"Dear Lola"
When his younger friends go up for adoption, threatening their extended family, an orphaned teen helps them discourage potential parents.
Social & External
The people behind it
Andrew McCarthy
Arthur Beniker
Jennifer Dundas
Cassie Beniker
Charles Fields
Edmund Beniker
Jeff Alan-Lee
James Beniker
Danny Pintauro
Ben Beniker
George Martin
Judge Pink
Will Patton
Forest Ranger
J.T. Walsh
Principal Stoddard
Mary Hamill
Edith Stamwick
William Duell
Postmaster Greaves
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