When Is Perfect, Perfect Enough? (Raise the Flag) (Paperback)

by Nancy Rue (Author) "BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, I NEED TO TELL YOU ABOUT my sister..." (more)
Key Phrases: Nose Ring Girl, Red Sam, Reverend Winston (more...)

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Just as the teen characters in Nancy Rue's Raise the Flag series continue to meet at the school flagpole to pray for one another, teens and preteens will continue to find encouragement and hope in stories that address vital issues and help them find strength to meet the greatest challenges in life-continuing with Book Six: When Is Perfect, Perfect Enough?

Quiet, studious Shannon D'Angelo has never made trouble before-and she's not about to start now! People have started to figure out that she's got a problem with anorexia, but she's certain she can handle the situation on her own. There's no point in worrying her parents; they have enough problems dealing with Caitlin, Shannon's troubled younger sister, who's been getting involved with everything from car accidents to house fires. How can Shannon's struggles even compare?

But Shannon quickly learns that there are some things she can't control, including her illness and, well?life. That means if she's ever going to get well, she's going to have to let go of her need to be perfect and allow herself to be loved and healed by the ones-and the One-who love her most of all.



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Just as the teen characters in Nancy Rue's Raise the Flag series continue to meet at the school flagpole to pray for one another, teens and preteens will continue to find encouragement and hope in stories that address vital issues and help them find strength to meet the greatest challenges in life-continuing with Book Six: When Is Perfect, Perfect Enough?

Quiet, studious Shannon D'Angelo has never made trouble before-and she's not about to start now! People have started to figure out that she's got a problem with anorexia, but she's certain she can handle the situation on her own. There's no point in worrying her parents; they have enough problems dealing with Caitlin, Shannon's troubled younger sister, who's been getting involved with everything from car accidents to house fires. How can Shannon's struggles even compare?

But Shannon quickly learns that there are some things she can't control, including her illness and, well?life. That means if she's ever going to get well, she's going to have to let go of her need to be perfect and allow herself to be loved and healed by the ones-and the One-who love her most of all.



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Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: WaterBrook Press; 1 edition (June 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578560888
• ISBN-13: 978-1578560882
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 6.2 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,382,772 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really Good Read, December 31, 1999

By A Customer

This is the moving story of Shannon, one of a group of close friends who stick together through everything and love each other a lot. In the story, Shannon believes that she has to be perfect to make up for the way that her sister acts (this chick is horrible--through the beginning of the book, she is at a Christian boarding school). If that isn't enough, Shannon is also anorexic. This story, though fictional, is a great story of friendship and togetherness, one of those books you curl up with and read by the fire. Rue has woven together yet another wonderful tale!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars When is Perfect, Perfect Enough?, September 4, 2001

By	"heatherstaciea" (Ca United States) - See all my reviews

Though I am not super religious, I have found over and over when it comes to being honest, insightful, and dead on, Christian novels do the best job.

I highly related to the main character Shannon, whose life is being controlled primarily by her mother. Her father treats her like a little kid and doesn't respect her opinion. As her life spins out of control she tries to remain in control by not eating.

The author does a wonderful job in making Shannon a totally believable character. I related to her thoughts of the need to be in control and the way she avoided social situations so she wouldn't have to eat.

The only complaint I would have about the book is that it seems that Shannon was at a pretty low weight. I'm not sure what her height was because the author never mentions it, but it seemed that unless she was pretty short she would have been hospitalized.

But it really was an awesome book.

I also recommend Ashely and Jenn, if you want another very insightful story.