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Nova: The Courage to Rise
Aurora and Stella learn they can indeed change their stars.
Down-to-earth Aurora and quirky Stella each grew up without her mother—Aurora in the foster system, Stella raised by her grandfather. Their search for mothering messages in the stars while they’re on an inner-city camping adventure is sparked by a torn bit of a discarded research paper. A quest is initiated.
While they’re questlisting, a surprising encounter helps Aurora answer questions about what happened to her mother—answers she’s not sure she’s ready to hear. And Stella’s journey puts her on an unexpected path: that of being a leadership resource for other young women just like her who are searching for themselves and a better life.
They learn about the importance of empathy and kindness, authenticity and trustworthiness, positive self-talk and body image, new ways to think about faith, and that they can choose to think differently about their past to build a meaningful future.
Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. Beauty is not found in following a brand whose message drains you. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character. Goodness to yourself and then to others. A breath for yourself, then a breath for others.
Down-to-earth Aurora and quirky Stella each grew up without her mother—Aurora in the foster system, Stella raised by her grandfather. Their search for mothering messages in the stars while they’re on an inner-city camping adventure is sparked by a torn bit of a discarded research paper. A quest is initiated.
While they’re questlisting, a surprising encounter helps Aurora answer questions about what happened to her mother—answers she’s not sure she’s ready to hear. And Stella’s journey puts her on an unexpected path: that of being a leadership resource for other young women just like her who are searching for themselves and a better life.
They learn about the importance of empathy and kindness, authenticity and trustworthiness, positive self-talk and body image, new ways to think about faith, and that they can choose to think differently about their past to build a meaningful future.
Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. Beauty is not found in following a brand whose message drains you. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character. Goodness to yourself and then to others. A breath for yourself, then a breath for others.
246 pages, Paperback
Published November 15, 2021
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January 19, 2022
Stella and Aurora met at a camp and shared their emotions and missed having parents. Stella became Aurora’s accountability, answerable and inspirational partner/friend. They shared, encouraged, supported and reported to each other.
👯♀️It’s a story full of emotions shared by two teens and how they consoled and became each other’s support. Author has shared her thoughts in the form of a conversation between these two teens. I believe that author is trying to prove the constant reception of other people’s emotions that can cause a roller coaster of stress and anxiety. Due to the high sensitivity of feelings of those around them, a true friend can end up caring the needs of the one who is in dismay. Here Stella tries to explain Aurora the meaning of self worth.
👯♀️A little complicated in the beginning as I wasn’t sure of the subject of the book but soon I picked up the pieces and understood the motive behind the book. Author Tricia Jacobson and Marie Beswick Arthur have shown a different aspect of past life converting it to a bright future thereby building trust,friendship and self love.
👯♀️It’s a story full of emotions shared by two teens and how they consoled and became each other’s support. Author has shared her thoughts in the form of a conversation between these two teens. I believe that author is trying to prove the constant reception of other people’s emotions that can cause a roller coaster of stress and anxiety. Due to the high sensitivity of feelings of those around them, a true friend can end up caring the needs of the one who is in dismay. Here Stella tries to explain Aurora the meaning of self worth.
👯♀️A little complicated in the beginning as I wasn’t sure of the subject of the book but soon I picked up the pieces and understood the motive behind the book. Author Tricia Jacobson and Marie Beswick Arthur have shown a different aspect of past life converting it to a bright future thereby building trust,friendship and self love.
May 20, 2023
2.5 stars
This is a unique book. Told completely in dialogue form with no quotations or he said/she said, with only italics used to differentiate speakers.
A story about two young girls trying to find themselves. They meet others who tell them their own stories and they learn about things like; social media, screen time, Christianity, drugs and addiction, body image, peer pressure.
It's basically a self-help book for adolescents told in an unusual way.
*Free e-copy received via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This is a unique book. Told completely in dialogue form with no quotations or he said/she said, with only italics used to differentiate speakers.
A story about two young girls trying to find themselves. They meet others who tell them their own stories and they learn about things like; social media, screen time, Christianity, drugs and addiction, body image, peer pressure.
It's basically a self-help book for adolescents told in an unusual way.
*Free e-copy received via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
November 21, 2021
"I think we have to get used to beign positive about ourselves."
Nova is a beautifully written book about self-love, self-discovery and inner growth that follows seventeen years old Aurora and Stella.
I liked this book a lot, specially the discussions about social media and positiveness.
Nova is a beautifully written book about self-love, self-discovery and inner growth that follows seventeen years old Aurora and Stella.
I liked this book a lot, specially the discussions about social media and positiveness.
December 21, 2021
Such beautifully written pages. I not only recommend this for your teenage years, but for anyone struggling a little to find their way. This was such a positive self-image read, and I found it very uplifting. Thank you for this story.
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