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A sexually assaulted teenager resists conformity but finds freedom through the poetic form of Shakespeare's sonnets and the physical forms of Taekwondo.
font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> /font>font size="3">font face="Times New Roman">Sandy Peareson loves Shakespeare and aspires to attend the Julliard School of Drama in New York City.span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> /span>At 16, st1:city w:st="on">st1:place w:st="on">Sandy/st1:place>/st1:city>’s biggest concern is what role to play in the high school spring musical i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Peter Pan.span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> /span>/i>Then with the Ides of March comes an unsettling event that st1:place w:st="on">st1:city w:st="on">S | |  | | Summer Sanctuary
A home-schooled preacher's kid meets a homeless teen at his local library and persuades her to live secretly in his church for the summer.
In i>Summer Sanctuary/i>, Matthew, a twelve-year-old preacher’s son, plans to spend the summer researching his theory that Einstein’s work on time dilation is biblical: “One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” He meets Dinah, a temporarily homeless teenager, at his local library and convinces her to live secretly in his church for the summer. Rich in literary allusions and humor, this novel overflows with music, poetry and science all appealing to and suitable for middle grade readers.
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