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01-26-11 - Saint Training

 Saint-TrainingFollow along with Sixth-grader Mary Clare's many questions as she tries to find her way, help her family and do her very best in a family of 9 children (with one more on the way)! Click here to listen to Care's interview with Elizabeth Fixmer, author of "Saint Training", from this week's 4:30pm Wednesday Bookmark, brought to you by Salem Storehouse!

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Sixth-grader Mary Clare is the oldest girl in a large Catholic family. The year is 1967, and her family is undergoing many struggles financially, emotional and with their faith. Wanting to help her family with all of their problems, Mary Clare decides to become a saint. She makes bargains with God in exchange for His help, but worries she might not be saint material. Written in part through letters to a nun, Mary Clare's story is wonderfully realized, and readers will find themselves pulling hard for her as she tries to do her best. (Grades 5-7.)