Involvement with a charming, but troubled new boy at school distracts Nikki from her sadness over giving up her baby, but it is the loving support of her grandparents and a close friend that help her resolve her feelings of anger and guilt.
After a year of trouble and turmoil, Nikki Sheridan's life seems to be settling down - until she discovers a dangerous secret!A two-week trip to a music festival in the Blue Ridge Mountains with Aunt Marta and Carly sounded so great. But Carly, who's usually so fun to be with, is wrecking everything. She's moody and irritable all the time. Seems like every time I say something she bites my head off!And that's not all. She's so obsessed with exercise, dieting, makeup, and clothes. Not to mention the "Ultimate Thirty-Day Makeover" from her fashion magazine. Even if I followed all those beauty tips, I still wouldn't turn heads the way Carly does.Why can't she just accept herself the way she is? I'd love to look like her. Instead, I'm just a boring stick-in-the-mud. Lord, help me to be happy being me.Nikki has always admired Carly's popularity, strong Christian faith, and great family. So when Carly suddenly becomes crabby and dissatisfied with herself, Nikki can't make any sense of it. Why is Carly so unhappy? And what can Nikki do to help?
Nikki's eighteenth birthday is the beginning of a series of problems which test her growing faith, including her parents' possible divorce, fear of losing the young man she loves, and a dangerous meeting with someone she meets on the Internet.
Having given her baby up for adoption, Nikki tries to explain her feelings about abortion to her classmates, while struggling with a relationship that may be leading her away from God and while being exposed to dangerous vandalism at school.
Nikki Sheridan, eine 10. Klässlerin, ist schwanger und plant eine Abtreibung während ihrer Ferien bei den Großeltern. Doch unerwartete Ereignisse, wie der Schlaganfall ihrer Großmutter und der Druck ihrer Eltern, bringen sie ins Zweifeln. In ihrer Verzweiflung wendet sie sich an Gott, und kurz vor der Entscheidung geschieht ein Wunder.
