Opinions and Opossums
Author: Braden, Ann
ISBN: 9781984816115
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 12 Nov 2024
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Agnes has been raised to keep her opinions to herself, but how do you keep silent when youP#8217;re full of burning questions?Plt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;Agnes has been raised to keep her opinions to herself, but how do you keep silent when youP#8217;re full of burning questions?Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Agnes has been encouraged not to question authority by her momP#8212;but thatP#8217;s especially hard in religion class, where it bugs her that so much gets blamed on Eve and that GodP#8217;s always pictured one way. Fortunately, AgnesP#8217; anthropologist neighbor, Gracy, gets Agnes thinking after they rescue an opossum together. Playing dead didnP#8217;t serve the opossum well, so maybe itP#8217;s time for Agnes to start thinking for herself. And when Agnes learns that some cultures picture God as a female, she feels freed to thinkP#8212;and writeP#8212;about things from new perspectives. As she and her best friend, Mo, encourage each other to get out of their comfort zone at school as the quiet kids, they quickly find itP#8217;s sorta cool seeing people react when they learn you are very much full of thought-provoking opinions. Ann Braden has written a fast-paced, funny novel that will resonate with anyone whoP#8217;s ever been afraid to say what they think or question the status quo.
ISBN: 9781984816115
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 12 Nov 2024
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Agnes has been raised to keep her opinions to herself, but how do you keep silent when youP#8217;re full of burning questions?Plt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;Agnes has been raised to keep her opinions to herself, but how do you keep silent when youP#8217;re full of burning questions?Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Agnes has been encouraged not to question authority by her momP#8212;but thatP#8217;s especially hard in religion class, where it bugs her that so much gets blamed on Eve and that GodP#8217;s always pictured one way. Fortunately, AgnesP#8217; anthropologist neighbor, Gracy, gets Agnes thinking after they rescue an opossum together. Playing dead didnP#8217;t serve the opossum well, so maybe itP#8217;s time for Agnes to start thinking for herself. And when Agnes learns that some cultures picture God as a female, she feels freed to thinkP#8212;and writeP#8212;about things from new perspectives. As she and her best friend, Mo, encourage each other to get out of their comfort zone at school as the quiet kids, they quickly find itP#8217;s sorta cool seeing people react when they learn you are very much full of thought-provoking opinions. Ann Braden has written a fast-paced, funny novel that will resonate with anyone whoP#8217;s ever been afraid to say what they think or question the status quo.
