You can't always decide where life will take you--especially when you're a kid.
Carlie knows she's got no say in what happens to her. Stuck in a foster home with two other kids, Harvey and Thomas J, she's just a pinball being bounced from bumper to bumper. As soon as you get settled, somebody puts another coin in the machine and off you go again. But against her will and her better judgment, Carlie and the boys become friends. And all three of them start to see that they can take control of their own Iives.
Carlie knows she's got no say in what happens to her. Stuck in a foster home with two other kids, Harvey and Thomas J, she's just a pinball being bounced from bumper to bumper. As soon as you get settled, somebody puts another coin in the machine and off you go again. But against her will and her beter judgement, Carlie and the boys become friends. And all three of them start to see that they can take control of their own lives.
From Publishers Weekly
"One summer two boys and a girl went to a foster home to live together"--the Newbery Medal-winning author chronicles their trials and tribulations in witty and poignant fashion. Ages 10-up. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
"A former winner of the Newbery Award scores again with a story that has poignancy, perception, and humor." -- -- The Chicago Tribune
"A hopeful, loving, and very witty book. No wonder 58,000 school children in Georgia voted it their favorite." -- -- Jim Trelease, The Read-Aloud Handbook
"The 1971 Newbery Medalist for The Summer of the Swansdoes a superb job of creating vivid characters who change convincingly in reaction to each other." -- C.
"Three unwanted kids'Pinballs, as wisecracking Carly dubs them'collide in a warm and caring foster home and learn to pin their hopes on each other." -- SLJ.
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You can't always decide where life will take you--especially when you're a kid.
Carlie knows she's got no say in what happens to her. Stuck in a foster home with two other kids, Harvey and Thomas J, she's just a pinball being bounced from bumper to bumper. As soon as you get settled, somebody puts another coin in the machine and off you go again. But against her will and her better judgment, Carlie and the boys become friends. And all three of them start to see that they can take control of their own Iives.
Carlie knows she's got no say in what happens to her. Stuck in a foster home with two other kids, Harvey and Thomas J, she's just a pinball being bounced from bumper to bumper. As soon as you get settled, somebody puts another coin in the machine and off you go again. But against her will and her beter judgement, Carlie and the boys become friends. And all three of them start to see that they can take control of their own lives.
From Publishers Weekly
"One summer two boys and a girl went to a foster home to live together"--the Newbery Medal-winning author chronicles their trials and tribulations in witty and poignant fashion. Ages 10-up.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
"A former winner of the Newbery Award scores again with a story that has poignancy, perception, and humor." -- -- The Chicago Tribune
"A hopeful, loving, and very witty book. No wonder 58,000 school children in Georgia voted it their favorite." -- -- Jim Trelease, The Read-Aloud Handbook
"The 1971 Newbery Medalist for The Summer of the Swansdoes a superb job of creating vivid characters who change convincingly in reaction to each other." -- C.
"Three unwanted kids'Pinballs, as wisecracking Carly dubs them'collide in a warm and caring foster home and learn to pin their hopes on each other." -- SLJ.