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By Lehrer, Ruth2017., Adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: YA FIC LEH Edition: 1st ed. 2017. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Born in the backseat of a moving car, Carmel Fishkill wasunceremoniously pushed into a world that refuses to offer her security, stability, love. At age thirteen, she begins to fight back. Carmel Fishkill becomes Fishkill Carmel, who deflects her tormenters with a strong left hook and conceals her secrets from teachers and social workers. But Fishkill'sfierce defenses falter when she meets eccentric optimist Duck-Duck Farina, and soon they, along with Duck-Duck's mother, Molly, form a tentative family, even as Fishkill struggles to understand her place in it. This fragile new beginning is threatened by the reappearance of Fishkill's unstable mother--and by unfathomable tragedy"--Amazon.com.
