Molly by Any Other Name

by Jean Davies Okimoto

Book Overview

Where did she come from? Molly Jane Fletcher was adopted. She's known it for as long as she can remember. It's not something that usually bothers her, but lately, it's all she can think about. Now Molly has a chance to find her birthmother--a chance to understand where she came from, and why she was given away. But the Fletchers aren't happy about her decision to unearth the past. They're afraid that everyone involved may get hurt. That's a chance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 098231678X
• ISBN13: 9780982316788
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Endicott & Hugh Books
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10

Customer Reviews

Insightful book

Molly by Any Other Name is a great book that shows the importance of finding your roots. What's great about this book is that is shows the two different sides. Though the focus is mainly on Molly, there is a shift later that goes to the birth mother. It is a very moving book with romance, tears, and the most important, how fundamental family is. I highly recommend this book. It addresses the important subject of knowing your roots as well as gives insight to finding out who you are.

An AWESOME Book

Molly by Any Other Name is my all-time favorite book! I've loved it since 6th grade and now I'm a college freshman. It's very emotional and realistic. I SO recommend this book to anyone who's into emotion and sappy stuff like this. Go out and buy it!

great!

what a great book, young molly has been loved and well treated by her adoptive parents, it hurts them when she tells them that she wishes to find her biological mother and father... Her mother will go through this with her while her father despises the whole situation wich will lead to many fights in the family. that was most certainly not the effect molly wanted to make, while all this is happening, she gets accepted in the cheer squad wich her parents and her dear friend Roland do not appreciate much, a guy in the cheer squad keeps trying to get her drunk an she is not quite secure with him but she finds him very atractive. Roland takes his little revenge by going to the Tolo dance with a girl that Molly despises very much, molly does the same: she goes with the guy in the cheer squad an at the dance they realise how they miss each other an their friendship becomes love.Will molly find her birthmother? Read Molly By Any Other Name-its great!

Great book!!!!

I think Molly by Any Other Name is a great book! It is very interesting. Molly is Asian & was adopted by a white couple. Now 17 Molly wants to know why didn't her mother want her, what is she, & who are her birth parents? Molly finds her birth mother by the Northwest Adoptees Search Organization. I reccomend this book to everyone who likes to read!!!

this is a great book

I loved this book! It really showed the triumph of a teenager and her struggles of teenage life and her parents. The young girl shows how courageous she is by looking for her birthmother, which had good and bad reactions. Her adoptive parents were there for her but didn't want her to go. I would reccomend this book to anyone who enjoys a good hard book and relating books to real life. This book is very realistic.