The Boy Who Knew (Carlo Acutis) (Friends in High Places Book 1)
by Corinna TurnerPublish: Sep 30, 2020Christian FictionTeen & Young AdultReligion & Spirituality
Book Overview
DEAD? DEFINE DEAD."You have leukemia."Daniel's just received the worst news a teen can get. The adults in his life are crumbling under the shock. In desperation, he turns to his parish priest for help and is introduced to a boy his age, Carlo Acutis—who just happens to be dead.
Daniel's convinced the priest is wasting his ... time. But as he struggles to come to terms with his uncertain future an unlikely friendship develops between him and the holy dead boy—who may not be quite so dead after all.The Boy Who Knew is the first title in Carnegie Medal nominee Corinna Turner's new Friends in High Places series. If you've always been interested in the saints but find dry biographies boring and hard to get through, this fast-paced story is for you.
Friends in High Places is a short fiction series that presents saints' biographies in the context of imaginary teenagers' lives. The stories are written primarily to entertain, with inspiration and education thrown in for free!read more
Christian FictionScience FictionFantasyTeen & Young Adult
BIOGRAPHY CORINNA TURNER has been writing since she was fourteen and likes strong protagonists with plenty of integrity. Although she spends as much time as possible writing, she cannot keep up with the flow of ideas, for which she offers thanks—and occasional grumbles!—to the Holy Spirit. She is the author of over twenty-five... books, including the Carnegie Medal Nominated I Am Margaret series, and her work has been translated into four languages. She was awarded the St. Katherine Drexel award in 2022.
She is a Lay Dominican with an MA in English from Oxford University and lives in the UK. She is a member of a number of organisations, including the Society of Authors, Catholic Teen Books, Catholic Reads, the Angelic Warfare Confraternity, and the Sodality of the Blessed Sacrament. She used to have a Giant African Land Snail, Peter, with a 6½” long shell, but now makes do with a cactus and a campervan.read more