
CHOICES by Katrina L. Burchett Category: Contemporary Age Recommendation: Grades 9+ Release Date: 8/6/07 Publisher: Kapri Books Reviewed by: The Compulsive Reader Rating: 5 Stars CHOICES is the story of five teenage girls, and the choices they make about premarital sex. Each girl is pressured in a unique way, and their responses are equally unique. This Christian author is bold, and gets straight to the matter of teen sex in a non-judgemental way, offering advice, hope, and courage as each girl deals with the expectations set for them by their peers, society, and their families. The dialogue is especially frank and honest, and the characters ring true. This is a book that is full of real experiences that doesn't flinch away from the darker aspects of life, but instead faces them, and sends out a strong encouraging message to the readers about living with what life deals you, and where to find the strength to do so. |