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  • The Penny

    A Novel
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    Jenny Blake has a theory about life: big decisions often don't
    amount to much, but little decisions sometimes transform
    everything. Her theory proves true the summer she's 14,
    when she makes the decision to pick up a penny embedded
    in asphalt and consequently ends up stopping a robbery,
    getting a job, and meeting someone who changes her
    life forever--Miss Shaw. Together they form a friendship
    that dares both of them to confront secrets in their
    pasts--secrets that threaten to destroy them. Jenny helps
    Miss Shaw open up to the community around her, while
    Miss Shaw teaches Jenny to meet even life's most painful
    challenges with confidence and faith. This unexpected
    relationship transforms them both in ways neither
    could have anticipated, and the ripple effect that begins
    that summer goes on to bring new life to the people
    around them, revealing how God works in the smallest
    details--even in something as small as THE PENNY.