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beths0103's review against another edition
5.0
This is such a wonderful story and one that can help reaffirm your own faith. This is the story of Abby, a girl who gets expelled from public school for stabbing a boy who was bullying her and then gets sent to Catholic school. To spite her parents, she decides to "pretend" she's been converted to Catholicism to get their attention. It's really a great read for anyone out there who has lost some of their faith along the way.
ifthebook's review against another edition
3.0
A positive book about Catholics? A positive not preachy book about Catholics? I'm so there.
This was actually more middle grade than YA, but it dealt with good issues and was presented well. And it wasn't condescending.
This was actually more middle grade than YA, but it dealt with good issues and was presented well. And it wasn't condescending.
alicihonest's review against another edition
4.0
I actually forgot I read this as a child and thus have to admit I read it as a grown ass adult fully without 'nostalgia' intent. But yep, I did read it when it was age appropriate and it's just as cute now as it was then. And now, it made me want to make sure that if I'm ever a parent, I'm better than hers.
belleoftheb00ks's review against another edition
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
theartolater's review against another edition
3.0
YA novel about a girl who get put in a Catholic school following an incident, and considers converting to Christianity in part to bother her parents. Not a bad read by any means, but it's been a while since I've read a book where the character motivations were so unbelievable.
glyptodonsneeze's review
5.0
And Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, author of Half the Sky, the best hiking novel so far, is kicking ass on religious topics in Leap of Faith. Abby stabs her classmate and is forced to go to Catholic school. This book has so much going on but none of it feels forced. The themes are so seamlessly woven that Brubaker Bradley moves from space-cadet parents to love of theater to sexual harassment to Catholic sacraments to friends' parents to anger and makes it all a whole. Leap of Faith is a nearly exquisite novel about the mundane.
http://surfeitofbooks.blogspot.com/2013/11/our-way-or-highway-and-two-completely.html
http://surfeitofbooks.blogspot.com/2013/11/our-way-or-highway-and-two-completely.html
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