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When twelve-year-old Mira Williams’s companion and confidant, the cat Sir Fig Newton, contracts diabetes, her parents say she may have to give him to someone who can afford his treatment. The resources Mira will need to save Fig and keep him close include ingenuity, family ties, friendships, and the kind of faith she finds can be compatible with science. Thomas’ novel shows a teenager’s sophisticated engagement with complex questions of race, faith, science, and relationships.
Publication Date
2025
Publisher
Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children
City
Montclair
Keywords
faith, friendship, race, pets, science, philosophy for children
Disciplines
Education | Philosophy
Recommended Citation
Gregory, Maughn Rollins, "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence (2023) by Sonja Thomas" (2025). Middle Grades. 2.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/iapc_thinkingstories_middlegrades/2