ChiChi Maggiordino will do anything to get God's attention. She will hold her breath, stand on tiptoe for an hour, walk a mile backward, and climb all stairs on her knees...anything. Her younger brother makes fun of her, but ChiChi knows that sometimes God has to be bribed. When ChiChi's grandmother teaches her how to use the Evil Eye, Chi Chi realizes it's what her prayers have been missing--and that this old Italian magic is what is going to convince God to help her keep her family together.
But life has a way of taking control of itself--and ChiChi watches in wonder as her family transforms right before her eyes, painfully aware of all the ways she herself is changing as well.
They say that to truly love something means to let it go, but ChiChi has never given anything up without a fight.
But life has a way of taking control of itself--and ChiChi watches in wonder as her family transforms right before her eyes, painfully aware of all the ways she herself is changing as well.
They say that to truly love something means to let it go, but ChiChi has never given anything up without a fight.
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