After moving with her lively family to the small town where her father grew up, thirteen-year-old Tracy discovers that she is adopted, a surprise that brings her new insights into what constitutes a family.
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From Publishers Weekly
The prolific Corcoran ( Stay Tuned ; The Potato Kid ) tackles adoption in her latest work. When 14-year-old Tracy moves with her family to a small Massachusetts town, she receives shocking news: the people she knows as Mom and Dad are not her biological parents. (The couple recently learned that Tracy's birth mother has died, thereby releasing them from the legal agreement that prohibited disclosing their secret.) Stunned, the girl worries that her relationship with her three siblings will be altered but is soon reassured that their ties are stronger than she realized. Pivotal in the events here is David, a 17-year-old neighbor who lost his family in a boating accident and has since put his life on hold. Tracy, however, shines the brightest as a compassionate yet very real teenager who is thoroughly deserving and appreciative of the love bestowed upon her. The climax involving a pyromaniac is somewhat predictable, but the upbeat resolution is suitably gratifying. Ages 8-12.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Grade 5-8-- When 13-year-old Tracy moves with her family to the small town in Massachusetts where her father grew up, she learns that she is actually the child of a schoolmate of her father's. As she struggles to find herself in a new town, with new friends, and with a new understanding of her place in her family, she meets David, an older boy who carries an even heavier burden. His parents and sister drowned in a boating accident and he is grieving while trying to care for his mentally disturbed uncle, who may be responsible for local arsons. The book is brief, suspenseful (David's uncle seems to be particularly violent towards Tracy and may be stalking her), sentimental, and includes some quirky characters. The story wraps up neatly when a fire at David's house frees him from his uncle, and Tracy is given a tape made by her mother just before her death that reconciles the girl to her adopted family and her mother's decision to give her away. Philippa Pearce's The Way to Sattin Shore (Puffin, 1983) and Nina Bawden's The Outside Child (Lothrop, 1989) handle the emotion and suspense of this kind of situation in a stronger manner, but Corcoran's book will appeal to readers who like a mildly suspenseful family story and a satisfying, if unrealistic, conclusion. --Barbara Chatton, College of Education, University of Wyoming, Laramie
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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