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A Friend at Midnight

by Caroline B. Cooney

A family crisis tests Lily’s loyalties

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A family crisis tests Lily’s loyalties

After her parents’ divorce and her mother’s remarriage, Lily’s younger brother Michael goes to live with their father in Washington, D.C. When Michael calls from the Baltimore-Washington Airport after being abandoned there, Lily—at home caring for her infant stepbrother—sets out to help him. The emergency brings the divided family’s circumstances into sharp focus, while the description also frames Lily’s response through her faith and her struggle with anger and bitterness. Family separation, sibling responsibility, and the strain of a changed household shape this young adult story.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens interested in fiction about divorce, remarriage, and changing family relationships.
  • Readers drawn to stories centered on sibling bonds and responsibility.
  • Readers interested in faith as part of a character’s personal struggle.

Themes

Divorce and remarriageSibling responsibilityFaithAnger and bitterness

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Book overview

Lily has settled into life in Connecticut after her parent's divorce but it's been harder on her eight-year-old brother Michael. After their mother remarries, her brother chooses to go live with his father in Washington, D.C., until the day he calls home from the Baltimore-Washington Airport where his father has abandoned him.

Lily is home babysitting her baby stepbrother when she answers the phone. She has no idea the extent to which her faith in God will be tested. There is no choice for Lily. She will rescue Michael, but will she be able to rescue herself from the bitterness and anger she feels?
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