ISBN-13: 9780156031455 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 320 str.
What happens when a Bible Quiz Champion takes on Darwin? Mel, a faith-filled Pentecostal, has the chance to escape Slow Rapids, Indiana, by attending academic summer camp. The only catch? She has to read forbidden tomes like The Origin of Species . So she forges the permission slip, promising God she ll bring him a lost soul in exchange.
Mel conscientiously uses her Biblical expertise to argue Darwin s theories, but meanwhile begins to realize that her parents, her pastor, and her church aren t what she thought. She zealously battles demons every day lascivious heathens at school, the Frederick s of Hollywood catalog, her backsliding brother and sister. But now, suddenly, she must also conquer the doubts of her own heart.
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