Days of Little Texas

About this book

A ghostly love story from the author of Teach Me. Welcome all ye faithfuland otherwiseto a ghost story a romance and a reckoning unlike anything youve read before. Acclaimed YA author R. A. Nelson delivers a tantalizing tale set in the environs of the evangelical revival circuit and centered around Ronald Earl who at ten became the electrifying boy wonder preacher known as Little Texas. Now sixteen though the faithful still come and roar with praise and devotion Ronald Earl is beginning to have doubts that he is worthy of and can continue his calling. Doubts that only intensify when his faith and life are tested by a mysterious girl who he was supposed to have healed but who is now showing up at the fringe of every stop on the circuit. Is she merely devoted or is she haunting him? Fascinating and original this is an unusual story whose reverb will be deeply felt and which will inspire lively book discussion.