Ten-year-old Matthew longs to escape from his family. But when he finds a blue marble and winds up in an orphanage in 1946, getting what he wished is not so fun. A cruel supervisor mistreats the boys and polio paralyzes a friend. While learning to play marbles, he also learns about trusting God. Can the blue marble help him to win the National Marble Tournament? And will he ever find his family again?
After teaching elementary school for 26 years, Susan R. Lawrence retired in 2007 to write and tell stories. Her previously published works include two family devotionals and Atonement for Emily Adams, a Christian contemporary novel. The Blue Marble is her first novel for young readers. Susan lives in a little house in the woods of Iowa with her husband and short-legged Lab, Molly. She has three children and seven beautiful and brilliant grandchildren who love to hear her stories.