One For The Murphy's By Lynda Mullaly Hunt

The novel, One for the Murphy’s, written by Lynda Mullaly Hunt is really entertaining. This book tells the story from Carley Connors point of view. Carley, the main character, has a very rough life, and is very tough. After her mother betrays her she gets moved into foster care. She gets put in an amazing foster home, and realizes what it’s like to have a family who cares for her. Carley for the first time in her life makes her feel like she actually matters. Her foster mom, Mrs. Murphy, teaches her to always do her best even if you get nothing in return. Carley has a few rough first days at they Murphy’s but it gets a lot better. When she finally realizes her life could be like this for the rest of her life her biological mother gives her

One reason is that the book feels like it has been months, but it was only eighteen days. The author uses amazing detail when describing the characters. For example, “Her hair is shoulder length, straight, and different kinds of brown. Her blue V-neck sweater matches her eyes and she wears a silver leaf necklace and plaid pants.” By using this type of description, I can visualize exactly what the characters look like. The plot moves medium. It doesn’t go really fast, but on the other hand it’s not slow. For example the book was over 18 days but it felt like it was over one or two months. Also it describes lots and lots of detail. There is awesome imagery throughout the book. Such as, “I’ll remember her standing in front of a bright white door with a happy shirt and teary, red, blotchy cheeks. I’ll remember how the breeze moved her hair back and forth across her forehead.” Also, “She pulls me in and kisses me on the cheek, the holds my face in her hands. I force myself to look her into the eyes because I want to remember. When the author uses that kind of imagery I can picture what everything looks like. The tone that the author uses is upset. An example from the novel would be when Carley gets mad at Mrs. Murphy says that she can’t call her mom. According to the article, “Then I just have one more