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Wider Horizons for Peggy
Book by Martin, Dorothy
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First published January 1, 1978
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April 30, 2024
Number of pages: 122
Genre: Fiction
Series: Peggy books #7
Age recommendation: 12-16
Summary: With a lot of seniors leaving for university, Peggy and Candy know it’s up to them to keep the youth group going… and that includes outreach. Everyone is given the name of a person to invite out to youth group, but Peggy gets stuck with a person she doesn’t think would want to come anyway. Then she meets a new guy and everything else kind of falls to the wayside. Someone else will invite her person out – won’t they?
My thoughts: I have really been enjoying this series, but this book is probably one of my least favourites in the series. I found Peggy to be rather annoying, although maybe I am more annoyed with her because I see a lot of myself in her that I’m not proud of. I guess that just goes to show that Peggy is a very realistic teen. Although she doesn’t always do what she knows she should (like share her faith with her unsaved friends at school) because she’s scared, she really has a desire to honour God with her life. Peggy has grown so much since the first book: she got saved, she’s more willing to talk to others about her faith (even though she sometimes avoids it because it’s hard and scary), and she better understands what it means to be a Christian and how important it is to be grounded in Christ.
Another thing that makes Peggy realistic is that like every girl in every teen novel, she desperately wants a boyfriend who will make her feel loved and important. This is what I don’t really like about the book (and all YA fiction): the boy obsession. It’s not wrong (nor unrealistic) for people to want a “special friend.” However, in teen novels (and Peggy is not exempt from this), it is written as if having a boyfriend (or boys having a girlfriend) is the only thing that will satisfy them. Peggy wonders at one point if it’s possible for her to feel fulfilled without a boyfriend. I think sometimes these books forget that our satisfaction comes from Jesus; He is the One who fulfils us.
One last thing that I want to mention is that at one point in the book, one of the youth group leaders talks about why she doesn’t get superhero stuff for her kids. She says something to the effect of it getting between us and God or taking His place in our lives. While I respect her beliefs, I just think she might be taking it a bit too far. I think this is a Romans 14:5 situation: “Let each be fully convinced in his own mind.” If this is a cause for stumbling for one of our brothers or sisters, we should not be the ones adding to their stumbling.
Overall, it was a good book that I had a hard time putting down even when I was literally falling asleep.
My personal rating: 4/5 stars.
Link to blog: https://karinaschristianreads.wordpre...
Genre: Fiction
Series: Peggy books #7
Age recommendation: 12-16
Summary: With a lot of seniors leaving for university, Peggy and Candy know it’s up to them to keep the youth group going… and that includes outreach. Everyone is given the name of a person to invite out to youth group, but Peggy gets stuck with a person she doesn’t think would want to come anyway. Then she meets a new guy and everything else kind of falls to the wayside. Someone else will invite her person out – won’t they?
My thoughts: I have really been enjoying this series, but this book is probably one of my least favourites in the series. I found Peggy to be rather annoying, although maybe I am more annoyed with her because I see a lot of myself in her that I’m not proud of. I guess that just goes to show that Peggy is a very realistic teen. Although she doesn’t always do what she knows she should (like share her faith with her unsaved friends at school) because she’s scared, she really has a desire to honour God with her life. Peggy has grown so much since the first book: she got saved, she’s more willing to talk to others about her faith (even though she sometimes avoids it because it’s hard and scary), and she better understands what it means to be a Christian and how important it is to be grounded in Christ.
Another thing that makes Peggy realistic is that like every girl in every teen novel, she desperately wants a boyfriend who will make her feel loved and important. This is what I don’t really like about the book (and all YA fiction): the boy obsession. It’s not wrong (nor unrealistic) for people to want a “special friend.” However, in teen novels (and Peggy is not exempt from this), it is written as if having a boyfriend (or boys having a girlfriend) is the only thing that will satisfy them. Peggy wonders at one point if it’s possible for her to feel fulfilled without a boyfriend. I think sometimes these books forget that our satisfaction comes from Jesus; He is the One who fulfils us.
One last thing that I want to mention is that at one point in the book, one of the youth group leaders talks about why she doesn’t get superhero stuff for her kids. She says something to the effect of it getting between us and God or taking His place in our lives. While I respect her beliefs, I just think she might be taking it a bit too far. I think this is a Romans 14:5 situation: “Let each be fully convinced in his own mind.” If this is a cause for stumbling for one of our brothers or sisters, we should not be the ones adding to their stumbling.
Overall, it was a good book that I had a hard time putting down even when I was literally falling asleep.
My personal rating: 4/5 stars.
Link to blog: https://karinaschristianreads.wordpre...
December 30, 2022
Peggy and friends grow in their outreach to others and Peggy sees a desire come to pass.
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