Chapters 5 and 6 Summary

Chapter 5

A baby sister had died before Frannie had been born. Her mother has always told her that the baby would be with them all the time somehow, when the family needed her. Her mother first feels this way when the family attends church together. The light that filters through the stained glass warms and comforts her. The baby had been named Lila. Frannie swears she sometimes sees a little baby with black curly hair smiling at her in the corner of her eye.

Chapter 6

As Frannie and Samantha walk home together from school, it occurs to Samantha that the new boy might be the real Jesus. After all, Jesus just showed up and miracles started happening. People even started rising up from the dead! Samantha thinks that if Jesus were to show up, this would be a perfect time because...