Taking Terri Mueller

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Summary: a must-read book for searching teens.
Review: this book is about terri meuller who had always lived w/ his father since she was a kid. Her dad had told her that her mom had died in a car accident since terri was just a baby. Moving from one place to another, she was eventually bothered by all these instances, where they dont have a permanent home, she always had to transfer to different schools, meet different classmates and neighborhoods. Her dad's sister, vivian just visit them once a year, and stayed for only few days. she was never satisfied w/ this set-up. Until one time when her aunt vivian visited, she overhead her and her dad talking about telling a secret to terri coz she needed to know. terri became so curious that she even opened the locked box of her father, thinking that she might find something there. She was never wrong, coz she found some pictures which proved that her mother was still alive! She had the courage to ask her dad and aunt vivian about her, and after so many denials and hesitations, they finally told her the whole truth; that her mother was still alive and living in another state w/ her new family. She told her aunt that she wanted to see her mom, and so her aunt has arranged a vacation for terri meuller, so she can be w/ her mom for few months. her dad was deeply saddened by this, coz this was what he feared of, that one day when terri found the truth about her mother, she might take terri away from him, and this was not what he wanted to happen. He loved terri so much, but realized that terri has the right to see and to be w/ her mom. then the time has come for terri to see her mother. she was fascinated by her warmth, motherly-love, and care. her mom's new family gave her warm hospitality, and she really enjoyed her stay there. Within her months of stay her, she got to experience how it is to have a mother, they have already created a very wonderful bond as mother and daughter. When it was time for her to go back to her dad, her mother asked her if she wanted to stay w/ her...forever, means she would have to live w/ her mom, and leave her dad, and would just have to see him on few visits. when she got back to her dad, she told him about her mom's proposal, and she saw how devastated her dad was. anticipating the feeling on how it is to live w/ her mother, how much she misses her, she also thought about her dad; how he was there when she was sick, how they shared beautiful memories together, and how they have created a bonding like bestfriends, not just father and daughter. in the end, she decided to stay w/ her father, and just told her mom that she will just have to pay her some visits every year. the arrangements have settled and so terri had finally become so totally complete. she had her dad and mom, though not together, she at least knew she had the two special persons in her life right now.

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Summary: An Exciting and Intriguing Read
Review: This book was a terrific read with many suspenseful moments within. It's about a young girl (Terri) who has always lived with her father and thinks her mother is not alive. However, they are always moving from one place to another. This makes Terri very suspicious about who her father really is. She believes that her father kidnapped her from her mother and is just not telling her where she is. Norma Fox Mazer writes the story well enough so that readers will actually be able to put themselves in Terri's place, especially with all of the decisions she has to make along the way. This book is definitely a book I would recommend to young adults. This is because the author really puts into perspective what it would be like to move all of the time and believe your father might have done something in the past that has affected you, is affecting you, and will affect you. This is overall an exciting and intriguing read that is great for a wide variety of people.

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Summary: A wonderful book!
Review: This is a really good book.It potrays a web of emotions.It shows the deep wonderful relationship between a father and a daughter which they are both afraid of losing as she unleashes a deep dark secret about his past life.. It shows the true friendship between Terri and Shaundra as Terri struggles through the most difficult year of her life... Most importantly it shows the strong bond between a mother and a daughter inspite of being separated for a long time and losing the hope of ever seeing each other again...