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John Irving (Author)

“A remarkable novel. . . . A Prayer for Owen Meany is a rare creation. … An amazingly brave piece of work … so extraordinary, so original, and so enriching. . . . Readers will come to the end feeling sorry to leave [this] richly textured and carefully wrought world.” –STEPHEN KING, Washington Post

I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice–not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother’s death, but because he is the reason I believe in God; I am a Christian because of Owen Meany.

In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys–best friends–are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills the other boy’s mother. The boy who hits the ball doesn’t believe in accidents; Owen Meany believes he is God’s instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul ball is extraordinary.

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I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice–not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest personI ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother’sdeath, but because he is the reason I believe in God;I am a Christian because of Owen Meany.

In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys–best friends–are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills theother boy’s mother. The boy who hits the ball doesn’t believe inaccidents; Owen Meany believes he is God’s instrument. Whathappens to Owen, after that 1953 foul ball, is extraordinary.

Number of Pages: 1152Dimensions: 2 x 8.9 x 5.9 INPublication Date: April 03, 2012Large Print: YesAccelerated Reader:Quiz Name: Prayer for Owen MeanyInterest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12Reading Level: 7.7Point Value: 42