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PLOT

• John Grimes turns 14, destined to be a priest
• Flashbacks tell the lives of John's parents
• John's parents didn't live the best lives
• They didn't make good choices either
• They go to church A LOT

SETTING

• Takes place in a church in 1935
• Also in New York during the flashbacks

CHARACTERS

• Gabriel Grimes, father, priest, kind of mean
• Elizabeth Grimes, mother, really nice
• John Grimes, oldest son, smart, destined to be a priest
• Roy Grimes, younger brother, gets stabbed
• Aunt Florence, Gabriel's brother, complete opposite of him

THEME

• Go to church
• Have faith in God

PERSONAL CONNECTION

• Reading this book made me think of Martin Luther King Jr

RATING/RECOMMENDATION

• I give it a one
• Recommend this book to No One