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Sophie #2
Sophie's Secret
Sophie and her friends launch an “archaeological expedition” and make a disturbing discovery. Sophie keeps digging to uncover a shocking family secret. In light of this new revelation, will she ever be able to trust her parents again?
128 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2004
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Nancy N. Rue
224 books291 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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September 26, 2018
About this book:
“Sophie and her friends launch an “archaeological expedition” and make a disturbing discovery. Sophie keeps digging to uncover a shocking family secret. In light of this new revelation, will she ever be able to trust her parents again?”
Series: Book #2 in “Sophie” series. Review of the first book Here! (This series is part of the Faithgirlz line.)
Spiritual Content- 2 Corinthians 4:18 at the beginning; Scriptures are read, remembered, & thought over; Prayers & Talking to God & Jesus; Bible reading & learning about Jesus; Talks about God, Jesus, & obeying; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Sophie tries to imagine Jesus when she’s upset; Sophie gets mad at God & Jesus, but later gets over it; Many mentions of God & Jesus; Mentions of Bible reading & digging into Scriptures and Jesus’ past; Mentions of those & events in the Bible; Mentions of church going; A few mentions of the first Christmas.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘give a rip’, a ‘moron’, two ‘shut up’s, and two forms of ‘stupid’; Sophie can have an attitude & sass towards her parents and other authority figures including tuning out what they say; Mean girls, their comments, & drama; Mentions of a Slam Book (a notebook where mean things are written about others and passed around); Mentions of mean and rude girls & rumors; Mentions of eye rolling, sass, & attitudes; Mentions of lies & lying; A few mentions of wars & injuries; A few mentions of graveyards & bodies; A few mentions of wanting to/asking if they should fight with someone; A few mentions of jealousy; A couple mentions of diarrhea; A mention of robbing a bank; A mention of PG-13 movies;
*Note: A few mentions of McDonalds; A few mentions of Dillard’s; A mention of a TV show (Law and Order).
Sexual Content- a ‘babe’; A few mentions of dates & dating; A couple mentions of comments of a statue by Sophie’s sister and aunt; A mention of talking about boys;
*Note: Many mentions of developing, breasts, bras, not having any measurements in that area, wrong sized bras, padded bras, lingerie, & mean girls also talk about sizes; A few mentions of underwear; A couple mentions of a young girl wearing a mini-skirt; A couple mentions of young girls putting on make-up & calling boys.
-Sophie LaCroix, age 11
P.O.V. of Sophie
128 pages
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Pre Teens- One Star
New Teens- Two Stars
Early High School Teens- Two Stars
Older High School Teens- Two Stars
My personal Rating- Two Stars
While I really enjoyed the first book in this series, I found myself quite disappointed in this sequel. Young adoptees should have a parent read first or read along with them due to the plot of Sophie panicking that she was adopted. Also due to other content, I would really recommend an adult read first if there is any hesitation on giving it to a daughter or young girl.
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*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
“Sophie and her friends launch an “archaeological expedition” and make a disturbing discovery. Sophie keeps digging to uncover a shocking family secret. In light of this new revelation, will she ever be able to trust her parents again?”
Series: Book #2 in “Sophie” series. Review of the first book Here! (This series is part of the Faithgirlz line.)
Spiritual Content- 2 Corinthians 4:18 at the beginning; Scriptures are read, remembered, & thought over; Prayers & Talking to God & Jesus; Bible reading & learning about Jesus; Talks about God, Jesus, & obeying; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Sophie tries to imagine Jesus when she’s upset; Sophie gets mad at God & Jesus, but later gets over it; Many mentions of God & Jesus; Mentions of Bible reading & digging into Scriptures and Jesus’ past; Mentions of those & events in the Bible; Mentions of church going; A few mentions of the first Christmas.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘give a rip’, a ‘moron’, two ‘shut up’s, and two forms of ‘stupid’; Sophie can have an attitude & sass towards her parents and other authority figures including tuning out what they say; Mean girls, their comments, & drama; Mentions of a Slam Book (a notebook where mean things are written about others and passed around); Mentions of mean and rude girls & rumors; Mentions of eye rolling, sass, & attitudes; Mentions of lies & lying; A few mentions of wars & injuries; A few mentions of graveyards & bodies; A few mentions of wanting to/asking if they should fight with someone; A few mentions of jealousy; A couple mentions of diarrhea; A mention of robbing a bank; A mention of PG-13 movies;
*Note: A few mentions of McDonalds; A few mentions of Dillard’s; A mention of a TV show (Law and Order).
