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02152aam a2200313M 4500 001 CC1B77E2883B11EEBC107B3452ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231121010059 008 171027s2018 xx 000 0 eng d 010 $a bl2023012917 020 $a 1638086907 020 $a 9781638086901 035 $a (OCoLC)1013785365 040 $b eng $e rda $c NHP $d MYL $d PFLCL $d CNWPU $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d SILO 050 $a PS3604.U385 $b E87 2018 100 1 $a Dugoni, Robert 245 14 $a The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell 264 1 $a [Place of publication not identified] : $b Center Point Large Print, $c 2018 300 $a 575 pages ; $c 22 cm. 520 $a Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called Devil Boy by his classmates; God's will is what his mother called his ocular albinism. Her words were of little comfort, but Sam persevered, buoyed by his mother's devout faith, his father's practical wisdom, and his two other misfit friends. Sam believed it was God who sent Ernie Cantwell, the only African American kid in his class, to be the friend he so desperately needed. And that it was God's idea for Mickie Kennedy to storm into Our Lady of Mercy like a tornado, uprooting every rule Sam had been taught about boys and girls. Forty years later, Sam, a small-town eye doctor, is no longer certain anything was by design-especially not the tragedy that caused him to turn his back on his friends, his hometown, and the life he'd always known. Running from the pain, eyes closed, served little purpose. Now, as he looks back on his life, Sam embarks on a journey that will take him halfway around the world. This time, his eyes are wide open-bringing into clear view what changed him, defined him, and made him so afraid, until he can finally see what truly matters 650 0 $a Physicians $v Fiction 650 0 $a Friendship $v Fiction 650 0 $a Travel $v Fiction 650 0 $a Tragedy $v Fiction 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 lcgft 655 $a Large type books. 941 $a 1 952 $l RUPC135 $d 20231121012035.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CC1B77E2883B11EEBC107B3452ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search