Time Will Tell (The Sierra Jensen Series #8)
Grade 6 Up-A senior in high school, Sierra has a number of concerns to deal with. As she waits to hear from a potential boyfriend, watches her grandmother become childlike, and struggles with the fact that her best friend is avoiding her, she is surrounded by shifting relationships. Each situation requires patience and a chance to consider how best to apply biblical truth. A friend's conflict with the PTB ("Powers That Be") provides an avenue for exploring the concept of submission to authority. Kids from evangelical Christian backgrounds will be comfortable with insider asides (e.g., Sierra wears a purity ring) and will appreciate her imperfections and successes as a Christian teen. By book's end, the various relationships have progressed enough to create hope, yet there are no "happily ever after" resolutions. Readers new to the series will have no trouble picking up the necessary background to enjoy this entry.Faith Brautigam, Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, ILCopyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.