Amazon Kids Can Do It Category:  Religion Publisher: CSS Publishing Company ISBN-10:  0788019538 Type: Fiction Pages: 92 Copyright: December 2002 This is a great book for any young person who has questions about God and doesn't know whom to ask for the answers. How do you know that God is real in your life? How important is prayer? Does God really hear our prayers? If God is a loving and caring God, why does he allow so many bad things to happen? These are just some of Leslie's questions. If you have questions too, then come along and join Leslie on her faith journey as she begins to find answers to some of her questions Excerpt .Leslie has just turned 13--and she is having a very bad year. Not only is she stuck in a new school where she doesn't know anyone, but she's also stuck in a "life group" at her church where the leader of her small discussion group asks tough questions that she can't answer. Come along and join Leslie on her faith journey as she writes letters to God and, in the process, begins to find answers to some of her problems.

Mary Lou Carney, Editor-in-Chief, Guideposts for Teens
"Keepin' It Real is sassy and sensitive. It's an honest look at a young girl's struggles--and insights--as she faces puberty and searches for faith.

Rick Hamlin, Managing Editor, Guideposts
"Sandra Humphrey takes on all the trials of teenagehood--pimples, dates, gym class, even parents contemplating divorce--and gives her readers an idea of just where to turn for help."

Lynn Gilliam, Associate Editor, Pockets
"Anyone who is (or who ever has been) 13 will identify with Leslie's struggles to make sense of her family, her faith, her own thoughts, and the world. Through her letters to God, Leslie deals with questions as big as the very nature of God and as small as why Mom gets so bent out of shape about how the bathroom towels are folded. Sandra Humphrey has done a beautiful job of not only creating a very believable character, but more importantly, of showing young readers how inextricably faith is linked to the issues of everyday life."