title: Here's Lily! (Young Women of Faith: Lily Series, Book 1)
author:  Nancy Rue 
description: These two upbeat titles usher in the Young Women of Faith Library, a series that combines novels, nonfiction works and a devotional to shed a Christian light on topics dear to middle-grade girls. As its title suggests, the first book, Here's Lily, introduces the sixth-grade series heroine. Accustomed to thinking of herself as ordinary-looking, she is surprised and thrilled when Kathleen Winfrey, the owner of a modeling agency, wants to groom her for a career. Lily's parents are willing to let her take a modeling class, but they want her to ask herself "if God is in this." (He is.) The Christian spin ("I taught you to look at the special gifts and qualities God gave you," Kathleen tells Lily. "Actually, we shouldn't call it self-confidence. We ought to call it God-confidence") becomes even more explicit in The Beauty Book, which refers to the characters in the novel as it pairs Kathleen-style how-tos with religious counsel ("I can almost hear you saying, 'Does God really want to talk about my hair?' God wants to talk about anything that stands between you and him and anything that makes you the you he has in mind"). Rue tries too hard to ingratiate herself with readers, particularly with her relentless slang, but Christian girls will probably appreciate her supportiveness even as she repeatedly tells them to defer to their parents' judgment and encourages a multitude of practices "guaranteed to get you nearer and nearer to God" (e.g., "surrounding yourself with other beautiful Christians as your very best friends"). Ages 8-12. (Sept.) <br />Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: Table of Contents
  Prologue
  Chapter One
  Chapter Two
  Chapter Three
  Chapter Four
  Chapter Five
  Chapter Six
  Chapter Seven
  Chapter Eight
  Chapter Nine
  Chapter Ten
  Chapter Eleven
  Chapter Twelve
  Chapter Thirteen
  Chapter Fourteen
  Epilogue
  Prologue
  Chapter One
  
  LILY
  
  CIARA KNIGHT
  
  Lily
  Beach Brides Series
  Copyright ©2017 by Ciara Knight
  All rights reserved.
  First edition published 2017
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used
  fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
  Edited by Cora Artz
  Copy Edit by E. Sewell
  Created with Vellum
  
  CONTENTS
  Foreword
  Prologue
  Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  Chapter 6
  Chapter 7
  Chapter 8
  Chapter 9
  Chapter 10
  Chapter 11
  Chapter 12
  Chapter 13
  Chapter 14
  Epilogue
  About the Author
  Faith
  Prologue
  15. Chapter One
  Faith
  
  Foreword
  Grab your beach hat and a towel and prepare for a brand new series brought