When Is Perfect, Perfect Enough? (Raise the Flag)

by Nancy N. Rue

Book Overview

Just as the teen characters in Nancy Rue's Raise the Flag series continue to meet at the school flagpole to pray for one another, teens and preteens will continue to find encouragement and hope in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578560888
• ISBN13: 9781578560882
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: WaterBrook Press
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.6" x 0.5" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

When is Perfect, Perfect Enough?

Though I am not super religious, I have found over and over when it comes to being honest, insightful, and dead on, Christian novels do the best job.I highly related to the main character Shannon, whose life is being controlled primarily by her mother. Her father treats her like a little kid and doesn't respect her opinion. As her life spins out of control she tries to remain in control by not eating. The author does a wonderful job in making Shannon a totally believable character. I related to her thoughts of the need to be in control and the way she avoided social situations so she wouldn't have to eat.The only complaint I would have about the book is that it seems that Shannon was at a pretty low weight. I'm not sure what her height was because the author never mentions it, but it seemed that unless she was pretty short she would have been hospitalized.But it really was an awesome book.I also recommend Ashely and Jenn, if you want another very insightful story.

Really Good Read

This is the moving story of Shannon, one of a group of close friends who stick together through everything and love each other a lot. In the story, Shannon believes that she has to be perfect to make up for the way that her sister acts (this chick is horrible--through the beginning of the book, she is at a Christian boarding school). If that isn't enough, Shannon is also anorexic. This story, though fictional, is a great story of friendship and togetherness, one of those books you curl up with and read by the fire. Rue has woven together yet another wonderful tale!