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: Contents
  About the Book
  About the Author
  Also by Lisa Jewell
  Title Page
  Dedication
  Map
  Part One
  One
  Two
  Three
  Four
  Five
  Six
  Part Two
  Seven
  Eight
  Nine
  Ten
  Eleven
  Twelve
  Thirteen
  Fourteen
  Fifteen
  Sixteen
  Seventeen
  Eighteen
  Nineteen
  Twenty
  Twenty-one
  
  Twenty-two
  Twenty-three
  Twenty-four
  Twenty-ﬁve
  Twenty-six
  Twenty-seven
  Twenty-eight
  Twenty-nine
  Thirty
  Thirty-one
  Thirty-two
  Thirty-three
  Thirty-four
  Thirty-ﬁve
  Thirty-six
  Thirty-seven
  Thirty-eight
  Thirty-nine
  Forty
  Forty-one
  Forty-two
  Forty-three
  Forty-four
  Forty-ﬁve
  Forty-six
  Forty-seven
  Forty-eight
  Forty-nine
  Fifty
  Part Three
  Fifty-one
  Fifty-two
  Fifty-three
  Fifty-four
  Fifty-ﬁve
  Fifty-six
  
  Fifty-seven
  Fifty-eight
  Fifty-nine
  Part Four
  Sixty
  Sixty-one
  Sixty-two
  Acknowledgements
  Copyright
  
  About the Book
  Two women, twenty years of secrets, and a man who
  can’t remember lie at the heart of Lisa Jewell’s
  brilliant new novel.
  Surrey: Lily Monrose has only been married for three
  weeks. When her new husband fails to come home from
  work one night, s