Danika's Totally Terrible Toss

Secret Keeper Girl #4

by Dannah Gresh

Danika McAllister has everything a 12-year-old girl could want, including a seat at the popular girls' table at lunch and a shot at winning the Miss Teeny Pop crown! But the pressure of her fake, popular personality is building. She ends up exploding and tossing her mom's famous Purple Glurp dessert. It accidentally hits her lunch lady in the head and now she's in big trouble. Not only is she headed to detention, but her dreams of the Teeny Pop crown are in trouble. She learns that she needs a new circle of friends so she can be the real Danika. When her true personality emerges, she discovers that she's not a follower at all, and the adventures of the True Girl Club begin.

Genres: Fiction, Christian, Childrens

109 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2008

About the author

Dannah Gresh, a mother/daughter communication coach, has sold well over three quarters of a million copies of her books—including And the Bride Wore White and 2008's best-selling CBA youth book, Lies Young Women Believe (coauthored with Nancy Leigh DeMoss)—making her one of the most successful Christian authors targeting teens and preteens. With the belief that today's culture has been seeking to rob little girls of their innocence, Dannah has been fighting on the front lines to protect them. Her fun line of Secret Keeper Girl mom/preteen daughter connecting resources and live events that tour the country provide moms with just the right tools to fight back. She has long been at the forefront of the movement to encourage both tweens and teens to pursue purity and is often called upon to defend the conservative position of abstinence in national news media like USA Today, Time, Chicago Tribune, and Women's Wear Daily. She is also a frequent contributor to FamilyLife Today, Midday Connection, and Focus on the Family. Dannah lives in State College, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Bob, and their children, Robby, Lexi, and Autumn, whom the family adopted from China in 2007. She and her husband founded Grace Prep, a new model in Christian high school education, which Bob administrates. She is shamelessly in love with her labradoodle, Stormie. (DannahGresh.com)

Reviews

[Alanna Lavery]

very fun series for preteens!

[. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book for girls learning about friendship. :)

[Brianna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh...I didn't really like this book.

[Ren · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a good book, it just wasn't my favorite.

[Carolyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good beginning point for talking about choosing wise friends with middle school girls. My daughter read it then wanted her good friend and I to read it too so we could have a little book club.

[ʟ ᴇ ᴀ ʜ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book!