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Maya Cross believes she's a born leader: She's confident, opinionated, and wields authority with a happy hand. Maya thinks winning is everything. Her latest idol is a female politician who seems to be Maya's kind of mover. When Maya is challenged at school by a longtime rival, she throws her hat into the political ring and runs for Student Council. In the process of leading a fiery campaign, Maya will discover what true leadership IS- taking a higher road with high standards, as well as taking responsibility for those following-and what it is not. The knowledge will let her glimpse God more clearly.
2014 Revised Edition
2014 Revised Edition
99 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 18, 2014
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Terry Squires
18 books17 followersI am an author and creator of many children’s and youth products, including the TodaysGirls.com series, Communicate Christ and the One Impact Bible. I host the Today's Girls television program and lives in Nashville, Tennessee with my husband, Ted. Together, we have four grown sons, three grandsons, and a Boston terrier named, Reagan.
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December 29, 2020Powerdrive (TodaysGirls.com)
Plot: Maya decides after watching her role model of the week Karen Dean Malloy (the local senator) and her overly opinionated classmate Camille Bates taints about her lack of a stand on the school's potential uniform policy she decides to run for student council. She allows a classmate Lori-Kate to take over as her campaign manager along with her friend Amber. Yet Politics isn't all It's cracked up to be and Maya finds out there's actual work involved such as making speeches, and posters, and working with the humanity habit and then there's something weird going around with Lori's Kate's creepy imitation of Maya and the mysterious tricks that have sprung up against Maya's campaign that no one from Camille's party seems to want to take credit for. And then is Maya's hero Karen Dean really all she makes herself out to be in the press?
MY THOUGHTS: Another campaign book-which I'm not a fan of-. Maya's "honesty" slogan is uninspired and boring. And in this, she comes off "fake". It's ok to not know in high school what you want to do but Maya chooses to run because she has hero-worship for Karen Dean Malloy (a local senator) and because it’s a getting one upon an enemy just like the last book I read that was similar. Maya has been annoying in other books and she continues to be in this book because she seems to care more about her clothes -and in the process making ridiculous fashion choices-than the "real work" going on around her that requires her attention. Showing she isn't into politics. Which is cool. I'm not either. But if you aren't into it OWN IT! Actually, Camille Bates seemed more serious than Maya about the school's dress code. Which why do school always thinks this is a good idea to stifle students expression and make them all look the same. I guess they think it'll eliminate jealousy and distractions and fights if everyone looks the same. The plot twist was that the stalker -Lori Kate- ended up rigging the election to make it look like Camille did all the mean tricks against Maya because she took it from Karen Dean Malloy's camp. Of course, Karen Dean Malloy pleaded dumb. I'm not so sure tho after reading about how she's all supposed to be for gas efficiency and drives a SUV model that eats up more gas than any other car.
MY RATING: 4 (D) I've found that books dealing with politics and teens tend to go like this 2 different groups (of girls) in different enemy cliques go out for an election of some kind for the same position. There's some kind of drama. Usually, one of the cliques of girls really doesn't want to do it but is in it for the either a) status b) rivalry. Some kind of scheme or plot takes place. Then the one that doesn't want it realizes it and ends up dropping out and giving it to another candidate that's more suited. They follow this SAME format. Then if you didn't know that something didn't add up with Lori-Kate (shakes head). My guess was that Lori-Kate was like a spy and that she was really working for Camille and doing this for Camille to damage Maya's campaign by making Maya look like she was behind the attacks. Still, Lori-Kate was a pycho and I see an insane asylum rather than a career in politics in her future!
Plot: Maya decides after watching her role model of the week Karen Dean Malloy (the local senator) and her overly opinionated classmate Camille Bates taints about her lack of a stand on the school's potential uniform policy she decides to run for student council. She allows a classmate Lori-Kate to take over as her campaign manager along with her friend Amber. Yet Politics isn't all It's cracked up to be and Maya finds out there's actual work involved such as making speeches, and posters, and working with the humanity habit and then there's something weird going around with Lori's Kate's creepy imitation of Maya and the mysterious tricks that have sprung up against Maya's campaign that no one from Camille's party seems to want to take credit for. And then is Maya's hero Karen Dean really all she makes herself out to be in the press?
MY THOUGHTS: Another campaign book-which I'm not a fan of-. Maya's "honesty" slogan is uninspired and boring. And in this, she comes off "fake". It's ok to not know in high school what you want to do but Maya chooses to run because she has hero-worship for Karen Dean Malloy (a local senator) and because it’s a getting one upon an enemy just like the last book I read that was similar. Maya has been annoying in other books and she continues to be in this book because she seems to care more about her clothes -and in the process making ridiculous fashion choices-than the "real work" going on around her that requires her attention. Showing she isn't into politics. Which is cool. I'm not either. But if you aren't into it OWN IT! Actually, Camille Bates seemed more serious than Maya about the school's dress code. Which why do school always thinks this is a good idea to stifle students expression and make them all look the same. I guess they think it'll eliminate jealousy and distractions and fights if everyone looks the same. The plot twist was that the stalker -Lori Kate- ended up rigging the election to make it look like Camille did all the mean tricks against Maya because she took it from Karen Dean Malloy's camp. Of course, Karen Dean Malloy pleaded dumb. I'm not so sure tho after reading about how she's all supposed to be for gas efficiency and drives a SUV model that eats up more gas than any other car.
MY RATING: 4 (D) I've found that books dealing with politics and teens tend to go like this 2 different groups (of girls) in different enemy cliques go out for an election of some kind for the same position. There's some kind of drama. Usually, one of the cliques of girls really doesn't want to do it but is in it for the either a) status b) rivalry. Some kind of scheme or plot takes place. Then the one that doesn't want it realizes it and ends up dropping out and giving it to another candidate that's more suited. They follow this SAME format. Then if you didn't know that something didn't add up with Lori-Kate (shakes head). My guess was that Lori-Kate was like a spy and that she was really working for Camille and doing this for Camille to damage Maya's campaign by making Maya look like she was behind the attacks. Still, Lori-Kate was a pycho and I see an insane asylum rather than a career in politics in her future!
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