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The book got to me from page one to the end. Mary is sixteen years old and she and her family are going through a really bad time. Her father lost his business and that has resulted in the whole family wandering across the country in a RV. Her father has a job every now and then, sometimes life almost seem to get normal again. But in every job something is wrong and than the whole family has to pack up and leave again. Mary helps her mother with her younger sisters and a baby boy. She loves to go to school but they never stay in one place long enough to get settled in. Mary goes to school in one town and she likes it there, but after a short while her father messes up again and they leave in a hurry. It's gets worse and worse, her father can't find a job any more and he won't apply for welfare, he's to proud for that. Mary sees it all and is very ashamed of her parents; she doesn't understand why they can't live with her aunt in their old town. Many times Mary is the one with the adult approach to problems, when her parents just hide from their problems. At the end of the book the family lives on a campside near the beach, and Mary finds a friend who becomes her boyfriend. Mary's father gets crazier by the week and turns against Mary at some point. The end is shocking and unexpected.
As in many young adult literature books, the parents in the book are so preoccupied with themselves that they don't see what they are doing to their children. In this book Mary is the one who has to deal with all that and has to grow up in the mean time.
The book is entertaining, moving and unpredictable.


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Mary Wolf Cynthia D Grant Books Reviews

I love this book! It is one of my favorites! I read it in school and could not stop reading! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! For kids ages 12+
I first read this book when I was 11 years old and it still speaks to me now. The heartbreak of it all.
The Wolfs had been well-to-do until Mr. Wolf lost his job. He tried to find work, but couldn't. Consequently, the family ended up on the run, stealing to provide for themselves. Mary, 16, knows that her parents are not acting responsibly, and that her father needs help, but no one will listen to her suggestions. Her father physically and emotionally abuses her and, upon being refused welfare, shoots his wife. Mary, in self-defense, ends up doing the unthinkable -- shooting and accidentally killing her father.

This book should be for mature readers only because of offensive language and subject matter that includes theft, abuse, and a description of childbirth.
The book got to me from page one to the end. Mary is sixteen years old and she and her family are going through a really bad time. Her father lost his business and that has resulted in the whole family wandering across the country in a RV. Her father has a job every now and then, sometimes life almost seem to get normal again. But in every job something is wrong and than the whole family has to pack up and leave again. Mary helps her mother with her younger sisters and a baby boy. She loves to go to school but they never stay in one place long enough to get settled in. Mary goes to school in one town and she likes it there, but after a short while her father messes up again and they leave in a hurry. It's gets worse and worse, her father can't find a job any more and he won't apply for welfare, he's to proud for that. Mary sees it all and is very ashamed of her parents; she doesn't understand why they can't live with her aunt in their old town. Many times Mary is the one with the adult approach to problems, when her parents just hide from their problems. At the end of the book the family lives on a campside near the beach, and Mary finds a friend who becomes her boyfriend. Mary's father gets crazier by the week and turns against Mary at some point. The end is shocking and unexpected.
As in many young adult literature books, the parents in the book are so preoccupied with themselves that they don't see what they are doing to their children. In this book Mary is the one who has to deal with all that and has to grow up in the mean time.
The book is entertaining, moving and unpredictable.