Dust on the Bible begins in the fall of 1944 and comes to a close the following spring, as the Second World War is ending. Lilleitha Chavis, a twelve-year-old girl in sixth grade, is the primary character, but the story moves out to include the members of her large extended family, all of whom have stories as well.Lily attempts to understand, on the one hand, the abstract concepts of death and eternity and, on the other hand, the concrete details...