One for the Murphy's

by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Lexile:  520
Genre:  Realistic Fiction

Carley Connors has been through a lot.  She has grown up in Las Vegas with her mother where she has sometimes had to be the parent.  When her mother remarries and they move across the country, Carly's life changes in ways she never expects.  A terrible incident occurs and suddenly Carley finds herself in foster care living with the Murphy family.  They are a family that Carley has only ever dreamed of having.  Would she choose a life with a perfect family over life with her unpredictable mother?