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Lily #2
M.D. Lily Robbins : Medical Dabbler
It's Dr. Lily to the rescue! After witnessing a car accident and helping a little boy who was hurt, Lily is on a mission to become a great healer or healthcare professional, and no one's going to stop her.
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First published October 1, 2000
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Nancy N. Rue
224 books290 followersNancy Rue is the author of over 100 books for adults and teens, including the Christy Award-winning The Reluctant Prophet, Unexpected Dismounts and Healing Waters (with Steve Arterburn), which was the 2009 Women of Faith Novel of the Year. She travels extensively—at times on the back of a Harley—speaking to and teaching groups of women of all ages. Nancy lives on a lake in Tennessee with her Harley-ridin’ husband, Jim, and their two yellow Labs (without whom writing would be difficult).
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November 25, 2018
Lily thinks she might want to be a doctor until her friends end up getting hurt. But she still finds ways she can help people even if they seem to be small ways.
November 25, 2021
I read this in grade school! Nancy Rue's Lily series was such a blessing for me back then.
January 9, 2022
Lily's a bit of an annoying protagonist but other book protagonists have been more annoying and I've still liked the plot
December 17, 2012
Lily Robbins is a normal girl with normal problems and normal friends, but that is the only thing that's normal about this book.
Lily and her mother encounter a car wreck at the beginning of the book, and Lily gets out to console a little boy named Thomas. This gives Lily the "bright" idea that she should be a doctor.
Her mother isn't keen on this idea, since not too long Lily was wanting to be a supermodel, as her brothers rudely point out at the dinner table.
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Lily decides to try to force her ideas on to her friends, and they don't care for it. But, disaster happens when friend gets her leg hurt. Lily puts a splint on it, and has her friend walk home, instead of calling for help. This gets her friend's mom worried and upset.
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Meanwhile, due to Lily telling her father she wants to take a class to learn about THE body, he has signed her up to a class to learn about YOUR body, and her mother says she has to take the class all the way through to the end.
It turns out to be a class about PUBERTY. Lily doesn't like it at the time, but doesn't realize then that it will really come in handy later.
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Lily's mother has a talk with her about how strange it is that Reni, her friend, cannot come to spend the night with her, since she got her lip busted by bullies throwing snowballs with rocks in them. Lily also finds it weird.
So, when it turns out that Reni is the one who is knocking on Lily's window late at night to scare her, Lily refuses to tell Reni's mother that she was not there to spend the night. Later, though, Reni comes clean, and all is good again.
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At school, Kresha is in the bathroom stall next to Lily's, and is sibbing uncontrollably about how she is "bleeding and going to die". Lily tells her it's her period, and symbolizes her becoming a woman. Lily runs back to the classroom to get her backpack, and returns to Kresha with fresh underwear and pads, explaining to her that this will happen every month.
That afternoon, they have a "party" to celebrate Kresha's womanhood.
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Overall, Lily and Kresha were my favorite characters. I loved how they had a party for Kresha having her first period. I hated that they said "This will happen every month", since I am very irregular myself, and always have been, so I know that it doesn't always happen that way. Kresha needed to be told not to worry if it skipped a month or two, especially in the beginning. Lily didn't need to worry that she had not gotten her period at age 13. I didn't get mine till age 15.
It's kinda sad that the fate of their group, the Girlz, is kind of left undecided and "in the balance" at the end of this book. But, that really makes you want to read the next one. I know I want to. If I see these books laying around in thrift stores for 50cents each again, I will definitely pick them up!
Some people may not care for how Lily talks to God. I don't like overly religious books myself, either. But, it was tastefully done in this book, and not always thrown in your face.
This should appeal to kids and adults alike, as it's about learning lessons in life.
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Thanks so much to Tommy Nelson--a division of Thomas Nelson Publishing--for allowing me to read this, via NetGalley, and review it. All opinions expressed here are my own.
