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* HarsherInHindsight: All of Murphy's stories
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* FiveManBand: A variant on it. Donita and Logan both provide a resource to the group, as the Smart Guy and Big Guy traditionally do, but the resources in question are lumber and space, not cleverness and fighting prowess.
## The Leader: Murphy
## The Lancer: Maddie
## The Smart Guy: Donita
## The Big Guy: Logan
## The Heart: Ricky Ray
## The Leader: Murphy
## The Lancer: Maddie
## The Smart Guy: Donita
## The Big Guy: Logan
## The Heart: Ricky Ray
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* BelatedBackstory: Maddie--and in turn the reader--doesn't learn the truth about [[spoiler:Murphy's backstory until after Murphy leaves. It drastically re-frames everything Murphy did while she was in the story.]]
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* TagalongKid: Ricky Ray, who's 6 and who Maddie takes under her win.
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* TagalongKid: Ricky Ray, who's 6 and who Maddie takes under her win.wing.
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* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Subverted. Upon arriving at the Home, Murphy calls them "a bunch of orphans" and Maddie tells her no, not really: Most of them have at least one living parent out there somewhere.
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* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Subverted. Upon arriving at the Home, Murphy calls them "a bunch of orphans" and Maddie tells her no, that's not really: Most of them have at least one living parent out there somewhere.really the case.
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* HarsherInHindsight: All of Murphy's stories
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Murphy first comes to the Home, the first words out of her mouth are "Murphy's not my real name. I don't tell anyone my real name." Much later, Maddie reflects back on this, [[spoiler:realizing that--in a way--she was warning them from the very beginning that she was lying.]] To the reader it's rather more blatant as--as the narrator--Maddie ends the first chapter saying
-->''Turns out, she was more the type to tell a bold-faced lie. Only I didn’t know it then. I believed everything she told me.''
-->''Turns out, she was more the type to tell a bold-faced lie. Only I didn’t know it then. I believed everything she told me.''
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Murphy first comes to the Home, the first words out of her mouth are "Murphy's not my real name. I don't tell anyone my real name." Much later, Maddie reflects back on this, [[spoiler:realizing that--in a way--she was warning them from the very beginning that she was lying.]] To the reader it's rather more blatant as--as the narrator--Maddie ends the first chapter saying
saying:
-->''Turns out, she was more the type to tell a bold-faced lie. Only Ididn’t didn't know it then. I believed everything she told me.''''
* FosterKid: Maddie, Murphy, Donita, and Ricky Ray are all in the foster care system.
* HonoraryUncle: Donita's Uncle Wendell
-->'''Maddie''': I didn't even know you had an uncle here.\\
'''Donita''': He's not really my uncle. But black folks in this town are few and far between, in case you haven't noticed. I think he just wants me to feel like I've got some of my own kind around if need be.
-->''Turns out, she was more the type to tell a bold-faced lie. Only I
* FosterKid: Maddie, Murphy, Donita, and Ricky Ray are all in the foster care system.
* HonoraryUncle: Donita's Uncle Wendell
-->'''Maddie''': I didn't even know you had an uncle here.\\
'''Donita''': He's not really my uncle. But black folks in this town are few and far between, in case you haven't noticed. I think he just wants me to feel like I've got some of my own kind around if need be.
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* TagalongKid: Ricky RayRay, who's 6 and who Maddie takes under her win.
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* BelatedBackstory: Maddie--and in turn the reader--doesn't learn the truth about [[spoiler:Murphy's backstory until after Murphy leaves. It drastically re-frames everything Murphy did while she was in the story.]]
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Murphy first comes to the Home, the first words out of her mouth are:
-->'''Murphy''': Murphy's not my real name. I don't tell anyone my real name.
::Much later, Maddie reflects back on this, [[spoiler: realizing that, in a way, she was warning them from the very beginning that she was lying.]] To the reader it's rather more blatant as--as the narrator--Maddie ends the first chapter saying:
-->'''Murphy''': Murphy's not my real name. I don't tell anyone my real name.
::Much later, Maddie reflects back on this, [[spoiler: realizing that, in a way, she was warning them from the very beginning that she was lying.]] To the reader it's rather more blatant as--as the narrator--Maddie ends the first chapter saying:
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Murphy first comes to the Home, the first words out of her mouth are:
-->'''Murphy''': Murphy'sare "Murphy's not my real name. I don't tell anyone my real name.
::Muchname." Much later, Maddie reflects back on this, [[spoiler: realizing that, in [[spoiler:realizing that--in a way, she way--she was warning them from the very beginning that she was lying.]] To the reader it's rather more blatant as--as the narrator--Maddie ends the first chapter saying:saying
-->'''Murphy''': Murphy's
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''Where I'd Like To Be'' is a 2004 children's novel by Frances O'Roark.
