Opinions and Opossums

A School Library Journal Best BookAgnes has been raised to keep her opinions to herself, but how do you keep silent when youre full of burning questions?Agnes has been encouraged not to question authority by her mombut thats especially hard in religion class, where it bugs her that so much gets blamed on Eve and that Gods always pictured one way. Fortunately, Agnes anthropologist neighbor, Gracy, gets Agnes thinking after they rescue an opossum together. Playing dead didnt serve the opossum well, so maybe its time for Agnes to start thinking for herself. And when Agnes learns that some cultures picture God as a female, she feels freed to thinkand writeabout things from new perspectives. As she and her best friend, Mo, encourage each other to get out of their comfort zone at school as the quiet kids, they quickly find its sorta cool seeing people react when they learn you are very much full of thought-provoking opinions. Ann Braden has written a fast-paced, funny novel that will resonate with anyone whos ever been afraid to say what they think or question the status quo.