![]() After raising herself for six months after her mother, Keeley, falls into a raging river, Fishkill now needs to learn to accept the new love she is shown while living with the Farina family as well as deal with the guilt she feels surrounding her mother’s disappearance. Through Duck Duck’s friendship, Fishkill is introduced to a new life one where a mother hugs and kisses her daughter every day, where trust is abundant, and where a mother comes home to her daughter every night. ![]() Tweens and teenagers alike will be able to relate to Fishkill’s haunting need for love after being raised in a household where her mother is physically and sexually abused by her grandfather, a place where Fishkill herself is made to feel worthless and unloved all her life. ![]() What to Expect: Coming of Age, Transitional Times, Poverty, Familyīeing Fishkill, which follows the life-changing journey of a 12-year-old girl born into unfortunate circumstances, will leave readers emotionally stunned as she is thrust into a new life after meeting a young girl named Chrissie “Duck Duck” Farina. Duck Duck is able to break through Fishkill’s rough exterior and bring her into a world she never knew existed. ![]() The Children’s Book Review | JanuBeing Fishkill ![]()
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