Be Strong & Curvaceous (All About Us Series, Book 3) [Paperback]

Shelley Adina (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2, 2009

After spending spring break in Mexico with her grandparents, Carly Aragon can't wait to get back to school at Spencer Academy in San Francisco. With Lissa Mansfield and Gillian Chang by her side, she's ready for anything . . . except a new roommate.
Lady Lindsay MacPhail, flamboyant daughter of the Earl of Strathcairn, quickly becomes Carly's worst nightmare. "Mac" not only swoops in and steals Carly's privacy, she's also dating Brett Loyola--Carly's biggest crush!
But when Mac starts receiving strange, threatening e-mails, she and Carly must come together to figure out who's behind them and why. In the end, the fate of one girl will lie in the other's hands. Will the two learn to trust one another and trust God?

Editorial Reviews

Review

"At last! A real book, about real young women, who love God and are struggling to 'do the right thing.'" (on It's All About Us ArmChairInterviews.com )

About the Author

Shelley Adina is a world traveler and pop culture junkie with an incurable addiction to designer handbags. She knows the value of a relationship with a gracious God and loving Christian friends, and she's inviting today's teenage girls to join her in these refreshingly honest books about real life as a Christian teen--with a little extra glitz thrown in for fun! In between books, Adina loves traveling, listening to and making music, and watching all kinds of movies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: FaithWords (January 2, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446177997
• ISBN-13: 978-0446177993
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,261,613 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Award-winning author Shelley Adina wrote her first teen novel when she was 13. It was rejected by the literary publisher to whom she sent it, but he did say she knew how to tell a story. That was enough to keep her going through the rest of her adolescence, a career, a move to another country, a B.A. in Literature, an M.F.A. in Writing Popular Fiction, and countless manuscript pages. Between books, Shelley loves traveling, playing the piano and Celtic harp, watching movies, and making period costumes.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fun book, January 11, 2009

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Tara of Tara's View of the World (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Be Strong & Curvaceous (All About Us Series, Book 3) (Paperback)

I thought this was a really cute book. I enjoyed reading it and I would recommend it to any young lady. I found the book easy to read and the storyline interesting enough to keep my attention even though it is geared towards younger women. I have not read the entire series but this book was good enough that I think I would like to read them all now!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Am What I Am, December 23, 2008

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Jennifer Coissiere "The Tough Critic"... (Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Be Strong & Curvaceous (All About Us Series, Book 3) (Paperback)

When we are teenagers, sometimes a little younger, we tend to pretend we have things that we do not have; unless you really do have it and flaunt it in people's faces. It is not to be better than anyone else, but to fit in. Be Strong & Curvaceous by Shelley Adina helps one to clearly see it is not always easy to juggle the real you and the one you allow others to see.

Carly Aragon is a scholarship student at Spencer Academy. She is offered the chance of a lifetime to be a part of the Design Your Dream committee. In order for her to make the type of dress she envisioned, Carly had to do something none of her friends were aware of and her father was against. It was this secret that would come in handy when Mac, her roommate, shared with her some disturbing emails. When Mac makes Carly promise not to tell anyone, Carly relies on God for his instruction on what she should do. Would Carly be able to hold onto to all the secrets she is keeping or will she explode from it all?

Be Strong & Curvaceous is the third book in the All About Us Series by Shelley Adina. This was the first book I read in the series but I did not feel like I was missing anything from the other books; except that I am curious to read what other adventures the students at Spencer Academy have experienced. I recommend this book to teenagers and adults. There is a lesson in there we all need to learn.

Jennifer Coissiere
APOOO BookClub

5.0 out of 5 stars Way to go, Shelley Adina. What an awesome series this is, June 18, 2010

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This review is from: Be Strong & Curvaceous (All About Us Series, Book 3) (Paperback)

Review by Jill Williamson

Carly Aragon gets the chance to help with the big school fashion show. Since her dream is to be a fashion designer, she does everything in her power to make this work. But that means getting a part time job to pay for the fabric she'll need to make the dress. But she doesn't want her friends--or enemies--to discover that she's a scholarship kid. When a stalker starts harassing her roommate, will Carly be able to do what's right and keep her new friend?

This was my favorite All About Us novel so far. I related to Carly because I was a poor scholarship kid and I wanted to be a fashion designer. But that wasn't all. Even though Carly struggled with it, she remained true to herself despite what anyone said or did. I liked her character a great deal and was so glad I got to see more of her in the fourth book! Way to go, Shelley Adina. What an awesome series this is! Highly Recommended.