The Girl in Between

by Sarah Carroll

Paperback, 2017

Status

Checked out

Due 6-05-2022

Call number

823.92

Genres

Young Adult

Fiction

Collection

Accelerated Reader

Publication

Simon & Schuster Children's UK (2017), 256 pages

Description

"A homeless girl and her Ma, always hiding from the authorities, take shelter in an abandoned mill in the center of a big city, but when developers make plans to knock the mill down, everything changes, prompting the girl to wonder what kind of ghosts are haunting both the mill and her mother"--

User reviews

LibraryThing member JanaRose1

A young homeless girl and her mother live in the ruins of an abandoned mill. While the girl stays inside to avoid the authorities, the mother begs for change on the street. While the mother fights addiction, the girl creates her own fantasy life.

I have to admit that I don't really get this book. I

couldn't figure out how old the girl was, which really bothered me. Although this book isn't for me, I'm sure there are many out there who will be caught in its flowery language and dream like quality.

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LibraryThing member cablesclasses

Surviving in a city with a child and without monetary resources. Find an abandoned building, scavenge for daily necessities, and beg for anything else. Hide so that child services doesn't find you and take away your child. That is the essence of this book. Sad, remorseful, yet full of family love.

Recommended for youth struggling for a place to call their own, homelessness, family relationships--especially a mother and daughter, survival in a city.

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LibraryThing member MHanover10

This book is sad in so many different ways. It shines a spotlight on addiction, parenting on the streets, the relationship between a mother and daughter and how drugs can make someone selfish. No child should live on the streets. I kind of suspected the ending but not until I had about 40 pages to

read. Definitely recommend this book. It was such a good story.

I received a copy from Penguin Random House First To Read Program.

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