Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres

Jesus Land

Julia Scheeres

268 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir religion challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Description

It's the mid-1980s. Julia Scheeres and her adopted brother David are sixteen years old and have just moved to rural Indiana, a landscape of cottonwood trees and trailer parks, and a racism neither of them is prepared for. While Julia is white, her...

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Moods

sad 80%
dark 69%
emotional 69%
challenging 50%
reflective 47%
tense 22%
informative 16%
inspiring 16%
funny 11%
adventurous 2%
hopeful 2%

Pace

medium 70%
fast 17%
slow 11%

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3.96

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