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Book i of the popular mirandas rights mystery series by bestselling author linsey lanier. During this time public law 94142 was just placed in the school systems, torey called it the mainstreaming act. Jan 21, 2011 somebody else s daughter, by elizabeth brundage, plume books, 2008, 342 pp. If you can get past that, the actual story was somewhat good. Willas biological father, a failing writer and former drug addict, put willa up for adoption, only to realize that he couldnt go on in life without seeing her again. A novel of psychological suspense in which a private adoptions dark consequences play out years later, at an elite prep school in the berkshires. The children assigned to her resource room featured in this book are a 12yearold girl who is pregnant. The framework surrounding willas birth and nates younger years provides the necessary foundation for the remainder of the book. This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion and a free quiz on somebody elses kids by torey hayden. This book was loaded with crassvulgar language that i found it to be distracting. Willas adoptive parents, anything but ordinary, are doing their best to hide a strange and sordid past.
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Torey confesses another reason for not being able to go back and read it is that somebody elses kids is a bit of a revenge book, expressing her frustrations with the teacher portrayed as edna in the book and with the mainstreaming law. At long last, after holidays and funerals and ministry galore, a chance to read. Somebody elses daughter is a collision of two very different fathers biological and adoptive. I picked up this book back in november from the clearance table, hoping for a little light diversion over the thanksgiving weekend. Somebody elses daughter audiobook listen instantly. I enjoyed the characters and i really enjoyed the last quarter of the book when it turned into more of a thriller.
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