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A ghost saved twelve-year-old Maddie's life when she was an infant, her Granny Lane claims, so Maddie must always remember that she is special. But it's hard to feel special when you've spent your life shuffled from one foster home to another. And now that she's at the East Tennessee Children's Home, Maddie feels even less special.
She longs for a place to call home. She even has a "book of houses" in which she glues pictures of places she'd like to live. Then one day, a new girl, Murphy, shows up at the Home armed with tales about exotic travels, being able tot fly, and boys who recite poetry to wild horses. When Murphy offers Maddie something she has never had before, Maddie begins to wonder if she has finally found someone who feels like home.
"This quietly affecting novel explores the fragile camaraderie between two 11-year-old girls who are placed in a children's home," wrote PW, calling it "a celebration of friendship and of the healing powers of the imagination." Ages 10-14. (Sept.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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David T Tinius
reviewed Where I'd Like to Be on October 11, 2016
Where I'd Like to Be
"Where I'd Like To Be"
Ask any child where they'd like to be at the moment and the answer will most likely be home with whomever is their primary caregiver, but for Maddie and her ragtag crew, home is where they wish to be back at every day as they struggle to come to terms with the fact that they no longer have functional families to return home to in the evenings. Instead they sleep in dormitories under the supervision of paid strangers, who though reasonably decent and kind, could never fill the void of longing. This poignant story feels very real and holds your attention from the first page to the last, as the life stories of the children are revealed during the course of their attempt to rebuild what had been taken away from them by dysfunction, a place to belong, something so many take for granted. Surprisingly the ending was not predictable, but did a decent job of wrapping up the story.
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