It's a Green Thing
Maya: Book 2
Random House Children's Books · Print & ebook · February 17, 2009
For the first time that she can remember, Maya Stark is beginning to feel like a “normal” teenager.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in a teen balancing environmental advocacy with Christian faith
- Themes
- Environmental commitment, Christian faith, Family challenges
- Genres
- Christian Social Issues YA, Faith & Belief, Christian Relationships YA
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For the first time that she can remember, Maya Stark is beginning to feel like a “normal” teenager. Even with her mother in jail for drug possession and her pop-star father away on his comeback tour, Maya’s new life with her uncle Allen and cousin Kim is coming together. Summer vacation’s just beginning, and with a new job, a new boyfriend, and a new car (hybrid, of course), things are finally starting to look up. But that doesn’t mean life is about to get any easier.
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Maya’s still devoted to living Green, and her uncle offers her a Green column in his newspaper. With the opportunity to make a difference in the town’s attitude toward the environment, Maya wonders how this fits with her newfound commitment to Christ. And if she can really consider herself a Christian when her feelings toward a fellow youth group member are anything but loving…
Where it sits
| Christian Social Issues YA | 45% |
|---|---|
| Faith & Belief | 38% |
| Christian Relationships YA | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Christian YA
- Christian Relationships YA
- Emotions & Feelings for Teens
- Authors
- Melody Carlson
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Published
- February 17, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Environmental commitment · Christian faith · Family challenges
- Reading lane
- Christian YA