"Roadside Assistance" by Amy Clipston

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Sunday, August 28

Dear Mom,

Today Dad and I went to church for the first time since your funeral.  It was gut-wrenching to walk into that sanctuary.  I couldn't help but remember the day we said our last good-byes to you.  What made it even more difficult was that we sang your favorite hymn.

I keep thinking of your strong faith.  I still don't understand how you maintained your relationship with God up until your last days.  How did you do it, Mom?  How did you continue to talk to God and invite him into your heart even though you knew you weren't going to make it?

(Clipston, page 83-84)

Sometimes, life gets tough.  Things happen, and we don't understand why.

This happens to Emily, when her mother dies much too soon and Emily's world is shaken upside down.  Hospital bills force Emily and her father to sell their home and move in with Emily's wealthy aunt.

One other thing.

Emily loves cars.  Working under the hoods of old cars is how Emily usually processes her problems, but her aunt disapproves of Emily's un-lady-like passion.

In Roadside Assistance, you can follow Emily's healing, both in faith and love.

Praise for Roadside Assistance
(Award list provided on Amy Clipston's website page for the book, Roadside Assistance)

• 2011 National Readers' Choice Awards - Finalist
• 2012 Golden Quill Award Finalist
• 2012 Winter Rose Contest - 2nd Place in the YA Category
• 2012 Southern Magic Writers' Group Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence Contest - Finalist
• 2012 Volusia County Romance Writers' Laurel Wreath Contest - 3rd Place Inspirational Category

What other teens think about this book:

•  At first, I read this book because I really liked the cover.  After reading it, I'm so glad I did.  Emily's hurting and healing in faith is very emotional. - Jessica N., 17

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zondervan.  (2012, March 6).  Roadside Assistance - Amy Clipston [Video File].  Retrieved from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlKwkVgb-ww


Clipston, Amy.  Roadside Assistance. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2011.  Print.  ISBN-9780310719816, paperback, USD $.9.99.

"The Last Archangel" by Michael D. Young

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Ever made a mistake?

In the opening pages of Michael D. Young's book The Last Archangel, you meet Xander and are there when he learns of his ultimate punishment.

Xander has been exiled to earth forever because he made some serious mistakes.

Heaven?  Hell?  Angels?  Demons?

I'm in!

Read it.  I know you'll love it.  But first, check out Michael D. Young's blog site!


What other teens think about this book:

• It was an interesting book, but not really my thing. - Abby W., 19

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Michael Young.  (2011, April 11).  The Last Archangel Trailer3.0.mp4 [Video File].  Retrieved from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDG3P3o0ORc


Young, Michael D.  The Last Archangel.  Springville, Utah: Bonneville Books, 2011.  Print.  ISBN-9781599558943, paperback, USD $12.99.

"Faking Faith" by Josie Bloss

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Dylan did the thing that girls always swear not to do.

Dylan let a guy come between her and her two best friends.

Things for Dylan quickly fall apart when her so-called-boyfriend cheats on her and then circulates compromising pictures of Dylan around school.

Dylan's world is turned upside down by the "sexting" incident, and her parents are too busy to help much.

She soon stumbles upon a blog of homeschooled fundamentalist Christian girls and immediately is drawn into a world nothing like her own.

Hope chests?  Chaperoned courtships?  Wifely submission?

Whoa.

Desperate for a new beginning, Dylan weaves a lie, joining the blog under the alter-ego "Faith," and begins blogging as a fellow devout and wholesome fundamentalist Christian gal.

Dylan is forced to choose.  Come clean?  Or continue living a lie.



What other teens think about this book:

• I couldn't stop crying.  It wasn't sad or anything, it was the fact that it was wonderful and inspiring.  I loved the book.  -Jackie H., 14

Praise for Faking Faith

• A Junior Library Guild Selection

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Bloss, Josie.  Faking Faith.  Woodbury, Minnesota: Flux, 2011.  Print.  ISBN-9780738727578, paperback, USD $9.95.

"DragonFire" by Donita K. Paul

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Wizards?

Dragons?

Fire?

The battle between good and evil?

Calm down, Potter-heads.  While I'd loooovveeee another Harry Potter book, this isn't it.

Nevertheless, it's still pretty awesome.  But no pressure.

DragonFire is part of the the DragonKeeper Chronicles by Donita K. Paul, and I promise that it doesn't disappoint.

Action.  Adventure.  Love.

It's a winner.

Kale and Bardon have the task of saving their land called Amara, challenging an evil husband-and-wife wizard duo, and most of all...

...find, hatch, and train an army of dragons.

All in a day's work, right?

No way.

Check out this book today.  I insist.  While you're at it, mosey on over to Donita K. Paul's website and explore what else awaits you in the DragonKeeper Chronicles.



What other teens think about this book:

• This was such an awesome book! - Kale W., 14
  

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Paul, Donita K.  DragonFire.  Colorado Spings: WaterBook Press, 2007.  Print.  ISBN-1400072514, paperback, USD $9.99.