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Reviewed on November 1, 2014 | Grades and Up
Gr 8 Up—This haunting and elegiac tale opens with Abigail and her family living in a van parked on the San Francisco streets. Months earlier, Abby's unemployed father took the family from their North Carolina home to follow "Brother John" across the country to a place where they would all meet the end of days together. The world was due to end at midnight on New Year's Eve. Now it's January, the world did not end, and Abby, her twin brother Aaron, and her parents still have no home. With no school to attend, A...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on February 1, 2015
On the night of the Rapture, Abigail and her family, newly arrived in San Francisco from North Carolina, pray for ascension, for the quick deliverance Brother John promised. When the world doesn't end, Abigail instead prays for her parents to "start the van and take us home. To save us in the way God was supposed to." But her prayers go unanswered, and her parents' choice to live in their van ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Abigail's family, newly arrived in San Francisco from North Carolina, prays for ascension in the Rapture. When the world doesn't end, h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Abigail's family, newly arrived in San Francisco from North Carolina, prays for ascension in the Rapture. When the world doesn't end, h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Abigail's family, newly arrived in San Francisco from North Carolina, prays for ascension in the Rapture. When the world doesn't end, h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Abigail's family, newly arrived in San Francisco from North Carolina, prays for ascension in the Rapture. When the world doesn't end, h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Abigail's family, newly arrived in San Francisco from North Carolina, prays for ascension in the Rapture. When the world doesn't end, h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Abigail's family, newly arrived in San Francisco from North Carolina, prays for ascension in the Rapture. When the world doesn't end, h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Abigail's family, newly arrived in San Francisco from North Carolina, prays for ascension in the Rapture. When the world doesn't end, h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Abigail's family, newly arrived in San Francisco from North Carolina, prays for ascension in the Rapture. When the world doesn't end, h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Abigail's family, newly arrived in San Francisco from North Carolina, prays for ascension in the Rapture. When the world doesn't end, h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Abigail's family, newly arrived in San Francisco from North Carolina, prays for ascension in the Rapture. When the world doesn't end, h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Abigail's family, newly arrived in San Francisco from North Carolina, prays for ascension in the Rapture. When the world doesn't end, h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Abigail's family, newly arrived in San Francisco from North Carolina, prays for ascension in the Rapture. When the world doesn't end, h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Abigail's family, newly arrived in San Francisco from North Carolina, prays for ascension in the Rapture. When the world doesn't end, h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Abigail's family, newly arrived in San Francisco from North Carolina, prays for ascension in the Rapture. When the world doesn't end, h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Abigail's family, newly arrived in San Francisco from North Carolina, prays for ascension in the Rapture. When the world doesn't end, h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
