Main Characters--
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Minor Characters--
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Carley Connors: Girl who the story is based on. Gets put into foster care after an incident with her mother and step father. Doesn't enjoy being with the Murphy's in the beginning, but grows to love them all in the end. Is a very strong headed girl who won't take no as an answer.
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Mr. Ruben: The first teacher Carley meets at her new school. Teaches Social Studies. Is a very open hearted person and does everything for the best in the people around him. Helps Carley realize that all you have to be is yourself and you'll be fine in the world.
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Mrs. Murphy: Mother to three younger boys, and married to Mr. Muprhy. Was her idea to foster Carley, and help her out in her time of need. A very good and caring wife, mother, and foster mother. Attempts to help everyone out the best way she knows how. Listens and understands to how people feel, and what they have to say.
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Rainer: Carley originally meets him when she went shopping with Mrs. Murphy. He was working at the resuraunt they stopped at. There Carley has a break down and is very mean to him and Mrs. Mruphy. Carley then runs into him the first day of school and he calls her names from then on, until Toni calls him out on it. Which caused him to stop.
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Mr. Murphy: Father to three younger boys, and married to Mrs. Murphy. Is a firefighter and isn't home very often. Takes care of everyone no matter what their relation is to one another.
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Dennis: Marries Carley's mom. An alcholahic and abusive person. Is the reason why Carley was taken away and why Carley's mother was put in a hopital.
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Daniel Murphy: Oldest child to Mr. and Mrs. Murphy. Doesn't like Carley, and doesn't want her to move in with them at first. However, as the story goes on Carley helps him with his basketball skills which develops into a bond that can't be broke.
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Mrs. MacAvoy: Social worker who bring's Carley Connors to the Murphy's household originally. Tells Carley in the beginning to be good no matter what happens there.
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Adam Murphy: Middle child to Mr. and Mrs. Murphy. Doesn't really mind Carley moving in with them, but grows to her as she stays there longer.
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Jimmy Partin: Child who bullies Michael Eric. Carley and Daniel teach him a lesson and tell him to not mess with Michael anymore by hanging him by a tree branch by his suspenders.
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Michael Eric Murphy: Youngest boy to Mr. and Mrs. Murphy. Takes a liking to Carley almost immediately. They play together and she takes care of him when Mrs. Murphy isn't very well or is busy. He happens to get sick a little into the book which causes everyone to grow closer together.
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Carley's Mom: An alcoholic mother to Carley who also married Dennis. Trips on Carley's basketball and falls to the floor in pain. Dennis then attacks Carley. In the aftermath Carley is taken away, and she is put in the hospital with injuries.
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Toni Byars: In the beginning dislikes Carley very much. When they get paired up to be partners for a school project they turn into best friends.
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