![]() It's Grace's kinship with other outsiders that keeps her afloat-Lyle, a gentle, homeless man, and Lola, a free-spirited new girl at school. ![]() Within Grace's own family too, the cracks are widening, as her sisters Hope, Joy, and Chastity enjoy the normal life that eludes Grace. But it doesn't take her special talent to know that her small community is harboring its share of secrets. Grace can't see into someone's thoughts without their permission. To her wise, loving Aunt Pearl, the Knowing is a family gift to her daddy, it's close to witchcraft. It enables her to see into the depth of her mother's sadness, and even allows Grace to talk to Isaac, her twin brother who died at birth. The Knowing, as Grace calls it, offers glimpses of people's pasts and futures. ![]() She's had plenty of practice, burying thoughts and feelings that might anger her strict Evangelical pastor father, and concealing the deep intuition she carries inside. Eleven-year-old Grace Carter has a talent for hiding things. ![]()
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