London Confidential

Author:  Sandra Byrd (christian author)

Rating:  5

Summary:  Savvy has just moved to London, and is a loner in a brand new high school.  She is an aspiring journalist, and when her school newspaper is accepting new journalists, she wants to try for it.  She ends up getting the job of a secret advisor.  Kids from the high school submit questions to an anonymous writer, she answers them, and it's published in the school newspaper.  She soon finds out though, that whatever she gives advice, God is going to have her go through the trial as well.

           Girl drama:  This is a book from a high school girl's point of view, so there's definitely going to be drama in it.  First of all, Savvy likes a boy that every other girl likes, and she is constantly fighting for his attention.  There's a girl at the newspaper, that Savvy doesn't particularly like,  but she has to find a  way to work with anyways.  Savvy disobeys and lies to her mother so that she can go shopping in downtown London.  Also, Savvy and her family have just moved to London from America, so they are tasked with finding a new church.  Savvy is constantly fighting for a public place in the newspaper, and has to deal with other competition.

           Morals:  Savvy learns the importance of secrets.  She learns when it's right to keep a secret, and when it's wrong.  She's also challenged to obey her parents, and she doesn't, and she finds out what the consequences are.

Girls, 9-12 years old, contemporary