The Guardian
- ISBN-10
- 0805080198
- ISBN-13
- 9780805080193
- Series
- The Guardian
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 177
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-03-31
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Joyce Sweeney
Description
When thirteen-year-old Hunter, struggling to deal with a harsh, money-grubbing foster mother, three challenging foster sisters, and a school bully, returns to his childhood faith and prays to St. Gabriel, he instantly becomes aware that he does, indeed, have a guardian.
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