Lily and her mother encounter a car wreck at the beginning of the book, and Lily gets out to console a little boy named Thomas. This gives Lily the "bright" idea that she should be a doctor.
Her mother isn't keen on this idea, since not too long Lily was wanting to be a supermodel, as her brothers rudely point out at the dinner table.
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Lily decides to try to force her ideas on to her friends, and they don't care for it. But, disaster happens when friend gets her leg hurt. Lily puts a splint on it, and has her friend walk home, instead of calling for help. This gets her friend's mom worried and upset.
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Meanwhile, due to Lily telling her father she wants to take a class to learn about THE body, he has signed her up to a class to learn about YOUR body, and her mother says she has to take the class all the way through to the end.
It turns out to be a class about PUBERTY. Lily doesn't like it at the time, but doesn't realize then that it will really come in handy later.
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Lily's mother has a talk with her about how strange it is that Reni, her friend, cannot come to spend the night with her, since she got her lip busted by bullies throwing snowballs with rocks in them. Lily also finds it weird.
So, when it turns out that Reni is the one who is knocking on Lily's window late at night to scare her, Lily refuses to tell Reni's mother that she was not there to spend the night. Later, though, Reni comes clean, and all is good again.
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At school, Kresha is in the bathroom stall next to Lily's, and is sibbing uncontrollably about how she is "bleeding and going to die". Lily tells her it's her period, and symbolizes her becoming a woman. Lily runs back to the classroom to get her backpack, and returns to Kresha with fresh underwear and pads, explaining to her that this will happen every month.
That afternoon, they have a "party" to celebrate Kresha's womanhood.
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Overall, Lily and Kresha were my favorite characters. I loved how they had a party for Kresha having her first period. I hated that they said "This will happen every month", since I am very irregular myself, and always have been, so I know that it doesn't always happen that way. Kresha needed to be told not to worry if it skipped a month or two, especially in the beginning. Lily didn't need to worry that she had not gotten her period at age 13. I didn't get mine till age 15.
It's kinda sad that the fate of their group, the Girlz, is kind of left undecided and "in the balance" at the end of this book. But, that really makes you want to read the next one. I know I want to. If I see these books laying around in thrift stores for 50cents each again, I will definitely pick them up!
Some people may not care for how Lily talks to God. I don't like overly religious books myself, either. But, it was tastefully done in this book, and not always thrown in your face.
This should appeal to kids and adults alike, as it's about learning lessons in life.
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Thanks so much to Tommy Nelson--a division of Thomas Nelson Publishing--for allowing me to read this, via NetGalley, and review it. All opinions expressed here are my own.
March 14, 2013
When Lily has a dream, she follows it head on, wholeheartedly -- but only for a short time. It's like the time she wanted to be a supermodel, and she plastered her wall with photographs of beautiful women and made everyone in the house know everything about what it would take to a model. And then one day, she just lost interest and moved on to something else. It's just the way things have always been with Lily.
So, when she announces to the family that she wants to be a doctor, after witnessing a terrible car accident and working bravely to help calm a little boy with internal injuries on the scene, Lily's mother assumes that this will be another passing phase. Lily begs for her parents to pay for her to take a CPR course, but they're certainly hesitant -- waiting for her to prove that she's in it for the long run this time before they really start investing in her latest whims.
Lily takes matters into her own hands instead, forcing her best friends to learn everything about first aid, nutrition, and fitness with her, even when they get bored and just want to play instead. Lily practices putting splints on her stuffed animals and she believes that she is ready for anything. But when a misdiagnosis on one of her best friends threatens to make things a whole lot more serious, everyone seems to think that Lily is just being too bossy and getting involved in things that she should just let the adults handle instead. But Lily is not ready to give up yet.
Her parents agree to enroll her in a class about bodies, which she assumes will help her treat life threatening injuries to other people's bodies. Instead, she finds herself in a room with other young girls learning about breasts, periods, and other embarrassing things. This is definitely not what Lily had in mind when she said she wanted to be a doctor!
