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R U 4 Real?
Meet Maya.
Maya pushes the perfect appearance . . . until it perfectly pushes her to the edge. She's trying to organize a fashion show. She bought the dresses, and they can't be exchanged. Now, she can't believe her friends are going to the lake house without her. They only have a week to squeeze into their designer dresses-and she knows they're all gonna just pig out the whole time. She'll be the only one left with a waistline.
2014 Second Edition
Maya pushes the perfect appearance . . . until it perfectly pushes her to the edge. She's trying to organize a fashion show. She bought the dresses, and they can't be exchanged. Now, she can't believe her friends are going to the lake house without her. They only have a week to squeeze into their designer dresses-and she knows they're all gonna just pig out the whole time. She'll be the only one left with a waistline.
2014 Second Edition
115 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 16, 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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April 8, 2018R U 4 Real?
PLOT: Maya Cross has the idea to throw a beginning of the year fashion show to kick off the school year. However, her plans start to unravel when stores are unwilling to lend her clothes and she notices not only she but her friends are putting on pounds. (Gasps) How will she and her friend's ever be able to fit into their outfit's in time for the show? Is Maya the only one taking the show serious?
My THOUGHTS
*According to Mrs. Cross all African-American women are proud of their bodies. Hmm. That doesn't sound quite right to me.
*And 122 lbs is supposed to be bad? (Rolling My Eyes) "I feel like such a heifer. I had two bowls of Special K, three pieces of turkey bacon, a handful of popcorn, five peanut butter M&Ms and three pieces of licorice."
*Now while a fashion show at a dance is different the stores are right. Maya wants them to "lend" them clothes. "Lend them"? Who's gonna buy some funky sweaty clothes that have been under hot stage lights and movement? What she should have said is donate. Maybe charge for the dance and the fashion show and give half the profits to the store or to a charity in the stores' name AND pitch the sale about the free advertisement.
RATE: 3 How can a book that's supposed to be about something exciting like a fashion show be boring? There weren't even that many descriptions of the fashions. There were more talk about exercising and dieting and charts being passed around for the Today's girl's body fat. I don't have anything against wanting to be in shape and striving to follow a health-conscious lifestyle BUT when someone that's not even considered fat is obsessing about their thighs and flipping out unnecessarily about how off their weight is based on some scale of ideal weight it's like give me a break! This girl is what? 16 years old. And judging from the girl on the cover I don't see an ounce of fat on her. That really ought to be the reason for the title. R U 4REAL. And then not only can you not compare yourself to anorexic models, (who quite frankly as I see it these days are starting to develop their features so they look more like us African American's and around things we are given naturally like full lips and figures) I didn't like the way Maya tried to push her health beliefs on her friends. If they want to gorge and stuff themselves silly you can preach and preach (and yes you may have their best interests at heart) (but really I think in this case it was just Maya's best interest) but in the end, it's THEIR CHOICE. And they clearly weren't interested because THEY ARE SIXTEEN. I honestly thought Maya was going to end up being the one bulimic. I was just waiting for that to happen. I really seriously think Maya has a problem. I know her parent's see this, but they really just brush it under the rug. I know this was supposed to be a serious book and the message behind it was meant for teenage girls not to overdo it when it came to dieting and exercising. Moderation and all that. And while I do agree that we could and should make better health decisions (even as a teen) I don't think you should get carried away with it. Maya was too over the top for me! Truthfully it wasn't all that great a read.
PLOT: Maya Cross has the idea to throw a beginning of the year fashion show to kick off the school year. However, her plans start to unravel when stores are unwilling to lend her clothes and she notices not only she but her friends are putting on pounds. (Gasps) How will she and her friend's ever be able to fit into their outfit's in time for the show? Is Maya the only one taking the show serious?
My THOUGHTS
*According to Mrs. Cross all African-American women are proud of their bodies. Hmm. That doesn't sound quite right to me.
*And 122 lbs is supposed to be bad? (Rolling My Eyes) "I feel like such a heifer. I had two bowls of Special K, three pieces of turkey bacon, a handful of popcorn, five peanut butter M&Ms and three pieces of licorice."
*Now while a fashion show at a dance is different the stores are right. Maya wants them to "lend" them clothes. "Lend them"? Who's gonna buy some funky sweaty clothes that have been under hot stage lights and movement? What she should have said is donate. Maybe charge for the dance and the fashion show and give half the profits to the store or to a charity in the stores' name AND pitch the sale about the free advertisement.
RATE: 3 How can a book that's supposed to be about something exciting like a fashion show be boring? There weren't even that many descriptions of the fashions. There were more talk about exercising and dieting and charts being passed around for the Today's girl's body fat. I don't have anything against wanting to be in shape and striving to follow a health-conscious lifestyle BUT when someone that's not even considered fat is obsessing about their thighs and flipping out unnecessarily about how off their weight is based on some scale of ideal weight it's like give me a break! This girl is what? 16 years old. And judging from the girl on the cover I don't see an ounce of fat on her. That really ought to be the reason for the title. R U 4REAL. And then not only can you not compare yourself to anorexic models, (who quite frankly as I see it these days are starting to develop their features so they look more like us African American's and around things we are given naturally like full lips and figures) I didn't like the way Maya tried to push her health beliefs on her friends. If they want to gorge and stuff themselves silly you can preach and preach (and yes you may have their best interests at heart) (but really I think in this case it was just Maya's best interest) but in the end, it's THEIR CHOICE. And they clearly weren't interested because THEY ARE SIXTEEN. I honestly thought Maya was going to end up being the one bulimic. I was just waiting for that to happen. I really seriously think Maya has a problem. I know her parent's see this, but they really just brush it under the rug. I know this was supposed to be a serious book and the message behind it was meant for teenage girls not to overdo it when it came to dieting and exercising. Moderation and all that. And while I do agree that we could and should make better health decisions (even as a teen) I don't think you should get carried away with it. Maya was too over the top for me! Truthfully it wasn't all that great a read.
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