Sexual Content- a ‘babe’; A few mentions of dates & dating; A couple mentions of comments of a statue by Sophie’s sister and aunt; A mention of talking about boys;
*Note: Many mentions of developing, breasts, bras, not having any measurements in that area, wrong sized bras, padded bras, lingerie, & mean girls also talk about sizes; A few mentions of underwear; A couple mentions of a young girl wearing a mini-skirt; A couple mentions of young girls putting on make-up & calling boys.
-Sophie LaCroix, age 11
P.O.V. of Sophie
128 pages
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Pre Teens- One Star
New Teens- Two Stars
Early High School Teens- Two Stars
Older High School Teens- Two Stars
My personal Rating- Two Stars
While I really enjoyed the first book in this series, I found myself quite disappointed in this sequel. Young adoptees should have a parent read first or read along with them due to the plot of Sophie panicking that she was adopted. Also due to other content, I would really recommend an adult read first if there is any hesitation on giving it to a daughter or young girl.
Link to review:
https://booksforchristiangirls.blogsp...
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
December 2, 2025
Middle Grade Christian Fiction
Mostly good!
The dad is emotionally abusive.
Page 10:
“Don't be a drama queen about it," he said, his eyes narrowed.
Page 11:
Then Daddy gave one of those only-one-side-of-his-mouth-going-up smiles that made Sophie want to punch something. ‘He might as well just come right out and SAY I'm a little know-it-all,’ Sophie thought.
"Watch your tone, Sophie," Daddy said.
Page 18:
"Look," he said, pointing at her from his towering height, “I'm trying to understand you, Sophie. I've had the sessions with Dr. Peter, I got you the camera, and I'll let you keep it as long as you keep improving in school."
He paused, and since Sophie didn't know what she was supposed to say, she just shrugged.
"What does that mean?" Daddy said.
"It means I don't know what to say."
"You don't know what to say when I give you all that leeway and you still abuse it?"
Now Sophie REALLY didn't know what to say. She didn't even understand what he was talking about.
Her mom and aunt take her bra shopping — talking about breast development, measuring breasts, different bras, a highschool bully mocks her bra size, they talk underwear, etc.
Page 14:
"Now THAT's a bra," Aunt Bailey said behind her hand to Lacie. "Speaking of bras, we need to go shopping. I know you're wearing the wrong size right now."
Sophie could feel her face going crimson. She checked out her parents to see if they were hearing all this, but Mama was deep in conversation with one of the archaeologists, and Daddy was watching Mama, his arms folded and his head bent toward Uncle Preston.
"What do you want to bet Lynda is at this moment giving that guy directions to our home?" Sophie heard Daddy say. "The woman never meets a stranger."
And then she finds out she’s adopted and SHE loses it, her adopted dad loses it, EVERYBODY loses it!
Mostly good!
The dad is emotionally abusive.
Page 10:
“Don't be a drama queen about it," he said, his eyes narrowed.
Page 11:
Then Daddy gave one of those only-one-side-of-his-mouth-going-up smiles that made Sophie want to punch something. ‘He might as well just come right out and SAY I'm a little know-it-all,’ Sophie thought.
"Watch your tone, Sophie," Daddy said.
Page 18:
"Look," he said, pointing at her from his towering height, “I'm trying to understand you, Sophie. I've had the sessions with Dr. Peter, I got you the camera, and I'll let you keep it as long as you keep improving in school."
He paused, and since Sophie didn't know what she was supposed to say, she just shrugged.
"What does that mean?" Daddy said.
"It means I don't know what to say."
"You don't know what to say when I give you all that leeway and you still abuse it?"
Now Sophie REALLY didn't know what to say. She didn't even understand what he was talking about.
Her mom and aunt take her bra shopping — talking about breast development, measuring breasts, different bras, a highschool bully mocks her bra size, they talk underwear, etc.
Page 14:
"Now THAT's a bra," Aunt Bailey said behind her hand to Lacie. "Speaking of bras, we need to go shopping. I know you're wearing the wrong size right now."
