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Maureen McCarthy

Girl Next Door by Alyssa Brugman & Somebody’s Crying by Maureen McCarthy

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April 2009, no. 310
January Jones reviews 'Girl Next Door' by Alyssa Brugman and 'Somebody's Crying' by Maureen McCarthy

Two new young adult novels explore the complexities of family. While Maureen McCarthy’s Somebody’s Crying details a daughter’s painful loss of her mother, Alyssa Brugman’s Girl Next Door negotiates the hardships of teenage life while coming to terms with family bankruptcy.

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