What was this youth Christian romance-ish novel I loved as a teen?
July 26, 2017 7:25 AM Subscribe
Who can ID this book?
This was about 15 years ago. I don't remember how old the book was but it seemed to be fairly contemporary, maybe '70s-'90s.
The protagonist was a female teenager and a good Christian. She befriends kind of a wild child, possibly named Jenny but maybe I am misremembering. Protagonist liked a boy named Jameson but it seems he has feelings for maybe-Jenny. Jenny is kind of slutty in a very PG way. Protagonist is hurt and struggles with how to deal with the whole thing.
There is a church hay ride at some point. Protagonist's family/mother impart their wisdom upon her and tell her to keep the faith and that Jenny comes from a broken home and is not as blessed as protagonist.
In the end it turns out Jameson does have feelings for protagonist and only gave maybe-Jenny the time of day because she was pushy and he was too nice to say no. While this whole time protagonist was jealous of maybe-Jenny, towards the very end maybe-Jenny tells protagonist that she is, in fact, jealous of her and they all make friends and be good Christians together.
Sound familiar to anyone?
This was about 15 years ago. I don't remember how old the book was but it seemed to be fairly contemporary, maybe '70s-'90s.
The protagonist was a female teenager and a good Christian. She befriends kind of a wild child, possibly named Jenny but maybe I am misremembering. Protagonist liked a boy named Jameson but it seems he has feelings for maybe-Jenny. Jenny is kind of slutty in a very PG way. Protagonist is hurt and struggles with how to deal with the whole thing.
There is a church hay ride at some point. Protagonist's family/mother impart their wisdom upon her and tell her to keep the faith and that Jenny comes from a broken home and is not as blessed as protagonist.
In the end it turns out Jameson does have feelings for protagonist and only gave maybe-Jenny the time of day because she was pushy and he was too nice to say no. While this whole time protagonist was jealous of maybe-Jenny, towards the very end maybe-Jenny tells protagonist that she is, in fact, jealous of her and they all make friends and be good Christians together.
Sound familiar to anyone?
Response by poster: Bingo. That is the one. Thank you!
posted by cokelessrome at 7:38 AM on July 26, 2017
posted by cokelessrome at 7:38 AM on July 26, 2017
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