Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Scenarios for Girls: Review and Giveaway

Barbour Publishing released the Scenarios for Girls series on August 1st. The books, written by Nicole O'Dell are geared for tweens, and are certainly books you can feel comfortable letting your tween read.

The best part about these books is that they are about issues that tween girls actually face. The books don't just tell a traditional story. Rather, they tell a story with a twist. Each book is about a character who has to make an important, life-changing decision. They can make a good choice, or a poor choice. The reader gets to decide which choice to read first, and then see the ramifications of that choice. It's a brilliant idea, really. Especially for this age range, I think it's important to have the ramifications of choices clearly illustrated, and these books do that.

I had my almost tween daughter read these books, and this is what she had to say,
"I liked them. They were a good lesson. I liked being able to read about both choices. The stories were interesting, and when I'm older I think I will relate to the characters in the stories".

These books are written with a clearly Christian viewpoint (to learn more about Nicole O'Dell, visit here) and discuss morals and values that I think most of us teach our own children. It's refreshing to see this in books that will hold a tweens attention, without sounding like a sermon.


If you'd like to win a signed copy of All That Glitters and Truth or Dare, follow the rules below.

Simply leave me a message letting me know that you are interested in the set. If you'd like additionally entries, Tweet this giveaway, and or follow me (here or on Twitter) AND/or Nicole O'Dell on Twitter. If you'd like to blog about this giveaway, you'll get some serious bonus entries (10) as well. Winner chosen randomly on August 25th at approximately 11:59 p.m.

32 comments:

Rhonda said...

Count me in!!

For some reason your new posts aren't showing up for me. Did you get a new URL?

~Sandy~ said...

Wonderful! Congrats to Nicole!!! Would love to win a signed copy for my niece. It's so special to have a the writed sign in!!!

~Sandy~ said...

follow you on twitter too @Shopaholic_Mama

girlytwins said...

Very cool. I would be all over this but my girls are a little ways away from even reading (LOL) so I will let another mom of a tween benefit from it. But they sound fantastic.

Genny said...

I'm always happy to see other writers get their books published! These books look like something my daugther would enjoy.

scrappysue said...

who wouldn't want to win these - they're adorable!

GIOVANNI said...

enjoyed it..

Kristin said...

I would love these books! I have 3 girls 11, 10 & 8- so we need all the help we can get! We have some other books with the choices theme, which they really love. What a great idea to teach some lessons along the way. I am currently hosting a ya book giveaway myself!

Nicole O'Dell said...

Thanks so much, Angie! I appreciate your words and your awesome review!

Thanks to your readers, too!

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Julie@My5monkeys said...

would love this for my girls ...

Cherie J said...

Would love to enter ther drawing to win these for my teen niece. Thanks for the chance.

cherierj(at)yahoo(dot)com

Cherie J said...

I am now following you on twitter.

Carissa(GoodnCrazy) said...

11:59PM huh? You can stay up that late!!? :)

I just followed Nicole on twitter. lately I'm all about meeting up with authors.. in fact I think I have a new goal.. to get as many signed copies of books possible!
Here are two recent ones:

Otto Grows Down (Hilarious and in the vein of No! David books!!)
And:
You Think It's Easy Being The Tooth Fairy?

Two GREAT kid's picture books!

Think Nicole would sign my copies if I win?? :)

Dixiemom7 said...

I would love to have these books for my girls. They are growing into the tween stage all-too-soon! I read the reviews over at Debi's blog and they sound awesome.

debi9kids said...

I am going to Tweet about this give-away, but am not entering, since I already have a set for my girls...

Nicole O'Dell said...

Carissa, I'm sure Nicole would be happy to sign your books for you!

Thank you all so much for your wonderful comments!

Peta said...

I would love these books for my girls. Will you post to Australia? PLEASE..I am now a follower of your blog....

Nicole O'Dell said...

I'll ship them anywhere. Thanks for the interest Peta. And, like I said to Carissa, they'll be signed copies.

Blessings,
Nicole

Mozi Esme said...

I'd love to have these books!

janemaritz at yahoo dot com

peta said...

Thanks for posting to Australia..I am now a follower on twitter too

peta said...

Now following Nicole on twitter too...

Kristin said...

I wrote about the contest today- hope it helps!
http://sogkonniteliving.blogspot.com/

Winning Readings said...

We posted about this at Winning Readings:

http://winningreadings.blogspot.com/2009/08/nicole-odells-books_21.html

janemaritz at yahoo dot com

Annette W. said...

I'd love to give these to my young cousin!

peta said...

I added you to my blogroll, does that count as an entry too?

Sara Elizabeth said...

I'd love this set!

Sara Elizabeth said...

I follow you on blogger. :o)

Sara Elizabeth said...

I follow you on twitter. :o)

Sara Elizabeth said...

I follow Nicole O'Dell on twitter. :o)

Anonymous said...

Hi there. My neighbor told me about your blog and these books since I have a daughter that would possibly benefit from them. They sound really neat and I would love to have our name entered for the drawing.
Thanks!
Amy Lusse
(My neighbor is Jenny Leite :D)

Nicole O'Dell said...

Thanks so much for all of the great comments and interest!

Blessings!

Sara Elizabeth said...

I twittered this giveaway @ http://twitter.com/sarabonds/status/3529713198