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From: Stacey Weinberg <sweinberg>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 08:24:00 -0500
I found Stephanie S. Tolan's "Ordinary Miracles" to be a moving portrayal of a boy struggling to find his own identity. The son of a fundamentalist Christian minister, Mark tries to reconcile his family's religious beliefs with the teachings of a Nobel Prize-winning geneticist whom he befriends.
Also a story about twins and family dynamics, this book would be a good choice for those trying to reconcile strong religious beliefs with scientific teachings and the reality of death and "bad things happening to good people."
-Stacey Weinberg Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School Rockville, MD
Received on Wed 24 Nov 2004 07:24:00 AM CST
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 08:24:00 -0500
I found Stephanie S. Tolan's "Ordinary Miracles" to be a moving portrayal of a boy struggling to find his own identity. The son of a fundamentalist Christian minister, Mark tries to reconcile his family's religious beliefs with the teachings of a Nobel Prize-winning geneticist whom he befriends.
Also a story about twins and family dynamics, this book would be a good choice for those trying to reconcile strong religious beliefs with scientific teachings and the reality of death and "bad things happening to good people."
-Stacey Weinberg Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School Rockville, MD
Received on Wed 24 Nov 2004 07:24:00 AM CST