Lily's friends want her to learn to stop being bossy and her parents suggest that maybe she should ask for God's guidance for her future rather than trying to constantly force her own plans instead. But is Lily really ready to give up the reins quite yet?
LILY ROBBINS, M.D. was an adorably, fun, cute fictional companion to Rue's THE BODY BOOK, which takes on a magazine-like format in explaining the mysterious and confusions of puberty to a young audience. It was creative and interesting to see the same material laid out for girls in a way that lets them have a good time while learning and relating to Lily's own process of learning about puberty -- especially with regards to her fears and insecurities surrounding menstruation.
I think the story was well told and I enjoyed Lily's spunky, take charge attitude and her quirky personality. Her friendships with the Girlz club were pretty realistic of those I remember at that age, although reading the one friend's accent through some of the dialogue was a bit distracting at times.
I liked this book and I would recommend it to girls around the 8 to 11 range, maybe a bit younger even. Not only does it give little girls a positive message about their bodies, it also shows the importance of relying on God (which Christian parents will like, for sure). I would read others in this series if I came across them in the future.
Thank you to the publisher for providing me a copy for the purpose of providing an honest review.
So, when she announces to the family that she wants to be a doctor, after witnessing a terrible car accident and working bravely to help calm a little boy with internal injuries on the scene, Lily's mother assumes that this will be another passing phase. Lily begs for her parents to pay for her to take a CPR course, but they're certainly hesitant -- waiting for her to prove that she's in it for the long run this time before they really start investing in her latest whims.
Lily takes matters into her own hands instead, forcing her best friends to learn everything about first aid, nutrition, and fitness with her, even when they get bored and just want to play instead. Lily practices putting splints on her stuffed animals and she believes that she is ready for anything. But when a misdiagnosis on one of her best friends threatens to make things a whole lot more serious, everyone seems to think that Lily is just being too bossy and getting involved in things that she should just let the adults handle instead. But Lily is not ready to give up yet.
Her parents agree to enroll her in a class about bodies, which she assumes will help her treat life threatening injuries to other people's bodies. Instead, she finds herself in a room with other young girls learning about breasts, periods, and other embarrassing things. This is definitely not what Lily had in mind when she said she wanted to be a doctor!
Lily's friends want her to learn to stop being bossy and her parents suggest that maybe she should ask for God's guidance for her future rather than trying to constantly force her own plans instead. But is Lily really ready to give up the reins quite yet?
LILY ROBBINS, M.D. was an adorably, fun, cute fictional companion to Rue's THE BODY BOOK, which takes on a magazine-like format in explaining the mysterious and confusions of puberty to a young audience. It was creative and interesting to see the same material laid out for girls in a way that lets them have a good time while learning and relating to Lily's own process of learning about puberty -- especially with regards to her fears and insecurities surrounding menstruation.
I think the story was well told and I enjoyed Lily's spunky, take charge attitude and her quirky personality. Her friendships with the Girlz club were pretty realistic of those I remember at that age, although reading the one friend's accent through some of the dialogue was a bit distracting at times.
I liked this book and I would recommend it to girls around the 8 to 11 range, maybe a bit younger even. Not only does it give little girls a positive message about their bodies, it also shows the importance of relying on God (which Christian parents will like, for sure). I would read others in this series if I came across them in the future.
Thank you to the publisher for providing me a copy for the purpose of providing an honest review.
October 12, 2024
I come into this book with the same feelings about her family, see review of first book. (But honestly it does bother me how her mom treats her. She didn't even know if her own daughter had gotten her period yet! She doesn't guide her daughter at all. It's very frustrating.) It is basically the same thing, except now her friends turn on her.
It doesn't really make sense to me because they've been friends for so long, and all of a sudden her friend decides that Lily is too bossy. But instead of being nice about it, she just starts snubbing her.
