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OUT WITH THE IN CROWD
The Reinvention of Skylar Hoyt #2
by Stephanie Morrill
List Price: $11.99
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780800733902
Publisher: Revell Books
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Skylar Hoyt may have vowed to change her partying ways, but it’s not so easy to change her friends. She’s trying hard to live a new life, but her old one is constantly staring her in the face. Add to that two parents battling for her loyalty, a younger sister struggling with a crisis pregnancy, and a new boyfriend wishing for more of her time, and Skylar feels like she can’t win. After all, how do you choose favorites among the people you love most? Don’t miss the second novel in the Reinvention of Skylar Hoyt series.
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1. Skylar has trouble viewing the gift she has with clothes as something from God. What advice would you give her about dealing with talents that don’t feel important to her? Have you ever felt similarly about a talent of yours?
2. When Abbie is worried about what people will think of her being a teenage mother, Skylar says, “If you’re gonna do this, you should probably figure out how to get past what other people think.” In what ways is Skylar a good or bad example of this for her sister?
3. Skylar is frustrated with Connor because of all his extra efforts in connecting Jodi to church. In what ways is she right to be frustrated with him? In what ways is she wrong?
4. At the end of chapter 11, Skylar dreams of Abbie telling her that the baby isn’t Skylar’s responsibility. How does she make the baby her responsibility, and do you agree or disagree with her actions?
5. Skylar observes, “It seemed any progress I made only revealed more things needing work.” Have you found this to be true in your life? In what way?
6. When Skylar first contemplates breaking up with Connor over Jodi, she notices lights along a walkway and wishes the right path in life could be so well-lit and clear. Is the right path as obscured as she believes? What choices does Skylar make that you feel are wrong? Right?
7. Skylar’s father says to her, “If we have to deceive to keep something, it probably wasn’t really ours to begin with.” In what ways do you see this point illustrated throughout the book?
8. The book closes with Jodi accepting Jesus as her Savior. How do you think this will affect her and Skylar’s relationship?
9. Jodi says to Skylar, “You can’t expect your life to change just because you sit through Sunday services. You’ve got to give it all to him.” What do you see Skylar holding back?
10. Skylar is looking for a way to escape Kansas City. What would your advice be --- to stay or go?
11. As Abbie faces life as a teenage mother, what challenges do you foresee her having? What kind of advice would you give her?
12. SO OVER IT, the third book in the Reinvention of Skylar Hoyt series, takes place the summer before Skylar starts college. What do you think might happen between Skylar and Connor? Skylar and Eli? Chris and Abbie? Skylar’s parents?
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