Pure

May 17th, 2010 | Author: kizkcalf

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Tabitha and her friends have promised each other and God to not have sex until they are married. To show their commitment they each have a ring to signify their vow.

When one of the girls has sex it threatens to break up their whole friendship. Tabitha is sad that her friend made that choice and broke her promise, but Tabitha decides she needs to stick by her when the leader of the group wants nothing more to do with her.

Tabitha is caught in the middle. She wants to remain faithful to her promise. But she also doesn’t believe that having sex is an “unforgivable” sin like her friend Morgan believes. Tabitha is sad to lose her best friend Morgan. But Tabitha cannot be as harsh as Morgan and ignore a friend in trouble.Tabitha struggles with the changes that have overcome their group of friends. She wants everything to be back the way it was, but struggles with the rift that has separated her and her best friend.

Wow! Terra McVoy has really captured the struggle that such a commitment involves. At first I thought that the author might poke fun at the millions of teens that have made that commitment. But I think she captured the reality of how difficult it is for people to remain pure when they are carried away by lustful feelings. There were times that I questioned whether I was going to like this book or not but in the end I really liked it. Thank you Ms. McVoy for a very thought-provoking read!

In an effort to familiarize myself with books that my soon-to-be preteen daughter will want to read in the future, I picked up a copy of Pure at my local bookstore. I expected to read it with just a parent’s eye, and not really care one way or another about what happens to the characters – just to decide if it would be appropriate for my kids in a few years. I was very pleasantly surprised!

I read this book in just two evenings, wanting to read just one more chapter, which turned into two, then three more. I never had much experience in the world of church youth groups, and these characters offered a window into this unfamiliar world. As the characters developed and the story progressed, I wanted to tell them to be gentle with themselves, more forgiving of their own mistakes and those of their friends. But that’s not how we tend to operate in young adulthood! As a 15 year old, I remember being very black and white, right and wrong, good and evil. There was very little gray area in life and friendships, and the Terra McVoy did a fantastic job of capturing the mindsets, conversations, and behaviors of young teenagers in high school.

Pre-marital sex is a central issue of the story, but there is so much more to discuss with your daughter or friends who read this book. At least as important is how the promises we make to each other, and to ourselves, change over time. What is a fair promise to ask a friend to make? Why do we make certain promises at different points in life? As we grow and change, is it fair to hold one another to the same promises we made years earlier? How are trust and communication involved? How can you be true to yourself and keep promises you’ve made?

Pure is absolutely worth a read. Pick up a copy and read it yourself first, then maybe with girlfriends who have daughters, or your own daughter. : Tabitha and her four best friends all wear purity rings, symbols of the virginity-until-marriage pledge they made years ago. Now Tab is fifteen, and her ring has come to mean so much more. It’s a symbol of who she is and what she believesa reminder of her promises to herself, and her bond to her friends.

But when Tab meets a boy whose kisses make her knees go weak, everything suddenly seems a lot more complicated. Tab’s best friend, Morgan, is far from supportive, and for the first time, Tabitha is forced to keep secrets from the one person with whom she’s always shared everything. When one of those secrets breaks to the surface, Tab finds herself at the center of an unthinkable betrayal that splits her friends apart. As Tab’s entire world comes crashing down around her, she’s forced to re-examine her friendships, her faith, and what exactly it means to be pure.

“I love this book. Like, love it love it. My heart expanded when I read ityours will too!” –Lauren Myracle, bestselling author of ttyl and ttfn Pure

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