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OverviewSeventeen-year-old Faith shepherds her neglectful, drug-addicted mother through her pregnancy and then kidnaps the baby, taking on the responsibility of being her baby sister's parent while hiding from the authorities. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jamie Blair (Orange Coast College)Publisher: Simon & Schuster Imprint: Simon & Schuster Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 20.80cm Weight: 0.204kg ISBN: 9781442447165ISBN 10: 1442447168 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 09 September 2014 Recommended Age: From 14 years Audience: Young adult , Teenage / Young adult Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsJust a marvelous debut, moving and suspenseful. -- Kirkus, starred review This story is riveting, inspirational, and shines a light on how much better life becomes when one decides to follow her heart. Readers will appreciate the power of positive energy that radiates from the pages. --Susane Colasanti, author of All I Need, So Much Closer, and Keep Holding On Well done, Jamie Blair. You've written a unique, compelling page-turner that managed to break my heart and create a beautiful love story in the process. --Julie Cross, author of Tempest In an urgent first-person narrative...Blair crafts persuasive characters who have succumbed to bitterness, like Faith's mother, as well as those who struggle to overcome hardship and tragedy and live with hope. Which path Faith will follow remains open through the novel's hauntingly ambiguous end.-- Publishers Weekly This story is riveting, inspirational, and shines a light on how much better life becomes when one decides to follow her heart. Readers will appreciate the power of positive energy that radiates from the pages. --Susane Colasanti, author of All I Need, So Much Closer, and Keep Holding On Well done, Jamie Blair. You've written a unique, compelling page-turner that managed to break my heart and create a beautiful love story in the process. --Julie Cross, author of Tempest Well done, Jamie Blair. You've written a unique, compelling page-turner that managed to break my heart and create a beautiful love story in the process. --Julie Cross, author of Tempest Author InformationJamie Blair lives in Northeast Ohio with her husband, their two kids, and a cat that broke into their house and refused to leave. She won a young author's contest in third grade, but it probably shouldn't count since her mom wrote most of her entry. Leap of Faith is her first novel. She promises her mom didn't write one word of it. Visit Jamie at JamieMBlair.com. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |