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The Higher We Go: Pier Giorgio Frassati

By

Corinna Turner

FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES

"Verso L'Alto." To the heights.

This was Pier Giorgio Frassati's motto. But what could an athletic, mountain-climbing saint have to say to wheelchair-bound Miri? When Miri's friend Daniel and his friends get a chance to go on a Pier Giorgio Frassati pilgrimage, they decide to invite Miri along, and show him just how high he can go. The fifth book in the Friends in High Places series, The Higher We Go can be read on its own. The series is Parental Guidance since it contains some mature themes. It is a short fiction series that presents saints’ biographies in the context of imaginary teenagers’ lives.

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ISBN

9781917628020

BOOK 5

7-12+

GRADE LEVEL:

Discussion guide if available, or author's website

"A deeply moving portrait of virtuous friendships and personal struggle, The Higher We Go reminds us that no one treks to the heights alone."

—Rianna Cohen, aspiring saint and writer

FUN FACT

Author Corinna Turner has been on the same pilgrimage to Italy as the characters in this story.

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