| 16 year old nonreligious runaway Ann Holmes lives in a rural logging town in Washington state, living in poverty from her job as a mushroom picker. Small and sickly, she suffers constantly from asthma made worse by the cold, wet conditions she lives in. One day while foraging for mushrooms, she sees a ghost of the Virgin Mary.
The small Catholic town goes wild. Carolyn Greer, Ann's friend and fellow mushroom picker, is not a believer but becomes Ann's biggest ally in the name of personal gain--she hopes to leave Washington and retire in Mexico--while Father Collins, the town's new priest, struggles with his own crises of faith. The story follows a handful of primary characters, each with his or her own personal agendas, but all with one intersecting goal: to reveal the secret of Ann's mysterious visions. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - thoughtful Time/era of story - 2000+ (Present Day) Internal struggle/realization? Yes Struggle over Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - a teen Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - society Age: - long-lived adults Profession/status: How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 () United States Yes The US: - Pacific NW Forest? Yes Small town? Yes Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee Writing Style Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript |
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