Books with author Nancy Rue

At some point, every girl wonders why she was born, why she's the way she is, and what good she can offer. Nancy Rue answers all those nagging uncertainties from a biblical perspective in this book filled with lots of activities that girls can explore on their own or with friends. The Uniquely Me Book is just right for girls who desire to understand, recognize, and use the individual gifts God has given them.

Surprising as it may seem, values and virtues are important to kids like you these days. While young people don't claim to totally understand what they are, you'd probably like to know more. Because values and virtues can be rather abstract concepts to define, The Values and Virtues Book serves as an excellent resource at a time when you are developing your own independence and ideals. Offering girls useful tips and skills for improving study habits, sportsmanship, relationships, and more, bestselling author Nancy Rue unscrambles the mystery by providing clear, concrete, biblically based examples that girls can easily understand and apply to their lives.

Yesterday you were BFFs, planning to go to the same college and be in each other’s weddings. Today when you sat down at the lunch table, she and all her other friends just got up and left without saying a word, then started to giggle as they walked away. Your teacher says to ignore them, your mom says to try to talk to her about it, and your dad says this is just what kids do. What happened? You’re angry, hurt, and wondering—when is it just a girl thing and when is enough enough? You need some survival skills to protect yourself from girls who are out to hurt you, as well as tips to make your real friendships even more amazing. Girl Politics has all the info on friends, bullies, and what to do when the girls you hang out with are both.

Now that you’re not a little girl anymore you’d love to move beyond cheap lip gloss into the high-fashion world of smudge-proof lipstick, lash-lengthening mascara, and that flirty eye shadow advertised in magazines—because that’s what it takes to be beautiful these days, right? Hang on a sec! One step at a time. In this book you’ll learn not only how to wield those makeup brushes but also how to take care of yourself as you change, from keeping your skin and hair glowing and healthy to finding your own unique style. And you’ll get in on the BIG secret: that true beauty is revealed as you grow closer to God and learn to wow the world by just being you.

From bestselling author Nancy Rue comes a YA contemporary novel that combines coming-of-age drama with a rom-com series of adventures as one girl deals with her complicated family and first love. Jesse Hatcher is used to keeping everything together—from trying to manage her thoughts amidst her ADHD to helping her mom through bipolar “phases” and keeping the reality of the highs and lows—and their living situation—a secret. But when her supposedly dead father, Lou, appears and her mother becomes suicidal, her taped-together life comes undone.Soon Jesse is placed in Lou’s temporary custody, where she has everything but control. As she works her Dad-mandated job learning to make sushi with a chef intent on torturing her, she concocts a plan to get back to her real home. But then a cute boy named Rocky and the thrill of riding his motorcycle complicate things, and the book she found seems to have all the answers she doesn’t want to hear. Torn between what her mom wants and a life she might actually enjoy, Jesse is forced to make a crazy decision.Motorcycles, Burritos & One Strange Book:features a vibrant and witty protagonist dealing with the realities of a divided family and mental illnessis a Christy award-winning novel that explores the ideas of self-worth and empowermentprovides an inspirational message for those dealing with tough circumstancesis the first book in the Real Life series