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Reviewed on February 1, 1997
Gr 5-7 A continuation of Nobody's Daughter (Delacorte, 1995), in which preteen Emily is sent to an orphanage, alienates the town establishment, and runs away. Now, her plight worsens as she returns to face her tormentors. Only the sympathetic town librarian and her mother believe Emily's report that the bullying daughters of the town's "best" families are to blame for the accidental death of one of the orphans; they offer Emily a temporary home. The school principal tries to expel her; the head of the orphanage...Log In or Sign Up to Read More