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Summary: Repossessing cars to support her small son after being abandoned on the harsh streets of East St. Louis, young single mother Samantha Jones discovers a dying man in the trunk of a car who takes her hostage and forces her to help him reach his protectors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2012
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Summary: Inadvertently stopping a robbery when she makes a chance decision to pick up a penny, a fourteen-year-old girl forges a life-changing friendship with an older woman who introduces her to her surrounding community and teaches her about meeting painful life challenges through faith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Faith Words 2007
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Summary: In St. Louis, Missouri, in 1911, orphaned eleven-year-old Julia Delaney rails against countless disappointments and the nun's strict rules at the House of Mercy, especially after her sister Mary turns fourteen and must leave, but she, her family, and best friend get tangled up with a gangster and a decade-old mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2015