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Angels in Pink: Raina's Story

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After reading (and loving) Kathleen's Story, I knew that I was hooked on Lurlene McDaniel's "Angels in Pink" series, and anxiously awaited the release of the second book, RAINA'S STORY. It wasn't a bad book, but it wasn't necessarily a great book, either.

RAINA'S STORY still goes inside the lives of the three friends from the first book (Kathleen, Raina, and Holly), but the main focus is (obviously) on Raina St. James. RAINA'S STORY explores the relationship between Raina and her mother, her boyfriend Hunter, and Raina's lack of faith.
Everything is going good in Raina's life, until an old boyfriend shows up at her school and threatens to turn everything around. While she's worried about what might happen with him, she throws herself into her volunteer work at the local hospital, where she faces even more challenges, and gets the opportunity to save a woman's life.

The "Angels in Pink" series is still something that I enjoy reading, and McDaniel's books are always short enough that you can zip through them in about a day. Unfortunatley, RAINA'S STORY just didn't compare with Kathleen's Story. The "surprise ending" to this one was really predictable and didn't really leave you waiting for more. Regardless, I'll still be looking forward to the last book, but I'd recommend picking this up from the library instead of buying it.

This is the best book out of the 3. In the end someone dies like in all Lurlene McDaniel's books. But it is still good. A must read!

This book was an inspiration to me and has inspired many other young youth readers. Lurlene's books are some of the top inspiration books in the country, and by reading them you will have no problem being able to figure out why. Her books have touched many people and have given them great confidence. All of her books are award winning books in my perspective. She has been given great honors and awards, and she sure does deserve them. Her books are an inspiration in our society today, without such great literature we wouldn't be so great. Raina's Story is one of her inspiring books that I recommend you reading. It shares how life is as a high-school girl and how they have tough choices. Raina has had some tough decisions to make in her life, and when the person she turns to for help tells her a deep secret, it changes her life forever. Will Raina ever tell her anything again? You will have to read this book for yourself to figure out the extreme shock of the story.

This book is the middle book in the 3 part series! You MUST read this one before you read Holly's Story (The 3rd Angels In Pink) Our library did not have this one so I ordered it and loved it, it is very sad so keep a box of tissue nearby.

Okay so this book i believe is the second story in this series. Its actually really good but you should read Kathlene's story before you read this one. I love this series even though it did make me cry. Its a story on romance, Faith, and true friendship:)

This book is very interesting and my daughter has enjoyed it very much. Lurlene McDaniel is a very good author that makes young kids think. Thank you!

Very good book, it's the second book of the series. 1st book is Kathleen's Story another good book. Then the 3rd book is Holly's Story another good book. If you like Lurlene Mcdaniel you will like this book. I don't like to read much, but when I pick one of Lurlene Mcdaniel's books I like to read it until it's done. That's how good they are.

I aboslutely loved "Kathleen's Story"!!!!!!!!!!!! It was soooooooooo good, and I couldn't wait until "Raina's Story" came out. It wasn't that Raina's story was bad, cause it wasn't. It was just not as good. And I didn't like how some stuff turned out.

Ok, so there was still Kathleen, Holly, and Raina, only now it's their junior year, and they're volunteering to get credit for science.

Raina's getting really really serious about Hunter, but it's harder and harder to not go all the way with him. Then he finds out that she isn't pure, because something happened when she was 13... He starts to think about their relationship. He's so into god, and raina doens't even have a religion.

Holly still has no boyfriend...

Kathleen and Carson are doing good, but then at a party she catches Carson kissing Stephanie! I couldn't belive it!!!!!!!!! She got really mad and calls it off. She misses him like crazy.

The worst part is, the ending didn't even say whether or not Carson and Kathleen got back together!!!!!!!!!!!!! What's with that?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Julia Reidlinger Period 2

I have read the book, Angels in Pink, by Lurlene McDaniel. Delacorte Press, 2005. This book is a non fiction. This book is geared towards young adults but I think that adults would like this book too. It is mostly about life in high school, and the obstacles that you face.
This book is about a girl named Raina and her friends and their life in high school and some problems that their friends and families face.
This book is very dramatic. A person who likes books that have dramatic irony would love this one. It is a page turner and you won't want to put it down until you are finished. The author thinks that Raina's mother is wrong for not telling her something important that happened to her that is going to change her life. I think that her mother was right she was trying to protect her. This book raised the problem of boyfriends and families split apart and a whole bunch of touchy subjects teenagers go through. This book didn't really affect my life because the subjects in this book don't relate to me.
This book is a must read for high school students and I hope all of you get a chance to read it.

I loved this book. SO GOOD. couldnt put it down. excellent with one heck of a twist at the end. please do not skip to the end to read what happens. you must read the entire story to understand the end. and you must read the first book, too. all in all, this book ROCKS!!