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HarperCollins, 2004-10-08

Pinballs

Pinballs

Apple Paperbacks

Betsy Byars, Author

Paperback

9780064401982

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Winner of multiple awards, this novel follows three lonely foster children asthey learn to care about themselves and each other.
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Keywords and Themes: Activity Books • Classics • Disability • Family • Friendship • General • JUV007000 • JUV013050 • JUV013070 • JUV039060 • JUV039150 • JUV039180 • JUV054000 • JUV072000 • Juvenile Fiction • Mathematics • Orphans & Foster Homes • Siblings • Social Themes • Violence

Age Range • 8-12

Pages • 144

Subjects • Friendship • Foster home care

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Family | Orphans & Foster Homes • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship • Juvenile Fiction | Disability • Juvenile Fiction | Classics • Juvenile Fiction | Activity Books | General • Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Violence • Juvenile Fiction | Mathematics

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 judgement, Carlie and the boys become friends. And all three of them start to see that they can take control of their own lives.
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