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Title	:	Returnable Girl
Author	:	Pamela Lowell
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 229 pages
Published	:	October 1st 2006 by Cavendish Square Publishing
Categories	:	Young Adult. Realistic Fiction. Fiction. Parenting. Adoption. Family Law. Fostering. Contemporary

Returnable Girl Hardcover | Pages: 229 pages

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Abandoned. That's how Ronnie Hartman feels after her mother and Kenny, her mom's good-for-nothing boyfriend, move to Alaska, bringing Ronnie's two younger brothers with them and leaving her behind. Now thirteen years old, Ronnie has been returned from multiple foster homes because of her impulsive lying and stealing. Her latest foster mom, Alison, is Ronnie's very last chance if she doesn't want to end up in some awful residential treatment center. Meanwhile, Ronnie wants more than anything to fit in with the popular crowd, especially with the beautiful (but stuck-up) Paige. But when Ronnie betrays her only friend, a chubby outcast named Cat, she begins a pattern of deception that can only end in disaster. As Ronnie struggles to define herself, an important letter will present her with the most heart-wrenching decision of her life: to accept the woman who wants to adopt her, or to return to the mother who once abandoned her.

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Original Title:	Returnable Girl
ISBN:	0761453172 (ISBN13: 9780761453178)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 3.8 From 401 Users | 69 Reviews

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Dumped by her druggie mom, Veronica (Ronnie), 13, spent three years in nine different foster homes, until she finds a family with counselor Alison, who comes to love her and wants to adopt her. But can Ronnie trust anyone? Can she abandon the idea of reuniting with her "real" mom? In her first novel, Lowell, a family therapist, brings close the drama of betrayal and longing through Ronnie's first-person narrative, which always stays true to the young teen's viewpoint. In Ronnie's desperate need

Lowell's book seems to be a fairly accurate representation of the life of a thirteen year old who is living in the foster care system. If the story is a little less raw than I suspect it could be, I think the fact that this is a YA book aimed at middle and lower year high schoolers makes that an acceptable downfall. Written as a diary, the protagonist Veronica's voice is very real, her perceptions of the people and world around her seem psychologically age-appropriate, if at times maddening. The

What a wonderful foster child story! The tone for Ronnie's age was nailed just right, she quickly shed her hostile and bratty stage, I loved her foster mom (and the side romance going on there, aw), and there was even a dog!

Grade: CAbandoned by her mother, thirteen-year-old Ronnie has been in over ten foster homes. Now her foster mother, Allison wants to adopt her. Being adopted means giving up hopes of being reunited with her mother and two brothers (who weren't abandoned). She's also dealing with friend drama. Desperate to be popular, Ronnie is unkind to Cat, her only real friend, to please the mean girls.Pamela Lowell works with foster kids as a therapist, and I couldn't help but to wonder if she created

I really enjoyed reading this book. The story was very touching. Its about a girl whose mom was a drug attic and left her with her little brothers and new husband. She was very hurt and started being very bad. She would steal all the time and lie. She wouldnt just steal from a store, but she stole money out of peoples purses and things out of their houses and what not. I guess thats how she dealt with the pain of her mom leaving her. Since nobody wanted to deal with her, she was always being

I was kinda surprised when I ended up enjoying this book as I did. I initially picked it up because I wanted an easy read with final exams coming up, but I was pleasantly surprised with the content. Ronnie has been in 9 foster homes (if you don't include her aunt and uncle) and she turns to Alison, a therapist who works with foster children. Although Ronnie had a lot of behavioral issues, they seem to subside pretty well through out the book. It may not be my absolute favorite epistolary novel,

surprisingly good for a "message" novel.