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OLIVIA AND THE LITTLE WAY written by Nancy Carabio Belanger was read in 2-3 hours by my 5th Grader! She highly recommends it 
Back cover reads:
Fifth grader Olivia has moved to a new school and is eager to make friends. Her best friend quickly becomes someone she has never seen - St. Therese of Lisieux.
Follow Olivia's trials as she tries to fit in. With the help of her grandmother, she learns about the "Little Way" of serving God and how it can change everything!
This touching and heartfelt story celebrates the life of St. Therese and will inspire children to follow her example and discover their own "Little Way" miracles.
See Olivia and the Little Way to order! ($10.95)
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I'm so glad she liked it, Nique! A friend of mine (and member here) recommended it a few months ago on this thread.
It's also sold here, at Catholic Heritage Curricula.
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 That's fantastic this book was mentionned here earlier! I didn't know 
Hoping my fellow Newbies  (I'm still one myself) find the recommendation helpful 
Oh my goodness, I just noticed with my 66th post I've now "graduated" to Forum Rookie!
How exciting! I'm movin' up in this cyberspace world 
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Coming back here to highly recommend this little novel! My 9.5 year old just read it and COMPLETELY LOVED IT! She wants to read it AGAIN, which I think is the first time that has happened to her, so it says a lot!
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My daughters were 8 and 11 when this first came out and they both loved it, even my non-reader! It's a fabulous story.
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Oh, that sounds wonderful! Anything similar for boys, by any chance?
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I'm glad this thread came up again. I'm always looking for good reading material for my dd 10. I can't keep up.  I'll chekc this out.
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Sequel due out very soon!!
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A sequel???
How EXCITING!!!
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Jesus, I Trust in you!
Thanks for sharing I have not heard of this book "Olivia and the little way."
I'm putting it on my want list.
30 days and we can order it!
This will make a great christmas present.
Count down...
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I just gave this to my 5th grader as required reading to start the year. I haven't asked her about it yet, but notice that she has been helping out cheerfully with whatever I ask her to do. Every. Time.
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Topic: Excellent CATHOLIC Novel for 10 year olds
