Better Than Picture Perfect

The Sharp Sisters #2

by Stephanie Perry Moore

The Sharp sisters are bold, bright, sassy, stylin', and fierce. As the daughters of mayoral candidate Stanley Sharp, all eyes are on them as they attend high school. Every choice they make can make or break their father's campaign―and make or break their own chances for success.

Ansli has a photographer's gift for seeing beauty in the world, but she's begun to doubt whether her own face really belongs in the Sharp family portrait. When she discovers her new boyfriend is now homeless, she starts to wonder what it means to belong anywhere at all. Can she find a way to help her boyfriend and other homeless families? And in the process, will she see where she fits in with the Sharp family?

160 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

STEPHANIE PERRY MOORE is the author of many Young Adult Christian fiction titles, including the Payton Skky series, the Laurel Shadrach series, the Perry Skky Jr. series, the Faith Thomas Novelzine series, the Carmen Browne series, and the Beta Gamma Pi series. She is also the co-editor for the impactful BibleZine, REAL. Mrs. Moore speaks with young people across the country, showing them how they can live life fully and do it God's way. Stephanie currently lives in the greater Atlanta area with her husband, Derrick, a former NFL player and author, and their three children. Visit her website at www.stephanieperrymoore.com.

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

The second book in The Sharp Sisters series deals with homeless teens. Like the first book which dealt with Domestic Violence, this book handles homelessness in a simple & naive way. I still liked the book in fact I liked this book better than the first. These books are quick & easy reads that a non-reader would enjoy.

[Tanyia Gaskins]

This was a very good book and I am going to continue reading into book 3.

[Emma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ansli Sharp is a young, passionate girl that handles anything that the world throws at her. Better Than Picture Perfect is drama filled with a fast-paced story line. The book begins with an introduction to Ansli, biological sisters with Yuri, and adopted sisters with three other Sharp girls. It quickly progresses with the following events: finding out her past isn't exactly what she thought it was, back and forth relationship issues, pursuing her passion, caring about and creating change for students at her school that are homeless, and a few other shocking pieces! While Ansli is 17, the book is geared towards middle school children - I say cautiously. There are definitely a couple scenes where Ansli and her boyfriend Hugo discreetly talk about sex, which honestly confused me since the rest of the book seemed very middle school oriented. While sex was never directly said I don't believe, I would have been slightly uncomfortable if my eleven year old had read that. Most of the 'drama' scenes in the book were actually kind of questionable for the targeted age range in my opinion. I personally think that the exact same events could have happened in the story to a less intense degree and gotten the same point across. Regardless, it was a fun, suspenseful read. My only suggestion would be to maybe Wikipedia the plot if you're skeptical about letting your kids read certain materials!