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Miracle McCloy comes from an unusual family: Her father, Dane is a prodigy who published his first book at age thirteen; her grandmother, Gigi, is clairvoyant; and her mother was dead when her "miracle" daughter was pulled from her womb. Having been raised according to a set of mystical rules and beliefs, Miracle is unable to cope in the real world. Lost in a desperate dance among lit candles, she sets herself afire and comes to in a hospital. There, a young psychiatrist helps her navigate her painful struggle to take charge of her life.
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| Never before in the history of the National Book Award has an author been nominated two years in a row. Han Nolan was nominated in 1996 for Send Me Down a Miracle, and in 1997 Dancing on the Edge--a transcendent novel about a young woman trying to find the truth amidst the lies told by her family--won the National Book Award for young people's literature. Miracle was saved at birth from the belly of a dying woman--that sort of entry into the world is hard to live up to. Miracle has been struggling her whole life to become a prodigy like her writer father or to become gifted in the psychic arts like her grandmother. But when her father goes missing and her grandmother claims that he melted away, Miracle devotes all of her energies to bringing him back. Her efforts to reclaim her father are so sincere that she tries to melt herself in the fire made from a circle of candles. Never sparing humor, Han Nolan lets us meet this amazing young woman who wants so much to believe. |
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| My grandparents gave me this book as an "unbirthday gift." I read it that night, staying up until 2 a.m. to finish. This book moved me to tears, with its tragic story of a teenage girl who has lost the identity that she feels she never had. Pulled living from the body of her dead mother, Miracle relies heavily on love from her grandmother, aunt, uncle, and most importantly, her father. After he disappears, her life is chewed up and spit back out at her feet. She is told, "If your mama was dead when you was born, then you was never born." She strongly questions her own existence. Miracle's grandfather signs her up for dance lessons, which she's always dreamed of. She throws herself so violently into her dancing that she ends up covered with bruises. For Miracle, a bruise is evidence that she exists. Later, she attempts to melt herself and seriously burns her legs. Peeling skin and pain are proof to her that she is real, that she was born. A struggle to cope with her history and her family force Miracle to grow up a lot in a very short period of time. Every teenager has to define her identity for herself. Miracle manages to do this, but her way is more violent and trying than most. |
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