Stealing Bradford

"This book follows directly behind the first (Mized Bags) book. It is literally like you hit pause from the first one and pick up in this one which is really nice. DJ is still trying to adjust to her new life and new ""friends"". She has many battles and struggles she faces and to top it all off things are about to get a whole lot worse. It can be difficult in school and even in life to know who to trust and who not to. It can also be difficult when people you want to be friends with are divided and pulling you in opposite directions. How do you know what to do? Well in this book DJ doesn't exactly handle things perfectly which makes her character that much more relatable. What is nice is that she is trying and is weighing her options. show more Her thinking about it and what to do doesn't help to stop some events in time but she ends up doing some good.

This one is better than the first one because it seems to flow a lot more nicely. DJ isn't as flaky and the characters are really starting to define themselves. This series seems to be an awesome one that can teach young teenagers and young women alike about how to better handle situations. The fact that it is christian based is more of a side note in this one which also made me like it more." show less

"This book follows directly behind the first (Mized Bags) book. It is literally like you hit pause from the first one and pick up in this one which is really nice. DJ is still trying to adjust to her new life and new ""friends"". She has many battles and struggles she faces and to top it all off things are about to get a whole lot worse. It can be difficult in school and even in life to know who to trust and who not to. It can also be difficult when people you want to be friends with are divided and pulling you in opposite directions. How do you know what to do? Well in this book DJ doesn't exactly handle things perfectly which makes her character that much more relatable. What is nice is that she is trying and is weighing her options. show more Her thinking about it and what to do doesn't help to stop some events in time but she ends up doing some good.

This one is better than the first one because it seems to flow a lot more nicely. DJ isn't as flaky and the characters are really starting to define themselves. This series seems to be an awesome one that can teach young teenagers and young women alike about how to better handle situations. The fact that it is christian based is more of a side note in this one which also made me like it more." show less

This book follows right behind Mixed Bags. It starts right where the first one left off. Although this is only the second in the Carter House Girls Series, I think they are all going to be great. I think they are just write for an older teen or YA. There are several life lessons that keep popping up. It seems very true to life, the struggles a young lady would have with not only peer pressure but finding her way into the adult world and living her new found Christian faith. Loved the book. I think any teen could find one of six main characters they could relate to.

Woah, that was some cliffhanger. Also, this book had a severe case of the dRaMaTiCs.

Content: bullying, suicidal thoughts, lots of mentions of s*x and kissing, cheating

3 Stars

I checked this out from the library to read, because I wanted to catch up before book 5, but even after a couple chapters I just could not get into it. It really does not help either that every review I have read has been negative.

I checked this out from the library to read, because I wanted to catch up before book 5, but even after a couple chapters I just could not get into it. It really does not help either that every review I have read has been negative.

Innuendo: Premarital situations (not the main character though)

Violence: One of the girls takes pictures of another girl, changes them, and posts them on the internet. It's a pretty mean event in the book

Swearing: Don't remember if there were. Maybe a few.

Drinking, Drugs, Smoking: Underage drinking (again, not the main character) One of the girls takes another girls medication (pain killers) for herself.

Age Appropriate: 16 and up.

Similar/Better books: Read The Summer of Cotton Candy by Debbie Viguie. So much better!