Virginia Smith (Goodreads Author) (shelved 8 times as virginia-smith) avg rating 3.61 11,018 ratings published 2008. “We overachieved our way here and we’re all going to graduate together, and I’d like to think that she’d be proud of that,” Smith Shute said. Stuck in the Middle (Sister-to-Sister 1) by. Another brother and two other family members are also currently Trojans and may follow in their footsteps.īut their motivation continues to be their mother, who graduated from USC in 1997. A brother and sister of theirs graduated from the school ahead of them. And I don’t know where we would be otherwise,” Smith Shute said.Īfter graduating, they will be only the latest in their family to call themselves USC alumni. “I think they, in many ways, saved our lives and they changed the trajectory of our entire life forever. Then, in 2019, they officially adopted them. Stuck in the Middle by Virginia Smith is the story of Joan Sanderson and her boring, going-nowhere life. The pair, who already had two children of their own, offered the three and their older brother the opportunity to stay at their house, at least until they graduated high school.ĭespite the “tight smush,” the couple did everything in their power to give the triplets everything they needed to succeed.

However, their community didn’t want to see them go.Īfter word spread that the siblings were leaving, one of Smith’s friends since middle school, Trevor Lee, told his parents, Joe and Christine Lee. After their mom died, the triplets were originally going to go live out of state with an aunt. LA Mayor Karen Bass Signs Revised $13B Budgetīut they have other people to thank, as well.