000			01153nam a2200181 4500
999			_c54276 _d54276
008			191106b1977 ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9780062881786
082			_aFiction BYA-B
100			_aByars, Betsy
245			_aPinballs / _cBetsy Byars
260			_aIndia _bHarper Publishers _c1977
300			_a138 p.
365			_aINR _b399.00.
500			_aFrom Newbery-winning author Betsy Byars comes a story full of "poignancy, perception, and humor" (The Chicago Tribune), about three foster kids who learn what it takes to make a family. You can't always decide where life will take you—especially when you're a kid. Carlie knows she's got no say in what happens to her. Stuck in a foster home with two other kids, Harvey and Thomas J, she's just a pinball being bounced from bumper to bumper. As soon as you get settled, somebody puts another coin in the machine and off you go again. But against her will and her better judgment, Carlie and the boys become friends. And all three of them start to see that they can take control of their own lives.
650			_aFiction
650			_aChildren's Books
650			_aYoung Learners