"Sophie's Secret" by Nancy Rue

About this book:

  “Sophie and her friends launch an “archaeological expedition” and make a disturbing discovery. Sophie keeps digging to uncover a shocking family secret. In light of this new revelation, will she ever be able to trust her parents again?”


Series: Book #2 in “Sophie” series. Review of the first book Here! (This series is part of the Faithgirlz line.)


Spiritual Content- 2 Corinthians 4:18 at the beginning; Scriptures are read, remembered, & thought over; Prayers & Talking to God & Jesus; Bible reading & learning about Jesus; Talks about God, Jesus, & obeying; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Sophie tries to imagine Jesus when she’s upset; Sophie gets mad at God & Jesus, but later gets over it; Many mentions of God & Jesus; Mentions of Bible reading & digging into Scriptures and Jesus’ past; Mentions of those & events in the Bible; Mentions of church going; A few mentions of the first Christmas.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘give a rip’, a ‘moron’, two ‘shut up’s, and two forms of ‘stupid’; Sophie can have an attitude & sass towards her parents and other authority figures including tuning out what they say; Mean girls, their comments, & drama; Mentions of a Slam Book (a notebook where mean things are written about others and passed around); Mentions of mean and rude girls & rumors; Mentions of eye rolling, sass, & attitudes; Mentions of lies & lying; A few mentions of wars & injuries; A few mentions of graveyards & bodies; A few mentions of wanting to/asking if they should fight with someone; A few mentions of jealousy; A couple mentions of diarrhea; A mention of robbing a bank; A mention of PG-13 movies;

             *Note: A few mentions of McDonald's; A few mentions of Dillard’s; A mention of a TV show (Law and Order).

Sexual Content- a ‘babe’; A few mentions of dates & dating; A couple mentions of comments of a statue by Sophie’s sister and aunt; A mention of talking about boys;

             *Note: Many mentions of developing, breasts, bras, not having any measurements in that area, wrong sized bras, padded bras, lingerie, & mean girls also talk about sizes; A few mentions of underwear; A couple mentions of a young girl wearing a mini-skirt; A couple mentions of young girls putting on make-up & calling boys.

-Sophie LaCroix, age 11
                                  P.O.V. of Sophie
                                                        128 pages

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My personal Rating-

While I really enjoyed the first book in this series, I found myself quite disappointed in this sequel. Young adoptees should have a parent read first or read along with them due to the plot of Sophie panicking that she was adopted. Also due to other content, I would really recommend an adult read first if there is any hesitation on giving it to a daughter or young girl.

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.