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The spellbinding Orphans series concludes in this thrilling new novel from V.C. Andrews(R)... "All for one and one for all" was the girls' motto. In the grim foster home for orphans run by Louise and Gordon Tooey, at least Brooke, Crystal, Raven, and Butterfly had each other. Calling themselves "sisters," together they could forget the past and dream of a new chance...a real home. Then they discovered a secret even more haunting than Gordon's heavy boots pounding on the wooden floors. Their fragile hopes of a better life shattered, they escaped the only way they could. Soon they were runaways in a borrowed car, desperately wishing to wake up one morning in a place of sunshine and love. Raven hoped to be a singer, Butterfly wanted to be a dancer, Crystal planned for college, and Brooke privately hoped to find her mother in California. On the open road the chains of sadness that had bound them seemed to melt away, and the kindness of strangers made a secure future seem almost real. But the highway was a dangerous place, and soon they were penniless and more vulnerable than ever. Alone under the wide western sky, they had only each other to ask if they should give up their dreams...or if they were really halfway to a haven of safety and happiness....

the V. C. Andrews Orphan Miniseries -- Perfect For Adults And Teens Alike -- Completely Detoured From Previous Miniseries Efforts Like Stephen King's the Green Mile And John Saul's the Blackstone Chronicles. Here We Have Four Short Novels (butterfly, Brooke, Crystal, And Raven) That All Stand On Their Own -- Each One Introducing A Young Girl With No Family To Speak Of, Who Finds Herself In A Truly Unpleasant Foster Home Experience. Okay, This Series Definitely Isn't Horror (as Are Many Of The Earlier Andrews Novels) But There Are Some Horrific Events That The Kids Experience. Somewhere Out There, There's Probably An Organization Against Defamation Of Foster Homes That's None Too Pleased About The Series. But Hey, It's Fiction, And Its Four Appealing Characters Are All Positive Role Models, And All Make Entertaining Protagonists Whom Most Teens Will Have Little Trouble Relating To. Check Out The Full-length Novel runaways That Brings The Four Girls Together.

This is the fifth book in and the conclusion to the Orphans series. The girls are living together in a foster home, calling themselves sisters, and are finally a family. Then they discover a secret which sends them running away in a borrowwed car. They survive knowing they have one another and their dreams Brooke, Crystal, Raven, and Butterfly know they can't take any more abuse from their foster parents, so the girls develop a plan to run away and start their lives over again in California. Along the way the girls learn they can't run from their past, because it will always be chasing them As I got ready to go downstairs for breakfast, I couldn't help but worry about Butterfly, and wonder how my other sisters and I were spared the same fate: each of us had tragic stories, some, I was beginning to realize, more tragic than others. Running away from their nightmarish foster home, orphans Brooke, Crystal, Raven, and Butterfly take to the highway in pursuit of their dreams but find themselves vulnerable in new ways.