A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys—best friends—are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills the other boy’s mother. The boy who hits the ball doesn’t believe in accidents; Owen Meany believes he is God’s instrument. What happens to Owen, after that 1953 foul ball, is extraordinary and terrifying.

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2. - 8th on The Celebrity Reading List (Gardiner Public Library)
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	Name	Binding	Sales Rank	Lowest New	Lowest Used	Published
	Owen Meany (detebe) (German Edition)	Kindle Edition	4536685	$14.99		2012
	A Prayer for Owen Meany	Audio CD	1015225	$36.27	$15.33	2009
	A Prayer for Owen Meany LP	Paperback	57922	$8.71	$8.40	2012
	A Prayer for Owen Meany	Audio CD	716239	$11.40	$12.84	2013
	A Prayer for Owen Meany. a Novel	Hardcover	8403492		$27.00	1989
	Oracion Por Owen (Fabula (Tusquets Editores)) (Spanish Edition)	Paperback	3139903	$16.11	$14.72	2002
	By John Irving A Prayer for Owen Meany (Unabridged) [Audio CD]	Audio CD	855294	$37.97	$37.94	2013
	A Prayer for Owen Meany	Paperback	2517467	$9.45	$0.01	1990
	A Prayer for Owen Meany: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)	Paperback	493787	$1.72	$0.01	1997
	A Prayer for Owen Meany (Modern Library)	Hardcover	287380	$12.22	$0.01	2002
	A Prayer for Owen Meany, 1st, First Trade Edition	Hardcover	456320	$15.67	$2.50
	A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY: A NOVEL	Unknown Binding	10767966	$1,494.01	$25.00	1989
	A Prayer for Owen Meany Publisher: Ballantine Books	Paperback	950561	$4.14	$0.01
	A Prayer for Owen Meany	Paperback	1918265	$3.48	$0.01	1990
	A Prayer for Owen Meany	Hardcover	137506	$18.30	$2.00	2013
	A Prayer for Owen Meany	Paperback	1165495	$5.00	$0.01
	A Prayer for Owen Meany	Paperback	1469601		$0.01
	A Prayer for Owen Meany: A Novel	Paperback	11216	$7.99	$2.08	2012
	A Prayer for Owen Meany	Paperback	1679385	$20.26	$4.47	2012
	A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (2012-04-03)	Mass Market Paperback	505672	$9.77	$3.91	2012
	A Prayer for Owen Meany	Mass Market Paperback	48825	$3.30	$0.01	2012
	A Prayer for Owen Meany	Mass Market Paperback	377164	$3.28	$0.01	1990
	A Prayer for Owen Meany	Hardcover	1708866	$25.95	$3.00	1990
	By John Irving: A Prayer for Owen Meany: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle) ( Paperback )	Paperback	327780	$5.23	$3.47	1996
	A Prayer for Owen Meany	Hardcover	438354	$40.65	$2.50	1989
	Prayer for Owen Meany	Hardcover	1040238	$76.77	$1.12	1989
	A Prayer for Owen Meany: A Novel	Kindle Edition	7214	$6.49		2012