Do you know a teen who constantly makes good grades, works
hard to earn extra money, is loyal to family and friends, volunteers to help
others, is someone you can count on? The list could go on and on.
Here’s a chance to tell us great things about the ones you
know. They can be your child, grandchild, niece, nephew, cousin or friend.
Every month a gift will be given to the best entry, but
everyone’s a winner because the best prize is getting to share about the
wonderful young people in your lives.
The rules are simple. Tell us how you know the teen you’re
honoring and address the topic given for the month.
Get your thinking caps on. Here’s the first topic: Tell us something or some great things about
the teen you want to honor.
First Prize: A stitchable journal and an e-book of Stopped
Cold.
Place: The Book Club Network. Be sure to leave your comments
there in the Discussion Forum.
To kick us off here are some great things about Margaret
McWhorter, the heroine in Stopped Cold.
Margaret McWhorter, the fourteen-year-old in Stopped Cold,
believes in God and turns to Him in a tragic situation. She's devastated when
someone sells her brother a steroid, and he ends up in the hospital. Acting in
a responsible way to fend for herself while her parents spend long hours with
him, she works hard to make good grades. She yearns to do something for her
brother. She and her two friends hunt for the dealers who sold him the drug.
She also works hard to please her dad with her swimming capability, hoping to
bring a little joy into their lives. At the same time, she sees that using the
gift or gifts God gave her is more important than winning.
*Stopped Cold finished fourth in the 16th Annual Preditors
and Editors Readers Poll and was a Grace Awards Finalist.
About Stopped Cold: The theme - We don't have to be number
one for God to love us.
Things aren’t what they seem in peaceful Mistville , North Carolina .
Margaret McWhorter enjoys a laid-back Freshman year in high
school flirting with Jimmy Willmore, swimming and hanging out with
friends—until that day. Her brother, Sean, suffers a stroke from taking a
steroid. Now he’s lying unconscious in a hospital. Margaret’s angry at her dad
for pushing Sean to be a great quarterback, but a fire of hatred burns inside
her to make the criminals pay.
Looking for justice, she takes Jimmy and her best friend,
Emily, through a twisted, drug-filled sub-culture. A clue sends them deep into
the woods behind the school where they overhear drug dealers discuss Sean.
Thank you for helping to make people aware of how dangerous taking steroids can be!
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