I read the heart-warming book One For The Murphy's by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. This is a realistic fiction novel. Carley, the main character, is introduced when she is going through some rough times. Her family is falling apart and she just got released from the hospital. The previous night Carley was nearly killed when her stepfather started to abuse her. Both Carley and her mom end up in the hospital. Carley is in better conditions than her mom, so Carley is sent to a foster home while her mom recovers from the abuse she also experienced. This big change and the loss of communication between Carley and her mother caused the biggest conflict throughout the book. In a result from Carleys unhappiness she was constantly in a bad mood. When Carley …show more content…
Her name is Mrs. Murphy. Mrs. Murphy is a perky, generous and caring woman, and she has a family that consists of four people not counting herself. She has a husband who Carley calls Mr. Murphy, and three sons; Daniel, Adam, and Michael Eric. Carley encounters and overcomes many obstacles during the book that mostly include her foster family, and Toni. Toni is Carley’s Broadway-obsessed friend that she meets at her new school. From Carley and Toni’s attitudes towards each other at the beginning of the book, I would have never thought they would end up being best friends. How would you feel if you were put into Carley’s position? Living a terrible life was something Carley learned to get used to. She changed her attitude because she knew that life was not going to get better for the time being. The main change that could not have gone unnoticed was the change in Carley’s attitude. As Carley was being transferred to her new foster home she suddenly got started with a very negative attitude. She did not like the idea of leaving her mother but she did like the idea of abandoning her dad Dennis. She had very mixed