It's My Life by Melody Carlson

It's My Life

Caitlin: Book 2

Melody Carlson

Random House Children's Books · Print & ebook · July 11, 2002

In this emotional sequel to Diary of a Teenage Girl, Caitlin O'Conner faces new trials as she grows in her faith and strives to maintain the recent commitments she's made to God.

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Who it’s for
A reflective coming-of-age read about faith, friendship, and choices that test both.
Themes
Faith and personal values, Friendship and loyalty, Coming of age and difficult choices
Pacing
Reflective

About this book

In this emotional sequel to Diary of a Teenage Girl, Caitlin O'Conner faces new trials as she grows in her faith and strives to maintain the recent commitments she's made to God. As a new believer, Caitlin begins her summer job and makes preparations for a Mexico mission trip with her church youth group.

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Torn between new spiritual directions and loyalty to Beanie, her best friend (now pregnant), Caitlin searches out her personal values on friendship, romance, dating, life goals, and key relationships with God and family. Tough choices threaten her progress, and her year climaxes in her realization that maturity sometimes means life-impacting decisions must be made ... by faith alone.

Faith and Growing Up

A reflective coming-of-age read about faith, friendship, and choices that test both.

Come here for

  • Questions of loyalty when a best friend’s path changes
  • A teenager sorting out faith, romance, and family ties

Expect

  • Personal values under pressure, without easy answers
  • A summer shaped by new commitments and difficult choices

Where it sits

Christian Relationships YA49%
Faith & Belief40%
Dating & Sex for Teens27%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Christian YA
  • Christian Relationships YA
Authors
Melody Carlson
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Published
July 11, 2002
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Faith and personal values · Friendship and loyalty · Coming of age and difficult choices
Reading lane
Christian YA