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Starred Review on February 1, 2015 | Grades 9 and Up
Gr 10 Up—Since he was five years old, Jacob has lived inside the Nodd, 12 square miles of Montana land that he works on along with other members of the Grace. Jacob has been taught that the world is wicked and that the Grace will return to Heaven on an ark that the Prophet Zerachiel will be sending shortly—it is The Truth. Jacob's world begins to turn upside down with the arrival of several beings. Tobias's family travels from Colorado to join the Grace—and yet Tobias won't stop questioning and pushing agai...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on April 1, 2015
Seventeen-year-old Brother Jacob describes his life inside Nodd, twelve square miles of land in Montana surrounded by an eight-foot-high, razor-wire-topped chain-link fence. The Grace live here, led by Father Grace, protected from a World “filled with wild animals and evil men and wicked women” and awaiting the End Days. Nodd is pretty much all Jacob has known, having arrived with his parents when he was five, so when he encounters two Worldly outsiders, it’s a bit of a shock. Lynna lives on a neigh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Seventeen-year-old Brother Jacob lives inside Nodd, twelve square miles of fenced-in land in Montana where "the Grace" await the End Days....Log In or Sign Up to Read More