Once Was Lost
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (855 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B005EP26LC |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Booklist *Starred Review* It’s the end of a long, hot summer, and nothing is right. Grades 8-10. --Ilene Cooper . Zarr sets a hard task for herself here: interweaving a number of strong story strands and giving them equal weight, even as she tightens the whole with questions about faith and God. While her relationship with Nick does not always seem quite credible, everything else comes together as an impressive whole. Samara’s mother is in rehab, her father, a popular pastor in their small town, is always busy, too busy for Sam anyway, and then something shocking happens. Jody, a 13-year-old girl, a member of their church, disappears. As the days drag on, Sam finds herself drawing away from her friends and her father, who has a secret she easily guesses, and instead spending time with Nick, Jody’s brother, who may or may not be a suspect in the di
In her third novel, acclaimed author Sara Zarr examines the coexistence of affliction and hope, and what happens when everything you thought you believed---about God, about your family, about yourself---is transformed.. When a young girl in her small town is kidnapped, the local tragedy overlaps with Sam's personal one, and the already-worn thread of faith holding her together begins to unravel. As a pastor's kid, it's hard not to buy in to the idea of the perfect family, a loving God, and amazing grace. Her mother lands in rehab after a DUI and her father seems more interested in his congregation than his family. But lately, Sam has a lot of reason to doubt. She used to believe in a lot of things. Samara Taylor used to believe in miracles
She is the author of Sweethearts and the National Book Award finalist, Story of a Girl and can be found on the web at sarazarr. Sara Zarr was raised in San Francisco, went to high school in Pacifica, California, and now lives with her husband in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Heidi Anne Heiner said Quiet and thoughtful. Sara Zarr took inspiration from the Elizabeth Smart disappearance and ran with it to a completely different place, filled with authentic experience and emotion, one that speaks to adults and young adults. It's a novel about faith and doubt when the world intrudes upon already shaky ground, inevitable during the coming of age years, recurring in the adult ones. I believed in the characters, have known people like them, saw bits of myself in several. This isn't light reading, but I was engrossed and never felt preached at during the journey of self-discovery and faith seeking. This isn't a Christian novel, per se, but handl. "Glad I found ONCE WAS LOST!" according to Marjorie Light. Book Review: ONCE WAS LOST By Sara ZarrOh, Sara Zarr! I have been waiting all of my life for this book. This is the book I longed for when I searched the shelves of my local library; the one I could only dream of while perusing the big bookstore when we went to the city. You did it, although too late for the girl I used to be, the teens of today will find it. And love it.In her latest novel, ONCE WAS LOST, Zarr shows the truth of growing up as a child of faith - one immersed in the church. Although my father wasn't a pastor like the father in the novel, other relatives of mine were and our lives revolved around our religi. "Thought-provoking and an easy read" according to LMS. This book tells the story of 15 year old Samara Taylor. Sam is a preacher's kid, but she struggles with the same issues as her peers. She struggles to adjust to life without her mom, who is in rehab after receiving a DUI. She struggles in her relationship with her father. She feels that he doesn't listen to her and is too busy with church business to real connect with her. She also struggles to come to terms with the kidnapping of a younger classmate from her church. Sam feels a lot of strong emotions about all of these things, but doesn't feel comfortable sharing them with anyone.The characters in this novel are real peo