Purity
By: Jackson Pearce
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781444916010
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Fathers and daughters; Juvenile fiction; Purity (Ethics)
Description: Sixteen-year-old Shelby finds it difficult to balance her mother's dying request to live a life without restraint with her father's plans for his "little princess," which include attending a traditional father-daughter dance that culminates with a ceremonial vow to live "whole, pure lives."
Notes: Originally published : [New York] : Little, Brown, 2012.
Table of contents: title: First published: [New York] : Little, Brown, 2012.; title: Before her mother died, Shelby promised three things: listen to her father, love as much as possible, and live without restraint. Those Promises become hard to keep when Shelby's dad joins the committee for the Princess Ball, where girls must take a vow of purity; title: no bad behaviour, no breaking the rules, and definitely no sex. Torn between Promises, Shelby makes a decision; title: to exploit a loophole and lose her virginity before taking the vow. But somewhere between failed hookup attempts and helping her dad plan the ball, Shelby begins to understand what her mother really meant, what her father really needs, and who really has the right to her purity.