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Moment of Truth
Cheri J. Crane
American Fork, UT: Covenant Communications, 2005
- Cheri J. Crane: Author
Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Novel
High school students--Juvenile fiction; Youth--Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction; Mormon youth--Juvenile fiction
On the verge of her senior year, Laurie thinks she has her future all figured out. But while on vacation with her family in Mexico, she meets Ed, a seventeen-year-old Baptist from Illinois who is spending his vacation building houses for the homeless. Laurie returns to Utah determined to make a difference through her actions and weekly editorial in the student newspaper.
Unfortunately, she finds her best friend, Roz, has also changed. Their strong-willed personalities collide as they stand on opposite sides of a heated battle involving popularity and Church standards. As Laurie writes impassioned pleas in the student newspaper for how things ought to be, she seems to further alienate herself from her peers, leaving her with only her new-found friend in Illinois. In the end, Laurie discovers how difficult and terrifying—and absolutely worthwhile—it is to truly stand for something.
BX 8688.3 .C85mo 2005
238
English