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''Where I'd Like To Be'' is a 2004 children's novel by Frances O'Roark.
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-->'''Murphy''': I can't believe I ended up here, stuck in with a bunch of orphans.\\
'''Maddie''': I don't think very many people here are orphans. Most people have at least one parent somewhere.
'''Maddie''': I don't think very many people here are orphans. Most people have at least one parent somewhere.
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## The Chick: Ricky Ray
* ParentalAbandonment: Maddie's mother, who left when she was a baby.
* ParentalAbandonment: Maddie's mother, who left when she was a baby.
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## The Chick: Heart: Ricky Ray
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Murphy first comes to the Home, the first words out of her mouth are:
-->'''Murphy''': Murphy's not my real name. I don't tell anyone my real name.
:: Much later, Maddie reflects back on this, [[spoiler:realizing that, in a way, she was warning them from the very beginning that she was lying.]] To the reader, it's rather more blatant, as as the narrator, Maddie says:
-->''Turns out, she was more the type to tell a bold-faced lie. Only I didn’t know it then. I believed everything she told me.''
*MeaningfulRename: Murphy names herself Murphy when she first comes to the Home.
* ParentalAbandonment: Maddie's mother, who left when she was ababy.baby.
*TagalongKid: Ricky Ray
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Murphy first comes to the Home, the first words out of her mouth are:
-->'''Murphy''': Murphy's not my real name. I don't tell anyone my real name.
:: Much later, Maddie reflects back on this, [[spoiler:realizing that, in a way, she was warning them from the very beginning that she was lying.]] To the reader, it's rather more blatant, as as the narrator, Maddie says:
-->''Turns out, she was more the type to tell a bold-faced lie. Only I didn’t know it then. I believed everything she told me.''
*MeaningfulRename: Murphy names herself Murphy when she first comes to the Home.
* ParentalAbandonment: Maddie's mother, who left when she was a
*TagalongKid: Ricky Ray
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''Where I'd Like To Be'' is a 2004 children's novel by Frances O'Roark.
A ghost saved twelve-year-old Maddie's life when she was an infant, her Granny Lane claims, so Maddie must always remember that she is special. But it's hard to feel special when you've spent your life shuffled from one foster home to another. And now that she's at the East Tennessee Children's Home, Maddie feels even less special.
She longs for a place to call home. She even has a "book of houses" in which she glues pictures of places she'd like to live. Then one day, a new girl, Murphy, shows up at the Home armed with tales about exotic travels, being able to fly, and boys who recite poetry to wild horses. When Murphy offers Maddie something she has never had before, Maddie begins to wonder if she has finally found someone who ''feels'' like home.
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!!Tropes
*ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Subverted. Upon arriving at the Home, Murphy calls them "a bunch of orphans" and Maddie tells her no, not really: Most of them have at least one living parent out there somewhere.
*FiveManBand: A variant on it. Donita and Logan both provide a resource to the group, as the Smart Guy and Big Guy traditionally do, but the resources in question are lumber and space, not cleverness and fighting prowess.
## The Leader: Murphy
## The Lancer: Maddie
## The Smart Guy: Donita
## The Big Guy: Logan
## The Chick: Ricky Ray
*ParentalAbandonment: Maddie's mother, who left when she was a baby.
''Where I'd Like To Be'' is a 2004 children's novel by Frances O'Roark.
A ghost saved twelve-year-old Maddie's life when she was an infant, her Granny Lane claims, so Maddie must always remember that she is special. But it's hard to feel special when you've spent your life shuffled from one foster home to another. And now that she's at the East Tennessee Children's Home, Maddie feels even less special.
She longs for a place to call home. She even has a "book of houses" in which she glues pictures of places she'd like to live. Then one day, a new girl, Murphy, shows up at the Home armed with tales about exotic travels, being able to fly, and boys who recite poetry to wild horses. When Murphy offers Maddie something she has never had before, Maddie begins to wonder if she has finally found someone who ''feels'' like home.
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!!Tropes
*ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Subverted. Upon arriving at the Home, Murphy calls them "a bunch of orphans" and Maddie tells her no, not really: Most of them have at least one living parent out there somewhere.
*FiveManBand: A variant on it. Donita and Logan both provide a resource to the group, as the Smart Guy and Big Guy traditionally do, but the resources in question are lumber and space, not cleverness and fighting prowess.
## The Leader: Murphy
## The Lancer: Maddie
## The Smart Guy: Donita
## The Big Guy: Logan
## The Chick: Ricky Ray
*ParentalAbandonment: Maddie's mother, who left when she was a baby.
