Friday, September 10, 2010

Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr, Read by the Author

Told in eleven days, Sam's story is a sad one. Her father, a pastor, is caring toward his congregation and town, but distant toward his family. Her friends keep her at a distance because she's a pastor kid and they are afraid she'll tattle. Her mother is in rehab for alcoholism--being a pastor's wife is too much pressure for her. On top of all this drama, a twelve-year-old girl from her church is kidnapped. The town is in an uproar, trying to find Jody, and Sam becomes drawn to Jody's older brother. He's cute, but also a suspect in his own sister's disappearance. Sam is growing up with her mother absent, but she's lost, too. She's starting to realize her parents aren't perfect, and sometimes even pastors don't know what to do.

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