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Ordinary Miracles
Seventeen-year-old Tobi Mathews lives on an isolated farm where her ex-Marine, prepper father insisted the family move to escape the coming calamity--the final battle at the end of the world.
When her mother leaves to find a job to earn money needed to get the farm started, Dad's stress intensifies. Are his fears about Armageddon true or the result of post traumatic stress disorder?
Whatever the reason, Tobi can no longer deal with his rants about the end of the world. Led by her dream to return to high school and get a scholarship to medical school, she steals Dad's station wagon and runs away to live with her mom in Cielo de Ventana.
On the way, the wagon breaks down. A man driving a RV stops to help Tobi. He's taking supplies to a homeless shelter in the town where her mother lives. He offers Tobi a ride there. She accepts, not realizing meeting this man is no mere coincidence.
When her mother leaves to find a job to earn money needed to get the farm started, Dad's stress intensifies. Are his fears about Armageddon true or the result of post traumatic stress disorder?
Whatever the reason, Tobi can no longer deal with his rants about the end of the world. Led by her dream to return to high school and get a scholarship to medical school, she steals Dad's station wagon and runs away to live with her mom in Cielo de Ventana.
On the way, the wagon breaks down. A man driving a RV stops to help Tobi. He's taking supplies to a homeless shelter in the town where her mother lives. He offers Tobi a ride there. She accepts, not realizing meeting this man is no mere coincidence.
165 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 11, 2016
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Wanda Snow Porter
19 books21 followersWanda Snow Porter grew up on a small farm roaming the hills and riding horses along the California Coast. Her love of animals, experience as a riding teacher and horse trainer, and her passion for history led her to write for young people.
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October 12, 2016
We hear of the men and women who come home from war, and even though they’re miles away from the battlefield, the experiences they had stay with them, perhaps for the rest of their life.
In ORDINARY MIRACLES, Wanda Snow Porter’s latest novel for young adult readers, seventeen-year-old Tobi’s dad, a Marine veteran who served in Afghanistan came home from the war a changed man. He is obsessed with a cataclysmic war he expects to happen soon. To keep his family safe from the dangerous world, he moves them to a farm.
If living in the middle of nowhere, no friends or school, isn’t bad enough, Tobi’s mom decides to go to the city and look for a job. No one seems to consider or care what Tobi wants, so she makes her own plans, determined to reach her goals.
ORDINARY MIRACLES is the story of a broken family attempting to put their lives back together. The author knows how to create real-life characters. Tobi, with her low self-esteem of herself touched my heart. I think she will be an inspiration to teen readers who have similar problems to Tobi’s. Some readers might also recognize her dad’s illness in someone they know, which would help them understand their behavior.
Wanda Snow Porter’s novel shows how the kindness of people and faith in God will help them through tough situations. I recommend this story. It would be a great addition to high school classrooms and libraries, as well as your own library.
In ORDINARY MIRACLES, Wanda Snow Porter’s latest novel for young adult readers, seventeen-year-old Tobi’s dad, a Marine veteran who served in Afghanistan came home from the war a changed man. He is obsessed with a cataclysmic war he expects to happen soon. To keep his family safe from the dangerous world, he moves them to a farm.
If living in the middle of nowhere, no friends or school, isn’t bad enough, Tobi’s mom decides to go to the city and look for a job. No one seems to consider or care what Tobi wants, so she makes her own plans, determined to reach her goals.
ORDINARY MIRACLES is the story of a broken family attempting to put their lives back together. The author knows how to create real-life characters. Tobi, with her low self-esteem of herself touched my heart. I think she will be an inspiration to teen readers who have similar problems to Tobi’s. Some readers might also recognize her dad’s illness in someone they know, which would help them understand their behavior.
Wanda Snow Porter’s novel shows how the kindness of people and faith in God will help them through tough situations. I recommend this story. It would be a great addition to high school classrooms and libraries, as well as your own library.
January 12, 2022
New author to me, so this is my first book of hers. Very well written, I really loved it!
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