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Plot Summary: When Dorry moves to a new school, she is befriended by a group of people who seem pretty nice.  They all belong to the same group: the Fishers of Men, which thorw parties and stuff like that.  As Dorry learns more about the group, she discovers its a religous organization and is invited to join.  As a member, Dorry must meet simple religous demands like praying daily, but soon other things are asked of her, things like fasting the entire Thanksgiving weekend.  She is also asked to her convert people to the religon.  It is only when she scares her baybsitting clients when she tells them about hell, does she realize how horrible the group is, and leaves.  She meets up with another kid who left too, and discovers that the Fishers was really a cult.
My comments: ****  An interesting look at religon, and how it can be twisted by cults to meet selfish needs, and put a guilt trip on people.