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Friends can make or break the life of a tween girl. That’s why bestselling author Dannah Gresh, popular speaker and creator of the Secret Keeper Girl events, and youth educator Suzy Weibel have developed this resource that targets the hearts of tween girls as they grow in and pursue friendships.

A Girl''s Guide to Best Friends and Mean Girls springs from the life and example of Jesus, a tween girl’s true BFF. It helps her explore questions such as

Christian moms and dads will be delighted with the biblical grounding and godly guidance that will help protect their daughters in friendships and help them understand what friendship really is.

Peer pressure and relationships with boys are scary topics in mother-daughter relationships. That’s why Dannah Gresh, creator of the Secret Keeper Girl events, and Suzy Weibel have developed this resource for tween girls like yours…during those wonderful but scary years when they start thinking about boys differently and encounter our culture’s destructive messages.

With stories and examples your daughter can relate to, the book takes her to the Bible as her resource, helping her meditate on its message and have fun while she does it. She’ll explore questions like

You’ll love the biblical grounding and solid guidance that will help you with mother-daughter issues over boys—and help your daughter gain a foundation for godly relationships with young men.

The Girl’s Guide books in the Secret Keeper Girl Series have been created for tween girls to help them explore topics important to them and give them the opportunity to travel deeper into “God’s diary”—the Bible—for truth and instruction. The front half of each book contains chapters written just for tweens, and the second half is an accompanying Bible study.

Your body is a masterpiece created by God. In this fun and down-to-earth handbook for girls age 8 to 12, you''ll find answers to questions about your changing body, including...

What Is Happening to Your Body?

Dude, God made you just the way you are, even if things are changing. In this fun and down-to-earth handbook for guys ages 8 to 12, you''ll find answers to questions about your changing body, including...

This contains everything a preteen guy needs to know about his changing body and feelings, and it''s all written from the Bible''s point of view. You can look forward to all God has planned for you because it''s great to be a guy!

You Don''t Have to Enlist in the Mommy Wars

Motherhood is filled with uncertainty and soul-breaking questions. And there is not one "right" answer despite what the mommy wars tell your heart. You need a coach, someone to come alongside you. Barbara Rainey, cofounder of FamilyLife, says, "Dannah helps you find your own soul-healing answers" to some of the toughest questions out there.

In her warm and personal writing style, Dannah Gresh offers biblically based wisdom and encouragement, walking with you as you think through 20 of the most difficult questions confronting moms.

Discover how to replace your anxiety and frustration with calm assurance that when you pour out your soul to God, He will show you the right path for you and your children.

Make Time for Fun, Teaching, and Connection With all the pressures and influences of today’s world, Christian moms worry about their little girls and how they will grow up. Quality time between a mom and a daughter can be the greatest protection against the world’s pressures to make a girl mature too quickly. Knowing this, Dannah Gresh, popular speaker and founder of the True Girl conferences, has developed a host of dating ideas to help moms invest the time needed to deeply connect with their daughters.

8 Great Dates includes fun mother-daughter get-togethers, perfect for one-on-one or for a small group of moms and their energetic 8- to 12-year-old daughters. Each date focuses on one topic surrounding beauty and dignity, provides lots of fun, and imparts a message that enhances life and faith. The book provides a mom with everything she needs to plan and carry out the activities and includes topics such as:

Here’s the secret to bringing up healthy, grounded, and spiritually rich girls!

With over 250,000 copies sold, reviewers continue to rave about And the Bride Wore White: Seven Secrets To Purity. But the greatest proof of its effect is in the lives of tens of thousands of young women who''ve embraced the book''s message.

Each chapter of And the Bride Wore White begins with a narrative of Dannah Gresh''s young love life, taken from her own teenage journals. She transparently shares her struggles and successes, her moments of pain followed by healing, and the moments of triumph. This story-line grips the young reader while they learn statistically proven risk-reduction factors. The end result are usable "how-to-say-no" skills that can reduce the risk of a young woman''s heart being broken by sexual sin.

In this update, Dannah and her friends share open letters of encouragement to young women, one to those who chose life and another to those who chose abortion, one to teen girls addicted to pornography and another to girls who have experienced sexual abuse, and many more specific to a young woman''s unique circumstances.

Sixth-grader Kate Harding has bigger problems than trying to get her parents to stop call her "Katie." She has a major crush on her older brother''s best friend: Zachary Donaldson. In a moment of insanity, she dares to write his name on the bathroom wall in eight-inch high pencil letters. It doesn''t take Principal Butter long to match the handwriting to the doodling on her book covers. Kate is sent to detention where she meets up with three new friends who decide to become the Secret Keeper Girl Club. Her case of boy craziness is doused with some good advice from her new friends.

Toni Diaz has a major problem. She''s faster, stronger, and taller than most of the boys in her 6th grade class. Doesn''t sound like a problem? Think again! She can''t understand why God made her both the best athlete in her class and a girl! She wants to play for the Rutherford B. Hayes middle school football team, but school rules. . . and her parents. . . won''t allow it. Toni decides to do it anyway. When dressing like a boy to pose for tryouts lands her in detention, she meets the founder of the Secret Keeper Girl Club. The club''s crazy assignments help her learn that the coolest person she can be is. . . herself!

Bestselling author Dannah Gresh teams up with three of her closest friends to write a hilarious fiction series about what their lives would have been like had they collided in sixth grade.

Yuzi Ukachi has every right to be mad. Because of her dad''s job, their family has moved all over the place, so it''s always been tough to make friends. And now his job has landed Yuzi in quite possibly the smallest town on the planet: Marion, Ohio—the Popcorn Capital of the World.

Her mom volunteered her to wear a totally embarrassing corncob costume to the Popcorn Festival, and at school she ends up in detention for something she definitely did not do! When she opens up her heart to the three girls she meets in detention, she''s invited into the True Girl Club. The club''s adventures teach her that revenge isn''t always the sweetest end to a story.

Dannah, Suzy Wiebel, Janet Mylin, and Chizuruoke (Chizzy) Anderson are four mothers with hearts to teach their daughters truth, but they aren''t afraid of the crazy true stories of their own lives. Here they blend them into fictional comedy and action that 8–12-year-old readers will love.

Danika McAllister has everything a 12-year-old girl could want including a seat at the popular girls'' table at lunch and a shot at winning the Miss Teeny Pop crown! But the pressure of her fake, popular personality is building. She ends up exploding and tossing her mom''s famous Purple Glurp dessert. It accidentally hits her lunch lady in the head and now she''s in big trouble. Not only is she headed to detention, but her dreams of the Teeny Pop crown are in trouble. She learns that she needs a new circle of friends so she can be the real Danika. When her true personality emerges, she discovers that she''s not a follower at all. . .and the adventures of the Secret Keeper Girl Club begin.