False Friends and True Strangers ('Nama Beach High, Book 2) - Softcover

Rue, Nancy N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 031025180X ISBN 13: 9780310251804

Publisher: Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2004

Synopsis

The girlfriends from ‘Nama Beach High learn the liberating secret of discipline In this second book of the ‘Nama Beach High series, Laura Duffy and her friends from the “conflicted” girls club discover a “secret” text hidden within John 16. Laura has a chance to experience the truth of this secret when she gets her driver’s license, starts a new job at the local Gap store, then observes kids from her school in the act of shoplifting, and even suffers the theft of her car. Worst of all, her friend Joy Beth, who seems to possess everything in life, develops diabetes. Together the girls realize that possessing things sometimes leads to being possessed by them. They learn that discipline is the ability to deny and to choose not to exploit. Discipline is a way that God’s power can bless them. They find out that surrendering all of life’s non-essentials and identifying what remains as God’s sacred gifts is The Key.

About this title

About the Author

Nancy Rue has written over 100 books for girls, is the editor of the Faithgirlz Bible, and is a popular speaker and radio guest with her expertise in tween and teen issues. She and husband, Jim, have raised a daughter of their own and now live in Tennessee.

From the Back Cover

The girlfriends from â Nama Beach High learn the liberating secret of discipline

In this second book of the â Nama Beach High series, Laura Duffy and her friends from the conflicted girls club discover a secret text hidden within John 16.
Laura has a chance to experience the truth of this secret when she gets her driver's license, starts a new job at the local Gap store, then observes kids from her school in the act of shoplifting, and even suffers the theft of her car. Worst of all, her friend Joy Beth, who seems to possess everything in life, develops diabetes.

Together the girls realize that possessing things sometimes leads to being possessed by them. They learn that discipline is the ability to deny and to choose
not to exploit. Discipline is a way that God's power can bless them. They find out that surrendering all of life's non-essentials and identifying what remains as God's sacred gifts is The Key.

Edition details

• Publisher: Zondervan/Youth Specialties
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 031025180X
• ISBN 13: 9780310251804
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192