Born Again

What happens when a Bible Quiz Champion takes on Darwin? Mel, a faith-filled Pentecostal, has the chance to escape Slow Rapids, Indiana, by attending academic summer camp. The only catch? She has to read forbidden tomes like The Origin of Species . So she forges the permission slip, promising God she'll bring him a lost soul in exchange.

Mel conscientiously uses her Biblical expertise to argue Darwin's theories, but meanwhile begins to realize that her parents, her pastor, and her church aren't what she thought. She zealously battles demons every day--lascivious heathens at school, the Frederick's of Hollywood catalog, her backsliding brother and sister. But now, suddenly, she must also conquer the doubts of her own heart.


Author: Kelly Kerney
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 09/05/2006
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9780156031455

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.4
Point Value: 18
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 113732 / Born Again


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Best Books 05/01/2006 pg. 7
Publishers Weekly 05/29/2006 pg. 34
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2006 pg. 537
Booklist 08/01/2006 pg. 41
Library Journal 09/15/2006 pg. 49
New York Times 10/01/2006 pg. 18
School Library Journal 02/01/2007

About the Author
KELLY KERNEY received a BA from Bowdoin College and an MFA from the University of Notre Dame, where she was awarded the Nicholas Sparks postgraduate fellowship. Raised in a Pentecostal church, she is twenty-six years old and lives in Richmond, Virginia.