The novel Seventeen Second Miracle describes the teachings of a humbled man named Cole Conner, who illustrates to teens that one act of kindness can turn into a miracle. Cole holds discussion groups in which he informs high schoolers about his late father Rex’s standards of living and the way in which he impacted several people’s lives. Cole meets with students, Kendra, Travis, and Miles at his wife’s bookstore, Paper Gems, in an attempt to change how they treat others. However, their worlds will all change when an unfortunate tragedy happens and Cole himself has to learn about applying his father’s teachings.
Throughout the novel a major theme was an individual recovering from a tragic situation. There are several episodes in the novel where