The Penny

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About this book

Jenny Blake has a theory about life: big decisions often don'tamount to much, but little decisions sometimes transformeverything. Her theory proves true the summer she's 14,when she makes the decision to pick up a penny embeddedin asphalt and consequently ends up stopping a robbery,getting a job, and meeting someone who changes herlife forever--Miss Shaw. Together they form a friendshipthat dares both of them to confront secrets in theirpasts--secrets that threaten to destroy them. Jenny helpsMiss Shaw open up to the community around her, whileMiss Shaw teaches Jenny to meet even life's most painfulchallenges with confidence and faith. This unexpectedrelationship transforms them both in ways neithercould have anticipated, and the ripple effect that beginsthat summer goes on to bring new life to the peoplearound them, revealing how God works in the smallestdetails--even in something as small as THE PENNY.

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4.0/5 · 3085 readers · 256 pages · ≈ 4 h 44 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read The Penny?

About ≈ 4 h 44 m — 256 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mThe Penny~4 h 44 m

How many pages is The Penny?

256 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320The Penny256

What genre is The Penny?

It sits on the Christian Fiction, Drama, Fiction shelves.

Is The Penny in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote The Penny?

Joyce Meyer.

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