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Page 48 (Describing a key character)" "Dina listens to conservative talk radio, belongs to a fundamentalist Christian church, and has a 'Guns don't kill people - abortion clinics do' bumper sticker on her car." Of course, "Dina" then is the evil unsympathetic foster mother and source of callous intent throughout the book based on her beliefs. While not a Christian myself, nor a Second Amendment rights person, please explain to me why it is necessary to characterize Christians in this way? If the author had said instead "Dina listens to liberal MSNBC, belongs to her local synagogue, and has an "Abortions don't kill people -- guns do" bumper sticker on her car" -- what would the reaction then be? Feel free to insert "Muslim", "Hindu" and/or "Buddhist" instead. See what the problem is? Why is it necessary to do this? After reading this overt and utterly unnecessary to the story development rank prejudice I was distracted throughout the rest of the book as I continued to run across little cheap shots in the same vein such as "holy roller", etc. It does not advance nor develop the author's point; it is a distraction that cheapens the effort. Is this what we've become? That even our fiction has to be politicized? That even our fiction must be characterized by religious and political divisiveness? That even our reading for enjoyment has a religious villian in order to be complete? Send your money to a different author -- please. This is, pure and simple, an unnecessary cheap shot.