Review of The Girl Who Slept With God by Val Brelinski

The story is told from the point of view of the 13-year old Dory, the middle sister, in a family of three daughters. She is brought by her father to live in an old house with her pregnant 17-year old sister, Grace, outside of the town where her family lives so that no one will know about the pregnancy. Grace became pregnant while on a missionary trip to Mexico. She is very religious and insists that the child is from God. Dory has a hard time adjusting to a new school and is befriended by a man who drives an ice cream truck and an elderly neighbor. The relationship of Dory and her father evolves over the course of the story and issues of love and control are developed.