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How I Saved My Father's Life (and Ruined Everything Else)
By Hood, Ann
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-43992-819-9
- Publisher
- New York : Scholastic Press, 2008.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2008
Gr 5-7 Madeline Vandermeer wants to become a saint. She's already performed two miracles (moving a glass without touching it and having a premonition of her father's avalanche accident), so she figures she's well on the wayeven though she isn't Catholic. She begins attending mass regularly, reads up on the lives of saints, writes to the Pope, and practices suffering. The suffering part is easy: her parents have divorced, and she is no longer able to take ballet class in Boston, an hour's drive fro...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
Twelve-year-old narrator Madeline thinks she performed a miracle after her father lives through a deadly avalanche. When he dec...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
