The Pinballs
Books | Juvenile Fiction / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes
3.7
Betsy Byars
From Newbery-winning author Betsy Byars comes a story full of "poignancy, perception, and humor" (The Chicago Tribune), about three foster kids who learn what it takes to make a family. You can't always decide where life will take you—especially when you're a kid.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 judgment, 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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Author
Betsy Byars
Pages
156
Publisher
Harper Collins
Published Date
2012-07-17
ISBN
0062239449 9780062239440
Ratings
Google: 5
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"The story Pinballs is about three kids who move into a foster home and learn a lot about each other. Harvey is in the foster home because he wanted his dad to go to his concert at school because he played the trumpet. His dad was drunk, got in his 4-by-4 truck and ran his son over and broke his legs. Thomas J. is in the foster home because his guardians are too old to watch over him, they are the oldest living twins in the city. The main character Carlie, she is in the foster home because her parents were abusive, so she feels like a ‘pinball,’ being bounced around from house to house and never having a real family."
Finn Hughes