Who Do You Ask When You Don’t Have the Answers?
What’s a girl to do when caught between a rock and a hard place? The “ha... read full description
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Jun 16, 2009
Books and Literature for Teens
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This Diary of a Teenage Girl was different from the Kim or the Chloe series (haven't read the Caitlin series yet).
It was still good, but pretty edgy.
Sure, lots of girls have Maya's problem (in fact I know one), but I hear about it so much that I don't like to keep reading stuff about it.
Anyways, Maya's mother is an drug addict,her father's away on tour, and Maya wants to live on her own. But in doing so, she gotta learn the art of being humble.
It was a bit slow at times, but finishable (can I More...
It was still good, but pretty edgy.
Sure, lots of girls have Maya's problem (in fact I know one), but I hear about it so much that I don't like to keep reading stuff about it.
Anyways, Maya's mother is an drug addict,her father's away on tour, and Maya wants to live on her own. But in doing so, she gotta learn the art of being humble.
It was a bit slow at times, but finishable (can I More...
Dec 26, 2010
Caitie
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Melody Carlson, one of my favorite authors, has fully embraced the role of a spiritually stricken teenage girl through her book Just Ask. In the book the main character, Kim, encounters many challenges such as speeding tickets, dealing with her crazy friends, trying to figure out who she really is, and having the tough job of writing the "Just ask Jamie" column in her father's newspaper. When Kim takes on the role of "Jamie" for the column, she had no idea what she was gett
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Sep 19, 2010
Melody
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OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGOSHHHH!!!!!!!! MELODY (HAHA) CARLSON ROX ME SOX!!!! hahahahahahahaha :) ok anyways this book is amazing cause it talks about loving God and loving urself and keeping the faith even in hard times. Melody did an awesome job not talking down to the reader, but making u feel as if ur the character herself, Kim Peterson, going on this journey about finding the Lord because you need Him as much as He needs a connection with you. I LOVE YOU GOD! <
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Jul 02, 2008
Andrea
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This book was not what I expected at all. In true young adult literature, it has to contain high drama and angst. However, I wasn't expecting the God angel. In this book the main character starts writing an advice column at her dad's paper for teenagers. While dispensing advice she struggles with her religious beliefs, ends up having a conversion experience, and then turns her column into a religious platform. I appreciated some of the questions that the book brought up - I could relate to
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Mar 28, 2010
Morgan
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this book was really great for me to read. the girl in this book (kim) is really lost spiritually and needs to find the Lord. she struggles for a while asking a lot of questions i know that i think sometimes but gets changed and moved by her best friend and some others. at the end of the story kim is challenged greatly by God; her mom is in the hospital with cancer and only has a few months to live. the book ends there but her story continues in book two.
Nov 20, 2009
Ann
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The book was the first book of a series. It was about a girl named kim who wanted a car. Her dad wouldn't let her get one unless she wrote the JUST ASK JAMIE column in his newspaper. At first Kim didn't want to, but learned to love it. SHe would always pic a letter that had to do with how she was feeling, what she was going through, or something else that related to her. The book was kind of slow though. So i rated it a 2
Jul 20, 2009
Laura
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Hmm, I don't know about the Kim diaries. I don't really think there was much going on in this first one. But, from reading her cousin's diaries, I have some idea of what is coming up. Maybe the next three books will be better.
But, since Kim's diaries deal with the death of a parent from cancer, I think it's not in my best interest to read at this time. It hits too close to home. Maybe I'll pick them up again sometime in the future.
But, since Kim's diaries deal with the death of a parent from cancer, I think it's not in my best interest to read at this time. It hits too close to home. Maybe I'll pick them up again sometime in the future.
Oct 12, 2010
Jaimee
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This is about a girl who gets scared because she got a ticket. She didn't tell her mother but her dad. They decided to keep it a secert if she did a "Just Jamie" colum. Her best friend is Natilie. This girl Tiffany Knight got killed by a motorcycle accident. It hit Kim pretty hard, even though she wasn't that close to Tiffany. She was a Budda but now she believes in god.
