Recycle, Reduce, Reuse…Renew?

With her mother in jail for drug possession and her pop-star father away on his comeback tour, 16-year-old Maya Stark’s new life with her uncle Allen and cousin Kim is coming together. Summer vacation’s just beginning and things are finally starting to look up. But that doesn’t mean life is about to get any easier. Maya’s still devoted to living Green, and her uncle offers her a Green column in his newspaper. But can Maya balance her newfound faith with her save-the-planet convictions?

IT’S A GREEN THING: Diary of a Teenage Girl: Maya, Book 2 © Copyright 2011 by Melody Carlson. Reprinted with permission by Multnomah Books. All rights reserved.