Falling From Grace

By Ann McNichols

In a small Arkansas town in the 1930s, thirteen-year-old Cassie Hill's grief-stricken sister leaves town, her father becomes overly friendly with the new preacher's wife, and her Sunday School teacher causes trouble, but Cassie finds comfort in her new friendship with a quiet boy from Hungary.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802787509
• ISBN13: 9780802787507
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Walker Childrens
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 6.0"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

A Story Even Adults Can Enjoy!

Ann McNichols has written a gem of a story! It is so much fun to read! The things that take place in the story are written in such an entertaining fashion. I especially get a kick out of her discriptions of the Sunday School lessons. She brings a life to the characters that makes me feel like I'm watching them in a movie and not just reading a novel. This is a story that even adults could enjoy reading. If you're like me and would rather see a movie than read a book, you'll probably enjoy reading this book. I sure did! Now I want to see the movie! It's such a heart warming story.

A Sense Of Place

Instantly,the characters in this author's first novel come alive and lets the reader know exactly where they are. The sense of place and locale grows on you as you read on and on. Barrels of humor and well placed touches of romance and tragedy decorate the pages. One has to think of greater and more successful writers when reading this. Writers like Faulkner, Welty, Morrisson, and Erdrich mastered this same sense of place that McNichols entertains. Right at the time when the reader should be comfortable with a sense of place, Jan comes in. Now the reader is not so comfortable. Yet still, the sense of place dictates. A wonderful offering as a first novel.