015 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
2015 · Grades 4-8 · Nominee
Sequoyah Book Award
2015 · Intermediate · Nominee
Virginia Readers Choice Award
2015 · Middle School · Nominee
Virginia Readers Choice Award
2015 · Middle School · Winner
William Allen White Childens Book Award
2015 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Young Hoosier Book Award
2015 · Middle Grades · Nominee
Colorado Children's Book Award
2014 · Junior Novel · Nominee
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
2014 · Children's · Nominee
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
2014 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Keystone to Reading Book Award
2014 · Middle School · Nominee
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2014 · Junior Book · Nominee
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
2014 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Truman Readers Award
2014 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Volunteer State Book Award
2014 · Middle School · Nominee
Great Stone Face Book Award
2013 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
