Book Review of Ready-made Family by Frances Salomon Murphy
Name of Book: Ready-made family Author: Frances Salomon Murphy ISBN: 0590020706 Publisher: Scholastic Type of book: foster children, siblings, struggles, school children, families, 1950s, beauty, finances, young adult Year it was published: 1953 Summary: Some money is missing! Hedy's foster mother doesn't know where it is but Hedy does. She knows who took it. Haven't her relatives always said that her brother Pete is a "natural born thief?" What will happen now? Will Pete be sent to a reform school? Will little Mary Rose have to live in an orphanage? Will Hedy have to go back to her horrible cousin Hattie- and leave the best home she's ever known? Characters: The characters are drawn realistically, with Hedy being frightened for her siblings that they would get beaten up or else abused and her being uncertain. But then thanks to the family she grows to become a mature young lady as well as discovering a number of unexpected friends. Th...