Born Again

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By Kelly Kerney
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Born Again
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What happens when a Bible Quiz Champion takes on Darwin? Mel, a faithfilled Pentecostal, has the chance to escape Slow Rapids, Indiana, by attending academic summer camp. The only catch? She has to read forbidden tomes like The Origin of Species. So she forges the permission slip, promising God shell bring him a lost soul in exchange. Mel conscientiously uses her Biblical expertise to argue Darwins theories, but meanwhile begins to realize that her parents, her pastor, and her church arent what she thought. She zealously battles demons every daylascivious heathens at school, the Fredericks of Hollywood catalog, her backsliding brother and sister. But now, suddenly, she must also conquer the doubts of her own heart.

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111212 words111,212 words
320 pages320 pages
Lexile 920LLexile 920L
Published 2006Published 2006

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9780156031455

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