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Faking Faith

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After a humiliating “sexting” incident, seventeen-year-old Dylan becomes a social outcast. Once she finds the blogs of home-schooled fundamentalist Christian girls, Dylan becomes fascinated by their old-fashioned beliefs. Blogging as Faith, her devout alter ego, Dylan grows close to Abigail, the group’s queen bee.

Format: Ebook
ISBN: 9780738732664
Publisher: Flux
Tags:  Reading Level: Grades 9-12, Interest Level: Grades 9-12, Romance

Dylan Mahoney is living one big unholy lie. Thanks to a humiliating and painfully public sexting incident, Dylan has become the social pariah at her suburban Chicago high school. She’s ignored by everyone—when she’s not being taunted—and estranged from her two best friends. So when Dylan discovers the blogs of homeschooled fundamentalist Christian girls, she’s immediately drawn into their fascinating world of hope chests, chaperoned courtships, and wifely submission. Blogging as Faith, her devout and wholesome alter ego, Dylan befriends Abigail, the online group’s queen bee. After staying with Abigail and her family for a few days, Dylan begins to grow closer to Abigail (and her intriguingly complicated older brother). Soon, Dylan is forced to choose: keep living a lie . . . or come clean and face the consequences.

Copyright: 2011
Page Count: 240
ATOS: 5.3
Lexile: 660L
Rights Territory:  AG; AI; AW; BB; BL; BM; BS; BZ; CA; CR; CU; DM; DO; GP; GT; HN; HT; JM; MF; KN; KY; LC; MQ; MS; MX; NI; PA; PM; PR; SV; TC; TT; US; VC; VG; VI
Categories:
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Religion & Faith
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Religious / Christian / Social Issues
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / Contemporary

Josie Bloss grew up in East Lansing, Michigan. She attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. When not mining her high school journals for material, Josie enjoys obsessing over various TV shows, karaoke and all things theater. She lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

Reviews and Awards

“The novel illustrates how profoundly teenagers who seem to have nothing in common can connect and support each other, even as they choose very different paths.” — Publishers Weekly

“Josie Bloss writes about obsession—characters who are obsessed with band or music, obsessed with a boy, obsessed with someone else’s life. They’re themes to which all young adults—popular or not—can relate.” — Indianapolis Star

A Junior Library Guild Selection

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