Sanchez, Alex. The God Box. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007. Print.
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Paul finds himself struggling to come to terms with both his sexuality and his relationship with God after he starts to have feelings for the new student, Manuel.
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Paul is a normal teenager. He has a girlfriend, Angie, and a small group of friends at school. He likes singing in his church choir and even finds time to attend Bible Club meetings. Even though Paul’s mom passed away a few years ago, he loves his dad and looks forward to his Abuelita (grandmom) visiting from Mexico. Paul also has a good relationship with God. He reads the Bible, attends Mass on Sundays and prays daily. To help him with his prayers, his dad got him a God Box engraved with the Serenity Prayer. Paul knows that when he’s anxious or struggling with something, he can write it down and put it in the Box. Most of the stuff he’s prayed about has turned out ok…
“But there remained one thing [Paul had] prayed about in a million different ways, giving it up to the Lord over and over again. Yet no matter how many times [he] entered it into the God Box, the thing still hadn’t gone away”. Paul may be a normal teenager and a faithful Christian, but Paul also thinks he might be gay and in love with the new kid, Manuel. Will the God Box help him or will he have to learn to “trust a God bigger than any box” and accept himself for who he is?
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