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Queen Esther & the Second Graders of Doom

ISBN: 0373785569

Title: Queen Esther & the Second Graders of Doom

Author: Allie Pleiter

KDL Description:

New mother and former champion athlete Esther “Essie” Walker, teaching a Sunday school class to gain an understanding of boys to better raise her newborn son, is plunged into a new world of uncontrolled chaos where she learns valuable lessons in imperfection, life, and motherhood.

Amazon Description:

Teaching Sunday school at her brother’s church in the Bay area was supposed to help former champion athlete Esther “Essie” Walker understand boys—the better to raise her newborn son as a stellar example of manhood. Fat chance! Enter the eight-year-old male psyche: awful jokes, disrespectful behavior and general mayhem. Essie, the queen of control, finds herself in a brand-new world of chaos.

The pressure builds on all fronts—Sunday school class, husband’s job search, church dramatic pageant, aging parents, finances—until Queen Esther has one royal meltdown. God, it seems, has makeover plans for Essie’s competitive nature. Her characteristic control is in very short supply as she gains a better understanding of the nature of imperfection, the value of motherhood and the virtues of a messy but connected life.