Product Description
Searching for Normal is the second book in a series that travels alongside four friends as they deal with teen life in Riverbend, Indiana. The novel inspires girls and young women to deepen their relationships with God and solve their problems in God-honoring ways.\
Six months ago Shay Mitchellâs life changed forever. Now sheâs just trying to survive school bullies, drama class, and living with her Aunt Laura above the bookstore. No one, not even her new friends, knows her real story or the reason sheâs living with her aunt in the first place.\
When Shay learns the truth about her biological father, she jumps at the chance to meet him. This could be her chance! Maybe sheâll finally find the normal life sheâs longed forâa life where she feels loved and wantedâyou know, part of a real family.
From School Library Journal
Gr 7 Up-Fifteen-year-old introvert Shay lost her mother at a young age and her adoptive father just months ago. She never knew her biological father so she moved in with her adoptive grandparents until they couldn't handle her anymore. Now she's living with her mom's sister. Shay has been bullied most of her life; she doesn't feel like she fits in anywhere due to her family situation, and she doesn't know how it feels to have true friends. After being placed in drama class, Shay reluctantly develops friendships with three other girls. Shay is torn when she learns her biological father is the horse trainer she idolizes, but her aunt doesn't speak highly of him. She gets the chance to decide for herself when he has a show in town and she observes his behavior with the horses. When two girls at Shay's new school learn about what Shay did to have to live with her aunt, they blackmail her. When Shay retaliates, she wonders if she is truly a bad person who will never be able to change. Darlington realistically portrays how bullying affects children into their teens and how anger can become a dangerous and controlling demon. Through the patience and love of her aunt, the love from her friends, and a rescue dog named Stanley, Shay, who is coded as white, learns that everyone has something they are dealing with and everyone is in some way "searching for normal." VERDICT Recommended for Christian fiction fans.-Susan Harris, Ridgeway High School, TNα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Categories:
- Teen & Young Adult
- Literature & Fiction
- Social & Family Issues
- Bullying
- Social & Family Issues
- Literature & Fiction
Publisher : Focus on the Family
Author : Darlington, C. J.
Language : English
Published :2021-04-06
Number Of Pages : 256
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 158997705X
ISBN-13 : 9781589977051
Item weight : 0.48 lb
Dimensions : 0.5 in x 5.51 in x 8.19 in
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