From School Library Journal
Grade 7-10-The eighth book in the series finds Christy, 16, making decisions about boys, friendships, and family, while trying to live out her Christian faith. She and her best friend, Katie, send mixed signals to one another about Christy's former boyfriend, Rick, now showing interest in Katie. Meanwhile, Christy continues to pine for Todd, who's in Hawaii, and discovers she also enjoys the company of his friend Doug. For those readers unfamiliar with previous stories, the plot and characters seem confusing and of soap-opera dimensions. The vacillation by Christy and others between mean-spiritedness and self-righteous behavior, and the offensive use of the name "The God-lovers," for the college-aged Bible study group, sadly diminish the primary message of trying to do God's will in a complex world.
Sharon Grover, Arlington County Department of Libraries, VACopyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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About the Author
Robin Jones Gunn has a passion for communicating God's love to young hearts. She began writing story books for toddlers when her children were little. Her husband, Ross, has been a youth minister for over twenty years. While on a camping trip with teens from their youth group, Robin found some of the girls hiding away in their tent reading a stack of novels they'd brought with them from the library.
Curious as to what could keep these girls away from the sun, surf and guys, Robin borrowed three of their books. As she read them, her heart broke. They were not the kinds of stories these girls should be reading! After the camping trip Robin went to her Bible Bookstore and bought every book she could find that she thought would be interesting for the girls and have a good influence on them. The teens read all the books in a week and asked for more.
"There aren't any more," Robin told them. "That was all I could find." The teens challenged Robin by saying, "Then you write some for us. We'll even tell you what to write!"
Each week Robin would take a chapter and read it to her Sunday School class. And each week the teens would rip it apart, telling her how to rewrite the story. It took two years to complete Summer Promise, the first book in the CHRISTY MILLER series which was released in 1988. The twelve book series has sold over a million copies worldwide. Together with the SIERRA JENSEN SERIES, her books have won the hearts of thousands of girls.
A prolific writer, Robin has authored countless books and articles Many of her books have appeared on the Christian Bestsellers List. She has won the Evangelical Press Association Award for articles, the Mt. Hermon Pacesetter Award, the Lucille Gardner Poetry Scholarship, and the Sherwood E. Wirt Award. size : 5.2 x 7.4