Sophie could feel her face going crimson. She checked out her parents to see if they were hearing all this, but Mama was deep in conversation with one of the archaeologists, and Daddy was watching Mama, his arms folded and his head bent toward Uncle Preston.
"What do you want to bet Lynda is at this moment giving that guy directions to our home?" Sophie heard Daddy say. "The woman never meets a stranger."
And then she finds out she’s adopted and SHE loses it, her adopted dad loses it, EVERYBODY loses it!
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June 18, 2023
Ok… I am definitely not the target age for this. And this book is better than the first one,don’t get me wrong. And maybe if I was like eight would like it maybe
But honestly, I find all the characters to be annoying and Wow
At least this one she actually sounds like an 11-year-old instead of like a four-year-old so that’s an improvement
But honestly, I find all the characters to be annoying and Wow
At least this one she actually sounds like an 11-year-old instead of like a four-year-old so that’s an improvement
June 13, 2018
cuuuute.
Nostalgia-read. Revisiting old memories and feelings. Super fun.
Nostalgia-read. Revisiting old memories and feelings. Super fun.
January 8, 2019
Good book but a little hard to read. It was long and it got boring in some places. But the overall message was cool.
Want to read
July 19, 2020elibrary
April 15, 2025
Sophie’s secret
A lovely family story for all ages!
What a wonderful idea for a plot with mischief, family and lots of love.
A lovely family story for all ages!
What a wonderful idea for a plot with mischief, family and lots of love.
March 17, 2017
Same as first book.
April 29, 2014
This is the second book in the FaithGirlz series by Nancy Rue. In this book, Sophie and her friends end up in some trouble that Sophie is sure will be the end for her when her dad shows up. However, there is a nice surprising twist. If you liked Sophie's World, as I did, and had to know if Sophie and her dad could ever effectively communicate, I highly suggest you read this second book in the series. Sophie is such a likeable character, I could easily read the entire series, but, at the same time, Nancy Rue wrapped this one up so nicely I don't really feel like I HAVE to read the rest of the series. I was a bit surprised by that, as a series usually keeps you hanging on until the last book. But I still recommend this book to tween girls, especially to those who read Sophie's World.
November 1, 2012
Nancy Rue is one of my favorite Christian authors of books for young girls and this one doesn't disappoint.
Sophie and her friends undertake the task of going through her grandmother's chest of items from long ago. One of her friends suggests something that has Sophie obsessed with discovering the truth. She moves in and out of her "God-space" during anxious moments while trying to trust Him.
Nancy Rue's books have authentic characters and deal with real life situations and real life responses to those situations.
Sophie and her friends undertake the task of going through her grandmother's chest of items from long ago. One of her friends suggests something that has Sophie obsessed with discovering the truth. She moves in and out of her "God-space" during anxious moments while trying to trust Him.
Nancy Rue's books have authentic characters and deal with real life situations and real life responses to those situations.
September 4, 2010
I actually really loved this book. I totally related to Sophie because she felt misunderstood and unloved. That was me for too much of my life, and I can feel myself getting that way, even as an adult.
I loved the girl's idea to go through the attic and create a book about Sophie's family history, totally based on the facts they dig up. This is something I'd like to do for my own family. What a neat way to keep family history alive for generations to come.
I loved the girl's idea to go through the attic and create a book about Sophie's family history, totally based on the facts they dig up. This is something I'd like to do for my own family. What a neat way to keep family history alive for generations to come.
November 19, 2012
It was a wonderful book for creative girls with big imaginations. Even though this is a book for young girls it really resonated with me. I was able to relate to Sophie, because I was that girl who made up stories and acted them out with friends. I really enjoyed it, and I would like to go back and read the first book and then continue to the others in the series.
July 15, 2008
This is a great book for girls because Sophie has problems real girls sometimes have. It's not like she has a perfect life. You should read these books in order because each one leads to the next.
March 29, 2011
Really short read, but good, especially for children.
May 18, 2011
Sophie reminds me of myself at that age.
February 12, 2013
An amazing story. Very true to life!
August 8, 2015
it is so nice book I ever read.
January 3, 2015
I tried to read it because it was free, but I could not get into.
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November 25, 2018It was ok but it wasn't me
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