by Melody Carlson (2004)
Redemption has made it to the bestseller chart, but what Chloe and the girls need most is some downtime to sift through the usual high school stress with grades, friends, guys, and the prom. Chloe struggles to recover from a serious crush on the band leader of Iron Cross. Then, just as an unexpected romance catches Redemption by surprise, Caitlin O'Conner - whose relationship with Josh is taking on a new dimension - joins the tour as their chaperone. Chloe's wild ride only speeds up, and this one-of-a-kind musician faces the fact that life may never be normal again.Monday, June 13 prepare my heart for the storm / keep me safe, keep me warm / heap those bags, around my heart / build that wall, before it starts / pile them up, and pile them high / keep me safe, keep me dry / before the waves come rushing in / Lord, please, make me strong again Chloe, Allie, and Laura split their time between "normal" high school life--going to classes, attending prom--and touring as Redemption, a rising new Christian band. When Allie's mom needs to bow out of their summer tour, Caitlin O'Conner fills in as chaperone. And a good thing, too. Caitlin is the perfect person to have around as Chloe's feelings for the handsome lead singer of Iron Cross continue to grow. Amid a grueling concert schedule, Chloe realizes that attraction is a powerful and even dangerous force. But when death hits close to home, Chloe's heart is slammed by another emotion: guilt. In good times and bad, with blessing and temptation, and especially when things spin out of control, trusting God is the challenge. 'Cause there comes a time when we all have to face the music. Story Behind the BookChloe and her band, Redemption, are being given amazing opportunities, but with it comes the responsibility of serving God wholeheartedly. In this book, perhaps more than the others in the Diary series, Chloe begins to grasp what sort of ministry (not just a music career) that God is calling her to. As an author, I travel a similar road. I am constantly weighing my "art/craft" against what God is pressing on my heart to write, while striving to be authentic and uncompromising.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Lucy Inglis
While on holiday in Montana, Hope meets local boy Cal Crow, a ranch-hand. Caught in a freak accident, the two of them take shelter in a mountain cabin where Hope makes a strange discovery. More than a hundred years earlier, another English girl met a similar fate. Her rescuer: a horse-trader called Nate. In this wild place, both girls learn what it means to survive and to fall in love, neither knowing that their fates are intimately entwined.
concept and art by Tom Bancroft & Rob Corley
Worried about how Andi is adjusting to her mother's death, her father decides they should move from San Francisco to a small town near the Sierra Nevada mountains, where Andi discovers her mother's girlhood journals, makes some new friends, and becomes closer to God.
Lynn Craig
Fourteen-year-old Katelyn and her friends, in an attempt to have fun and provide community service at the same time, successfully launch the Forever Friends club.
Hansjörg Schneider
Nach dem Tod seiner Frau begann Hansjörg Schneider ein Tagebuch über seinen Schmerz und seine Verzweiflung, über ihr gemeinsames Leben zu schreiben. Ein bewegendes Dokument der Trauer. »Ich habe beim Verfassen dieses Berichts nicht groß auf stilistische Feinheiten geachtet, ich habe auf Authentizität geschaut. Es ist ein Tagebuch meiner Trauer. Ich könnte Astrid auch einen Stein setzen. Aber da ich nicht Steinmetz bin, sondern Schriftsteller, schicke ich ihr dieses Buch nach in den Tod.« Als seine Frau Astrid 1997 an Krebs starb, hatten sie und Hansjörg Schneider über dreißig Jahre zusammengelebt. »Die Wahrheit wird sein, dass wir uns von Anfang an geliebt haben, ein Leben lang.« Nach ihrem Tod führte Hansjörg Schneider ein Jahr lang Tagebuch. Entstanden ist ein persönliches Buch über eine große Liebe.