samara Taylor Used To Believe In Miracles. She Used To Believe In A Lot Of Things. As A Pastor's Kid, It's Hard Not To Buy In To The Idea Of The Perfect Family, A Loving God, And Amazing Grace. But Lately, Sam Has A Lot Of Reason To Doubt. Her Mother Lands In Rehab After A Dui And Her Father Seems More Interested In His Congregation Than His Family. When A Young Girl In Her Small Town Is Kidnapped, The Local Tragedy Overlaps With Sam's Personal One, And The Already-worn Thread Of Faith Holding Her Together Begins To Unravel.
in Her Third Novel, Acclaimed Author Sara Zarr Examines The Coexistence Of Affliction And Hope, And What Happens When Everything You Thought You Believed-about God, About Your Family, About Yourself-is Transformed.
publishers Weekly
faith Takes A Front Seat In National Book Award–finalist Zarr's (story Of A Girl) Hard-hitting Third Novel. When 13-year-old Jody Shaw Is Kidnapped In Broad Daylight, Her Abduction Rocks The Once Secure Town Of Pineview And Her Church Community (“a Thing Like This Changes The Way You Think About Everything And Everyone, And You Can Never Go Back”). Her Disappearance Provides An Eerie Backdrop To Protagonist Samara Taylor's Personal Drama: Her Mother's Alcoholism, Which Prompted A Four-week Stint In Rehab, And Her Father's Refusal To Focus On Anything (his Marital Problems, The Inappropriateness Of His Relationship With A 26-year-old Church Member, His Parental Responsibilities) Other Than His Role As Pastor To A Flock In Need. Sam's Questions Regarding God's Existence (“do You Just Decide That You Do Believe, No Matter What, And Then Force Your Mind Shut When Doubts Try To Come In?”) And Her Place In The World Feel All-encompassing, Aptly Mirroring The Mood Of Her Close-knit Community As They Trawl For Answers In Jody's Case. Beyond Delivering A Gripping Story, Zarr Has A Knack For Exposing Human Weakness In The Ordinary. Ages 12–up. (oct.)
Categories:
- Teen & Young Adult
- Mysteries & Thrillers
- Mystery & Detective
- Mysteries & Thrillers
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Author : Zarr, Sara
Language : English
Edition : 1
Published :2009-12-03
Number Of Pages : 224
Binding : Hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0316036048
ISBN-13 : 9780316036047
Item weight : 0.95 lb
Dimensions : 0.9 in x 5.7 in x 8.3 in
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