The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

 

Ok. This book is a must read. So incredibly good.  It basically follows the life of a boy, Sam, who has ocular albinism.  Lots of interesting topics are themes throughout the book also such as bullying, being an outsider, and faith struggles.  A strong Catholic theme runs though the entire book as well which I thought was kind of fun.  For whatever reason I’ve read a lot of book that will touch on faith just a tiny bit or oftentimes characters are Jewish in the books I read (????)….so I think this is the first “Catholic” one ;). 

It’s really hard to summarize this book other than just that you must read it.  It’s that good. Probably ….4.8……. 

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