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Send Me Down a Miracle

Things used to be normal in Casper, Alabama. Charity Pittman was a regular fourteen-year-old, the perfect daughter, following in her preacher father's footsteps. But then Adrienne arrived, with her big-city ways and artsy ideas. Reverend Pittman thinks she's the devil incarnate. Charity thinks she's amazing.

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But no one knows what to think of Adrienne when she claims she's seen Jesus.

In the heartening and humorous book that made the National Book Award shortlist, Han Nolan visits a small town that's praying for a miracle but heading for disaster.

Reader's guide and an interview with the author included.

Audience
young adultchildrens
Length
medium · 276 pages

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