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The Wonder


Anna O’Donnell hasn’t eaten since her eleventh birthday four months ago.

Or at least, that’s what she and her family claim. 

As word of the girl spreads, some people believe Anna has received a divine blessing, while others claim the O’Donnells are just lying fraudsters. In order to settle the matter once and for all, a few community members decide to hire a neutral outside observer to watch Anna for two weeks and see if she actually eats or not. Thus Elizabeth “Lib” Wright, a Nightingale-trained nurse, travels from England to Anna’s small Irish hamlet. 

Is Anna’s fast a hoax? Or if she truly a wonder?