Apr 06, 2011
Jodi
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This was another great book. THis was about another girl attending the same high school. She is friends with Chloe from the last book. She is shy and get really good grades. She becomes a Christian and starts to privately write a help column for her fathers newspaper in the end she gets sad news but is trusting in her faith to help her thru it. Great book.
Dec 09, 2008
Marilyn
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The book started off kind of boring for my taste. It wasn't until somewhere in the middle of the book that I became really interested in it. Some the Christian characters were too idealistic. However, I do appreciate the Author trying to create a Christian book that exposes some of the things we go through as girls of Christ.
Oct 30, 2009
Hannah
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This book i another of my favorites. This book talks about a teenage girl that goes to high school and runs into problems with religion friends and boys. I learned that you shouldn't care what anyone thinks of you just be yourself and have confidence.
Oct 15, 2010
I really liked this book. It caught my attention when I saw the title. It just hooked me right then. I think that anyone who read this would like it. I recomend you read it.
In this book it is about this teenage girl. She has to write these advise column in her dads newspaper. Throughout this whole thing she has to go throgh the struggle of her life. Throughout it she loses a friend. She gets a car. You shoiudl read it!
In this book it is about this teenage girl. She has to write these advise column in her dads newspaper. Throughout this whole thing she has to go throgh the struggle of her life. Throughout it she loses a friend. She gets a car. You shoiudl read it!
Jan 02, 2009
bookczuk
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I thought this might be a kind of fun YA novel, but found it to be more preachy than fun. Oh well. Win some, lose some, and in this case I only lost 49 cents.
Sep 07, 2008
Melissa
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After reading that last book in this Kim series (That Was Then), it prompted me to read the first one.
In Just Ask Kim secretly becomes "Jamie" for an teen advice column. As Kim reads letters and emails from teenagers with numerous problems, Kim realizes just how great her life is-but something is still missing. Kim takes her own advice as she once again finds God-and just in time for some BIG news.
You can't help but fall in love with Carlson's likable and relatable characters. I can't More...
In Just Ask Kim secretly becomes "Jamie" for an teen advice column. As Kim reads letters and emails from teenagers with numerous problems, Kim realizes just how great her life is-but something is still missing. Kim takes her own advice as she once again finds God-and just in time for some BIG news.
You can't help but fall in love with Carlson's likable and relatable characters. I can't More...
Dec 27, 2011
Elizabeth
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Although I have loved all of Melody's diary series, I think I especially liked this one. It was extremely well-written.
May 22, 2009
Atomicgirl
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After reading this book, I feel like I'm damned for being an Asian American and not a Christian.
Jan 22, 2010
Meadow
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It was...ok. Kim is having a hard time finding what she belives in. When she speeds on the road....again....her dad said she could make up for it by writing a column on his paper. Kim is thrown quesions about everything you can imagine. But when a schoolmate is killed, questions about life, death, and life after death are handed to the confused Kim.
It was pretty good. She had an atitude and lives a mainstream christian life, of dating...ect. Which I don't so I couldn't really relate More...
It was pretty good. She had an atitude and lives a mainstream christian life, of dating...ect. Which I don't so I couldn't really relate More...
Apr 03, 2008
This book is one of the best books. It's about a girl named Kim and its pretty much based on her life. This book has some helpful tips when Kim writes as a Just Jamie for her dad's newspaper coloum. It also helps you figure out what to do if you are in a fight with a friend or having problems. All in all this is a must read book and Melody Carlson is a very Awesome Writer!!
Dec 18, 2007
Sharla
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Sad great great book. This book goes throught the life of a young girl asked to write a advice colum in a news paper. She strugels with a question of Christianity and strugels against Christ. In the end she cant strugle any more and accepts Jesus now her life in Chirst is growing and shes learning...
Aug 27, 2010
Lauren
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This is a pretty good book so far. It is about a girl who has an advice column but then starts to question the letters and christianity vs. Buddhism. I like it a lot but drags on a bit.
Mar 21, 2010
Stacie
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I thought it was a great book. I think a lot of young kids should read it.
