Fair-Weather Friends

Good Girlz #5

by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

The Theta Ladies are the hottest new high school sorority, and Camille wants in! After seeing the girls perform a fantastic show at her school, Camille's dreaming of donning the pink satin T-shirt of the Thetas... and is beyond flattered when the sorority sisters actually acknowledge her existence. If only she could persuade her best friends - Alexis, Jasmine, and Angel - to join with her...
Jasmine has always butted heads with Tori Young, the Theta Ladies president, and she wants no part of the exclusive sorority scene. Camille, Alexis, and Angel are excited to be pledging and are up for any challenge.
When it is time to announce new members, Camille and Alexis are accepted and Angel's left out in the cold. Despite her disappointment, Angel encourages her friends to enjoy themselves. But when the real reason for Angel's rejection comes to light, Alexis and Camille must choose: Do they break their commitment to their newfound "sisters" to take a stand for their sister at heart?

Genres: Young Adult, Christian, Chick Lit

200 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2008

About the author

ReShonda Tate Billingsley is a general assignment reporter for KRIV-TV, the Fox affiliate in Houston, Texas. She is the author of the nonfiction book Help! I've Turned Into My Mother! and three previous adult novels: My Brother's Keeper, for which she received the prestigious Gold Pen Award for Best New Author from the Black Writer's Alliance and the Nova Lee Nation Award from the Greater Dallas Writing Association; the national bestseller Let the Church Say Amen, chosen for Library Journal's Best of 2004 list for Christian fiction; and I Know I've Been Changed, a Main Selection of the Black Expressions Book Club.
Her previous Christian teen novels are Nothing But Drama and Blessings in Disguise, both available from Pocket Books.
She is also a contributor to the story anthology Have a Little Faith.

Reviews

[April Nichole · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book would be able to hit close to home with a lot of people. If you feel like you have been judged according to the color of your skin or your background then you will be able to relate. The girls learn that one of there own has been judged and now they all have to deal with it. They see how it affects them and others around them. At times they don't know if there friendship is going to make it.
Billingsley does a really good job at taking the girls and the reader through this journey. If you were put in this situation would you deny your friend that you have been through a lot with or would you side with those that you want to be accepted by? Would you be willing to stand up for your friend or would you be willing to go as far as a get into a full blown fight with those that judged? This is an excellent real life kind of story.

[Nsikan Akpan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Growing up in a black and Hispanic community, this one really hit home with the racial divide. Though the Good Girlz remained friends, none of the racial tension was addressed; things felt unresolved. But considering the world we live, perhaps that that was a more realistic ending.

[Tiffani · Rating 5 out of 5]

i absoutly LOVED this book. it is realistic, shows what true friendships are and expresses love for one another. it's definitly a must read.

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[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

I originally began buying this series for my stepdaughter, but soon found that they are enjoyable for adults as well.

[Jaylia · Rating 4 out of 5]

it was a good drama book