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Real TV #2
Flip Flop
In Flip Flop , best friends Chickie and Brianna know everything about each other...or so Chickie thinks. When they win a spot on the reality TV show, they are ecstatic. The girls change bedrooms, and along with a team of designers, get ready to do a room makeover. Brianna seems strangely quiet, and when the production team tells her they want drama, she bursts into tears. Eventually Chickie finds out that all is not what it seems at Brianna's house, and the "drama" Brianna fears is not the made-for-television variety. More than the makeover of their bedrooms, both girls learn a lesson as to what will truly make over their homes and not-so-perfect families.
208 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2004
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About the author
Wendy Lawton
25 books28 followersWendy Lawton, award-winning writer, sculptor, and doll designer, founded the Lawton Doll Company in 1979.
Lawton is a long-time lover of classic Christian literature. She has written eight books in her young adult Daughters of the Faith series. These books were followed by a series of four teen books and a nonfiction adult book. She won the 1999 Writer of the Year Award at the Mount Hermon Christian Writer’s Conference. She also won the famous Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for the intentional worst first line of a novel in the Children’s Literature category.
Lawton received an honorary Doctor of Arts and Letters degree on January 18, 2004, from Wilmington College, located in New Castle, Delaware.
She and Keith, her husband of 30 years, are the parents of three. They reside in Hilmar, California, where they farm 30 acres of almonds and care for two dogs, an aged goose, and five elderly cats.
Lawton is the Vice President of Books and Such Literary Management. See their website here.
Lawton is a long-time lover of classic Christian literature. She has written eight books in her young adult Daughters of the Faith series. These books were followed by a series of four teen books and a nonfiction adult book. She won the 1999 Writer of the Year Award at the Mount Hermon Christian Writer’s Conference. She also won the famous Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for the intentional worst first line of a novel in the Children’s Literature category.
Lawton received an honorary Doctor of Arts and Letters degree on January 18, 2004, from Wilmington College, located in New Castle, Delaware.
She and Keith, her husband of 30 years, are the parents of three. They reside in Hilmar, California, where they farm 30 acres of almonds and care for two dogs, an aged goose, and five elderly cats.
Lawton is the Vice President of Books and Such Literary Management. See their website here.
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August 18, 2018
I really enjoyed this book. I had never read Christian YA before and thought this was a really great book that taught real life things while incorporating the power of God.
November 13, 2024
Very interesting book
Inspires and gives hope and faith
Definitely interested in other books in the series
Inspires and gives hope and faith
Definitely interested in other books in the series
September 7, 2015
About this book:
“Best Friends Channing “Chickie” Wells and Briana Harris know everything about each other—at least, that’s what Chickie thinks. But Briana keeps her biggest fears locked away.
Chickie comes from an almost-perfect family, and Briana loves being the adopted second daughter. She eats dinner at the Wells home more than her own—it’s a welcome refuge from the pain and secrets in her family. But when the highly rated TV decorating sensation, Flip Flop comes to town, there’s more than one dramatic “reveal.” Will Briana have the courage to face her problems head on? And will Chickie and Briana’s bedroom makeovers give them the rooms of their dreams of stuff of nightmares?”
Series: Book #2 (of four) in the “Real TV” series. (Read Review of #1 Here!)
Spiritual Content- Many Prayers & the Serenity Prayer is said many times; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Talks about God & faiths; Mentions of Church going; The ‘L’ in “Flip Flop” on the cover and spine is the Christian fish.
*Note: Mentions of Pandora’s box.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: two ‘duh’s, two ‘dumb’s, two ‘idiot’s and two ‘stupid’s; *Spoiler* *End of Spoiler*
Sexual Content- a form of ‘hot’ when referring to how someone looks; Guys are called hunky & cute; Mentions of crushes & cute boys;
-Briana Harris, age 17
P.O.V. of Briana
207 pages
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Pre Teens- One Star
New Teens- One Star (and a half)
Early High School Teens- Three Stars
Older High School Teens- Four Stars
My personal Rating- Three Stars
Like the first book in the series, I found it to be a good read with quite a bit of Spiritual Content…don’t like the cover at all though. :/
Link to review:
http://booksforchristiangirls.blogspo...
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
“Best Friends Channing “Chickie” Wells and Briana Harris know everything about each other—at least, that’s what Chickie thinks. But Briana keeps her biggest fears locked away.
Chickie comes from an almost-perfect family, and Briana loves being the adopted second daughter. She eats dinner at the Wells home more than her own—it’s a welcome refuge from the pain and secrets in her family. But when the highly rated TV decorating sensation, Flip Flop comes to town, there’s more than one dramatic “reveal.” Will Briana have the courage to face her problems head on? And will Chickie and Briana’s bedroom makeovers give them the rooms of their dreams of stuff of nightmares?”
Series: Book #2 (of four) in the “Real TV” series. (Read Review of #1 Here!)
Spiritual Content- Many Prayers & the Serenity Prayer is said many times; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Talks about God & faiths; Mentions of Church going; The ‘L’ in “Flip Flop” on the cover and spine is the Christian fish.
*Note: Mentions of Pandora’s box.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: two ‘duh’s, two ‘dumb’s, two ‘idiot’s and two ‘stupid’s; *Spoiler* *End of Spoiler*
Sexual Content- a form of ‘hot’ when referring to how someone looks; Guys are called hunky & cute; Mentions of crushes & cute boys;
-Briana Harris, age 17
P.O.V. of Briana
207 pages
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Pre Teens- One Star
New Teens- One Star (and a half)
Early High School Teens- Three Stars
Older High School Teens- Four Stars
My personal Rating- Three Stars
Like the first book in the series, I found it to be a good read with quite a bit of Spiritual Content…don’t like the cover at all though. :/
Link to review:
http://booksforchristiangirls.blogspo...
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
December 3, 2008
This book is so amazing. It's deep and intense, but also very kid-related and fun. Basically, Chickie and Briana are best friends forever; no question. Chickie thinks that she knows every detail about Briana. But Chickie's got her life under locks. When reality TV show "Flip Flop" comes to town, will Briana get the room of her dreams, or just unlock her nightmare?
November 21, 2012
This book was really good...when I first saw the cover, I wasn't sure if I would like it. But the story is really good, and I like the way the author wraps up the story in a way that leaves everyone happy.
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