Lily is very confused on why her friends are treating her like that all of a sudden. She really was excited about what she was learning, her friends just had a hard time telling her that they weren't interested. Obviously they are kids so that's just life. Lily just had to learn the hard way about not being bossy.
It doesn't really make sense to me because they've been friends for so long, and all of a sudden her friend decides that Lily is too bossy. But instead of being nice about it, she just starts snubbing her.
Lily is very confused on why her friends are treating her like that all of a sudden. She really was excited about what she was learning, her friends just had a hard time telling her that they weren't interested. Obviously they are kids so that's just life. Lily just had to learn the hard way about not being bossy.
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July 10, 2008
this book reminds me of my friends in my middle school. It's like they get mad at you just for trying to help. Lily just wants to teach her friends medical things and she ends up hurting them instead of helping them. Zooey breaks her ankle and Reni gets a concussion. Kresha gets mad because she blamed her brothers for scaring them. Suzy is so shy she goes along with whatever. She wants to go to a learning about the body class, but her dad read it wrong. It ended up to be a learning about YOUR body class!!! How awkward! This book helps you know that God is there for you. Lily lost all of her friends and God helped her through.
June 12, 2016
I loved this book! It connects with me on a deeper level. (Does that sound weird? xD)
It did discuss puberty and stuff, so be prepared for that if you're gonna read it. :)
Lily is trying to find what God wants her to do..
In this book (#2), she and her mom almost get in a car accident.
Lily finds a little boy named Thomas and helps keep him calm.
After the paramedics arrive, the take him to the hospital.
Lily could almost hear them saying,"And Lily, you're welcome on our team anytime."
This basically gets her started on wanting to be a parametric and doctor.
But she and her Girlz start to have problems... well I don't want to spoil it..
READ IT FOR YOURSELF!
It did discuss puberty and stuff, so be prepared for that if you're gonna read it. :)
Lily is trying to find what God wants her to do..
In this book (#2), she and her mom almost get in a car accident.
Lily finds a little boy named Thomas and helps keep him calm.
After the paramedics arrive, the take him to the hospital.
Lily could almost hear them saying,"And Lily, you're welcome on our team anytime."
This basically gets her started on wanting to be a parametric and doctor.
But she and her Girlz start to have problems... well I don't want to spoil it..
READ IT FOR YOURSELF!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 5, 2013
We really enjoyed this. I read it and so did my 10-yr old daughter. She found the story interesting and fun. I thought the story was a bit slow and basic BUT I loved how many times she came to me to discuss topics the book brought up but that she wanted to discuss further. It’s these meaningful conversations that will get her through her teen years. Thank you, Nancy Rue!
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Author: Nancy Rue
Source: Thomas Nelson via Netgalley
Grade: B
Ages: 9-12
Series: Young Women of Faith: Lily #2
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Author: Nancy Rue
Source: Thomas Nelson via Netgalley
Grade: B
Ages: 9-12
Series: Young Women of Faith: Lily #2
February 25, 2009
it sort of tells too much about all the women stuff.(like periods)
June 30, 2010
128pages.15point task,Double Double,Similar Covers.
Don't try to boss God around, otherwise everything will go all wrong.
Don't try to boss God around, otherwise everything will go all wrong.
January 16, 2011
Good book!
August 7, 2011
Very good. I love how every book, Lily learns a lesson. I love how God cam into it A LOT!
June 14, 2017
3.5 stars
January 25, 2016
sometime in 2002
February 18, 2016
In this volume Lily checks out how it's like to be a doctor.
April 2, 2019
Lilly M.D is an
Interesting, funny, sad, sweet, book. I only rate it four star because it talks about gross stu f one your period,pads, etc
Interesting, funny, sad, sweet, book. I only rate it four star because it talks about gross stu f one your period,pads, etc
July 19, 2007
I like these Lily series and recommend to Christian female preteens or teens.
June 13, 2012
This book is amazing!!
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