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The Day We Met
by
Dusti Bowling (Goodreads Author)
Sixteen-year-old Lenna James goes to church, attends youth group, and hangs out with the “church geeks” at school. At least, she did. Enticed by a chance with the boy she’s had a crush on for years, Lenna abandons her values and her lifelong friends to hang out with the popular crowd. What she gets in return couldn’t be further from her expectations.
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157 pages
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(first published November 16th 2011)
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I downloaded this book to my Kindle because it was free and was looking for a different book to change up my normal reading. Well i'm glad I downloaded this book. I finished this book in one day and I was left crying my eyes out at the end with it. As a teenage mother myself I could relate to this and all the things going through her head. Dusti Bowling did an amazing job handling the struggles Lenna was facing. At first I thought while reading this book it was just going to be another book abou...more
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Oh wow!! Warning: If you read this you will cry! I loved the book, and I think Lenna represents a lot of girls in HS... struggling with peer pressure and who you really are. And the message is awesome, and throughout the whole book it was nice to see how much Lenna grew and how she came to the realization on what's important.
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As an Independent Book Reviewer, I find it a huge honor and privilege to read so many amazing books, as well as work with some awesome publishing companies. I receive numerous emails weekly offering me opportunities to read and review a vast array of genres, authors, and story lines. Some come from authors I have never worked with in the past, or maybe not heard of before. Honestly, I tend to stick with those I know and have worked with closely; however, there are times when I've stepped out of...more
Jun 22, 2012
Kristie Kercheval
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Recommends it for:
8th grade and up
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I bought this while perusing through the list of top rated children's fiction on Amazon. It was only 99 cents, and it was about a high school girl who wasn't sure about hanging with her church friends. Hmmmm, plus it was an independently published book with such good ratings? Sounds interesting. I loaded it before leaving town for work, and didn't come to it in my queue until I had finished a couple other books first. By that time I had forgotten i had even downloaded it. So I began reading the...more
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I'm not really into religious books. Which was the biggest downfall of this book. I'm LDS, and I believe I have found the middle ground between preachy and indifferent. I don't push my beliefs of people, but I make them aware I am open to discussion. I too went through a tough time with my faith as a teenager, but this girl is just moronic, and the way her family, friends, and religious leaders deal with her lack of spirituality is so off putting it annoyed me. Its like, between the plot points,...more
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A good book and a fast read. It reminded me of the Christian film "To Save a Life" in that it definitely had a level of controversy--this time teen pregnancy--but it had a strong Christian message as well that could definitely inspire teens toward a deeper relationship with God. (I'll admit it was a guilty-literary-junk-food sort of read, but we all need those too!)
a stupid decision that leads to a horrible situation. what should have been
a heart-breaking story.... just wasn't. i find myself unable to
sympathise with this character, i found her annoying and immature
and she was just plain stupid most of the time. people make mistakes,
and her's turned out very sad, but i can't love a book if i don't love
the main character.
a heart-breaking story.... just wasn't. i find myself unable to
sympathise with this character, i found her annoying and immature
and she was just plain stupid most of the time. people make mistakes,
and her's turned out very sad, but i can't love a book if i don't love
the main character.
Wow. This book is amazing I started reading it on my iPad at 1 pm and finished at 5pm.... I couldn't stop reading it. It's a book about teen pregnancy but also about how a teen finds strength through god! I'm sure I will be reading it again :) if you're thinking about reading it definitely do
Touching story of how God cares for us...even when we don't ask Him to.
I accidentally purchased this book, but am glad I did. It was a fast read...only took me about 4 hours...and I could feel the theme of God's love for His children running throughout the entire book. I liked the main character, Lenna, and her best friend Heather is the kind of best friend I think we all secretly want.
God can truly take any situation and turn it around for his glory.
I accidentally purchased this book, but am glad I did. It was a fast read...only took me about 4 hours...and I could feel the theme of God's love for His children running throughout the entire book. I liked the main character, Lenna, and her best friend Heather is the kind of best friend I think we all secretly want.
God can truly take any situation and turn it around for his glory.
This book was such an inspiration. The author took you through a rough time in a teenage girls life and you can see her rising up thanks to the power of faith. This book is going to make you cry, because you are completely involved in the story by the end.
This book is so unbelievably good!!! I have never cried in a book as much as I had reading this!! Every single emotion the main character has feels like it's one of my own.... Very detailed and surprising and emotional. I loved it.
A quick and easy read. I got it free from Amazon so I could look past the errors whereas if I would've purchased it, the errors would've annoyed me more. It might have been a tad too juvenile for me but it was still an emotional read.
I downloaded this book onto my sisters kindle because it seemed different to what I normally read and it was. It is amazing and the ending is very sad I cried :'( I actually love this book though :D
This book made me cry my eyes out. It is only $0.99 on the Kindle, and I could not recommend it enough. It is slow and painfully generic at times, but it makes up for it in the end.
this was a sad one i wasnt sure if id like it but i loved it and being a mom i would never wish anyone, especially someone so young,would have to go through such a thing.
WOW!
Christian Fiction YA. Amazing!
* Disclaimer: Don't pick this up unless you have time to finish it because you won't be putting it down!! *
Read at the request of the author.
Christian Fiction YA. Amazing!
* Disclaimer: Don't pick this up unless you have time to finish it because you won't be putting it down!! *
Read at the request of the author.
I don't recall ever reading a book about teen pregnancy before this one, but it's something that I feel very strongly about so I was looking forward to reading a YA Contemporary on this topic.
The started off with a bang. It took not time at all to get into the storyline and I felt the characters were pretty realistic and easy to follow along with.
I knew something was going to go wrong just by reading the summary, but I didn't expect things to go so badly. Parts of the story were really heartwren...more
The started off with a bang. It took not time at all to get into the storyline and I felt the characters were pretty realistic and easy to follow along with.
I knew something was going to go wrong just by reading the summary, but I didn't expect things to go so badly. Parts of the story were really heartwren...more
I REALLY liked this book! It was a good fast read and made me cry. I really like the way it was written, almost as if you were a friend. GOOD BOOK!
Good, short read. Was a great reminder about God's unfailing love and the graces he bestows on us.
I have never cried so hard in a long time what a sad but beautiful story.Worth every tear.
A good read... Though emotional I found it inspiring and most definitely not just a YA book.
fabulous teen novel with authentic characters and remarkable pro-life information
One of the saddest books I have ever read but still an amazing story!!!
This book handles a tragic situation and turns it into a lesson learned.
I felt like i was always in the moment, in the book.
Great book. Very emotional read. Truely inspiring.
This is a very sad read. I've never read a novel with such a focus on religion before but it worked for me. I can fully see how someone so young, in that situation could struggle with her faith and I was glad to see it restored as we progressed through the book, especially given how it all plays out.
My only real gripe was how immature Lenna could be, of course she's immature at sixteen but at times, she frustrated me.
All in all though, short but sweet and sad but uplifting.
My only real gripe was how immature Lenna could be, of course she's immature at sixteen but at times, she frustrated me.
All in all though, short but sweet and sad but uplifting.
This was a great story and an easy read.
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“we all face choices in life. Some are small,insignificant choices like what to wear to the prom or what to say to your crush when you see him walking down the hall. Those choices may or may not have long-term effects on our lives. You never know. Then there are choices that are so huge, so important,you know you are altering the path of your life as you make them.”
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“I want you to know ..... 'I know this day is the most special day of my life."i smiled at him,imagining him smiling back at me. "Because this is the day we met.”
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