About this book:
“Twelve-year-old JJ loves three things: her great-grandma, her cat, and photography. But she’s never going to be a real photographer unless she gets better equipment. When her best friend, Kat, discovers a photo contest with the grand prize of a fancy digital camera—the kind JJ’s parents could never afford—she jumps at the chance to win it.
Things start going wrong when ditzy Aunt Lissa moves in under mysterious circumstances and JJ’s forced to share her room. Why did Lissa lose her job anyway? Kat has all sorts of theories—theories that bring more trouble than the girls can imagine.
Gram’s not doing so great, the cat’s always trying to sneak out, and Aunt Lissa’s ruining JJ’s summer. According to Gram, photography is JJ’s God-given talent, but how can that be true when everything keeps going wrong?”
Series: As of now, no.
“Twelve-year-old JJ loves three things: her great-grandma, her cat, and photography. But she’s never going to be a real photographer unless she gets better equipment. When her best friend, Kat, discovers a photo contest with the grand prize of a fancy digital camera—the kind JJ’s parents could never afford—she jumps at the chance to win it.
Things start going wrong when ditzy Aunt Lissa moves in under mysterious circumstances and JJ’s forced to share her room. Why did Lissa lose her job anyway? Kat has all sorts of theories—theories that bring more trouble than the girls can imagine.
Gram’s not doing so great, the cat’s always trying to sneak out, and Aunt Lissa’s ruining JJ’s summer. According to Gram, photography is JJ’s God-given talent, but how can that be true when everything keeps going wrong?”
Series: As of now, no.
Spiritual Content- Prayers; Many, many talks about & mentions of God, God-given talents, Him believing in us, Him watching, dreams, prayers; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Bible reading & Scriptures are read & thought over; Gram has a strong faith & talks about God; At first, JJ isn’t so sure that God believes in her (but later learns that He does); Going to Church & a funeral; Many mentions of Church, Heaven (and angels) & stained glass; Mentions of hymns; Mentions of those in the Bible & parables; A mention of Easter.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘rats’, a form of ‘shut up’, two ‘crummy’s, and nine ‘stupid’s; A bit of Sarcasm; Anger, yelling & name calling (‘brat’ & ‘jerk’ are the highest it gets); Kat’s parents are divorced; Mentions of parents not being together; Mentions of killing & criminals (more joking than serious, not-detailed); A mention of a spanking;
*Note: Kat has posters in her room
of rock stars with studs & rings on their faces (It’s added that Kat wanted
to get her eyebrows pierced, but her mom wouldn’t let her).
Sexual Content- a ‘hot’; JJ says she
doesn’t have a clue about boys; Talks about & mentions of boyfriends; Lissa
has a boyfriend & a mention of kissing sounds; A mention of Kat’s dad
having a girlfriend; A mention of Brett’s first date;
*Note: A mention of one cousin showing
off her legs by wearing short shorts (16) and another cousin wearing makeup
& talking about her boyfriend (13).
-Jada Jane “JJ” Monre, age 12
1st person P.O.V. of JJ
240 pages
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1st person P.O.V. of JJ
240 pages
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Pre Teens-
New Teens-
Early High
School Teens-
Older High
School Teens-
My personal
Rating-
{Add a ½ star
for girls interested in photography.}
This might have been my first time
reading this book, but it bought back many memories. I was JJ’s age when I
became interested in photography, and 13 when I had saved enough for my DSLR
camera. I so could relate to JJ in waiting/wanting a camera back then! ;) “Picture
Imperfect” was very cute, well written and had great Spiritual Content.
Girls who love photography will really enjoy this one—even girls who aren’t
interested in photography will like it, I bet. :)
See y’all on Friday with a new
review!
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
*I received this book for
free from the Author for this honest review.
Thanks for the review, Lindsey! I just now saw it. So glad you enjoyed the book!
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