Under the Open Sky: A Story of Magic, God, and Girlhood
- ISBN-10
- 1940769566
- ISBN-13
- 9781940769561
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 298
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-06-21
- Publisher
- Mercury Heartlink
- Author
- Rachel Waterhouse
Description
"There I was, the charity kid, sad and poor, only at a private academy because I was a preacher's daughter. We drove a deadbeat car. I wore hand-me-downs and combat boots. Suddenly, I am pregnant, a witch, and a liar. I have no friends, and I use hundreds of bracelets (called infinity "charms") to curse the whole school. Of course it looked like I stole the money."Abigail Moore is your typical preacher's daughter'active in the church, swift to volunteer, and curious: is God is really there? As she stumbles through the West Texan landscape of magic, coyotes, aliens, and boys, Abigail finds herself in a huge scandal. And it's just what she needs to open her mind and seek the truth. In the style of Carson McCullers, author Rachel Waterhouse, plods through a strange and southern coming-of-age world, giving the reader an inside-look on growing up. The novel draws from her own story as a preacher's daughter living in Texas. Other than a religious background, Waterhouse credits the mystery of the natural world, ?Because the only thing you could do in a small town was look up.' Under the Open Sky is her first YA novel.
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