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Real TV #4
Dating Do-Over: Real TV, Take 4
Dive into Wendy Lawton's newest teen fiction series, Real TV, based on the reality television craze. In Dating Do-Over , Bailey is sweet seventeen and never been kissed. Okay, she's never even been out with a guy. When the producers of the television show Dating Do-Over contact her, she's delighted. As the image consultants begin to work their magic, the young production grip intern, Luke, quietly models the beauty of authenticity.
- GenresChristian Fiction
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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About the author
Wendy Lawton
24 books28 followersWendy Lawton, award-winning writer, sculptor, and doll designer, founded the Lawton Doll Company in 1979.
Lawton is a long-time lover of classic Christian literature. She has written eight books in her young adult Daughters of the Faith series. These books were followed by a series of four teen books and a nonfiction adult book. She won the 1999 Writer of the Year Award at the Mount Hermon Christian Writer’s Conference. She also won the famous Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for the intentional worst first line of a novel in the Children’s Literature category.
Lawton received an honorary Doctor of Arts and Letters degree on January 18, 2004, from Wilmington College, located in New Castle, Delaware.
She and Keith, her husband of 30 years, are the parents of three. They reside in Hilmar, California, where they farm 30 acres of almonds and care for two dogs, an aged goose, and five elderly cats.
Lawton is the Vice President of Books and Such Literary Management. See their website here.
Lawton is a long-time lover of classic Christian literature. She has written eight books in her young adult Daughters of the Faith series. These books were followed by a series of four teen books and a nonfiction adult book. She won the 1999 Writer of the Year Award at the Mount Hermon Christian Writer’s Conference. She also won the famous Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for the intentional worst first line of a novel in the Children’s Literature category.
Lawton received an honorary Doctor of Arts and Letters degree on January 18, 2004, from Wilmington College, located in New Castle, Delaware.
She and Keith, her husband of 30 years, are the parents of three. They reside in Hilmar, California, where they farm 30 acres of almonds and care for two dogs, an aged goose, and five elderly cats.
Lawton is the Vice President of Books and Such Literary Management. See their website here.
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November 19, 2024
Great inspirational book
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August 23, 2010
Christian fiction (purchased for my daughter), about the efforts Bailey goes makes to get a date for the senior prom.
Marketed as teen fiction, but the print size and plot depth suggest 12-15 year-olds rather than the YA's who will be reading Twilight. I would have enjoyed it as a teen, but reading it as a parent, I found the plot somewhat predictable and a bit moralistic in the same way that old Baywatch episodes are. But that doesn't lessen the fact that the writing, characterisation and plot are all fine, and it's good for teens to learn that life doesn't revolve around having a date.
Four stars because it does the job well (and I'd rather she learnt about dating from this kind of book than from Twilight).
Marketed as teen fiction, but the print size and plot depth suggest 12-15 year-olds rather than the YA's who will be reading Twilight. I would have enjoyed it as a teen, but reading it as a parent, I found the plot somewhat predictable and a bit moralistic in the same way that old Baywatch episodes are. But that doesn't lessen the fact that the writing, characterisation and plot are all fine, and it's good for teens to learn that life doesn't revolve around having a date.
Four stars because it does the job well (and I'd rather she learnt about dating from this kind of book than from Twilight).
May 24, 2019
This is a mini ‘Books For Christian Girls’ review. It is not a full content review and will not receive one. These mini-reviews are years old and just for clarity on the rating the book received on Goodreads.
8/18/2013-
8/22/2015-
“This was a fun teen-y book. It felt a little lacking in the Spiritual Content compared to the first three books, though.”
*Main Content-
A bit of sarcasm; a 'dumb', two 'duh's, and two 'stupid's.
A cheek kiss; Prom, prom dates, & guys are a large part of this story; Lessons on how to talk to the opposite gender; A mention of a pastor saying that sex before marriage is wrong.
Mentions of bras & underwear; Mentions of low-cut, tight, & strapless dresses.
8/18/2013-
8/22/2015-
“This was a fun teen-y book. It felt a little lacking in the Spiritual Content compared to the first three books, though.”
*Main Content-
A bit of sarcasm; a 'dumb', two 'duh's, and two 'stupid's.
A cheek kiss; Prom, prom dates, & guys are a large part of this story; Lessons on how to talk to the opposite gender; A mention of a pastor saying that sex before marriage is wrong.
Mentions of bras & underwear; Mentions of low-cut, tight, & strapless dresses.
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