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Where I'd Like to be

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5 out of 5
Based on 18 Ratings and 18 Reviews

Book Description
Maddie has spent her life in care. She's always looking for a place to call home and has made a secret Book of Houses: magazine cut-outs of places she fantasizes about living in. Then a new girl, Murphy, shows up at Maddie's children's home, armed with magical tales about exotic travels and loving, absent parents. Maddie is enchanted and, together with some other children from the Home, the girls ... More
Book Information
PublisherWalker Books
BindingPaperback (15 editions)
Reading LevelYoung Adults
# of Pages224
ISBN-100744583594
ISBN-13978-0744583595
Publication Date07/05/2004
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About Frances O'Roark Dowell (Author) : I'm a writer who's just published my seventh book with Atheneum--Shooting the Moon. My other titles include Dovey Coe, Where I'd Like to Be, The Secret Language of Girls, Chicken Boy, and two Phineas ... more
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