![]() ![]() She and others in this book also struggle with many questions about God-how God allows bad things to happen to good people how to have a personal relationship with God what Christians are called to do about evil in the world. She's naive, a troublemaker, and above all, extremely relate-able. ![]() ![]() Since you're reading from her perspective, you get to observe her thoughts on everything from the eligible bachelors in town to her desire to write and expose the truth. In all of this, Julie is just a girl with high ideals, struggling with the changes, and writing in her journal. On top of it all, the dam holding back the man made lake above the town, threatens to spill it's banks. Town tensions are high between the "lowlanders" and the industrial big-wigs, with unionization threats, demanding better working conditions and higher wages in the slum-like steel mill workers. Senior year of high school, Julie's family uproots and moves to a new town, where her father has just invested their entire savings into a floundering newspaper. ![]()
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