This is a quick outline of each chapter. I caution those who haven't read the books yet-if you don't want the story spoiled, don't read this! Don't think "Oh, I don't have to read the books, I can just read this," either, because this is very preliminary. It is really worth it to read the books!

BOOK ONE: Summer Promise
Fourteen-year-old Christy Miller has the dream summer ahead of her in sun-kissed California, staying with her aunt and uncle at their beachfront home. Aunt Marti loves to shop, and those surfers are cute--especially Todd. Christy promised her parents she wouldn't do anything she'd regret later, and some of her beach friends are a little wild. But Todd and his "God-Lover" friends are giving Christy a new image of all things eternal. Can this summer live up to its promise? (From back of book)

1 Off to a Bad Start

• Walking green bean

2 The Makeover

• Protein drinks
• Shopping, makeup, and a haircut

3 The Dream

• Goes out to eat, get boys’ attention
• Nightmare: stranded in the ocean

4 Surf and Seaweed

• Meets Alissa, Todd, Shawn, and Doug at the beach

5 The Invitation

• Meets Tracy, gets invited to Shawn’s party
• Major sunburn!

6 What’s a Girl Like Me…?

• Shawn’s party, “Coke”
• Runs out of the party

7 A Time to Cry

• Watching the sunset, talking to Todd
• Shawn and the jetty
• Hanson’s Parlor: first date!
• Shawn dies.

8 Questions and Answers

• Shawn’s funeral
• To San Francisco

9 The Boat or the Shore

• Fight with Alissa, Todd invites her to the concert
• Todd’s message on “Getting in the boat”

10 Big Night Out

• A car-full of people to the Debbie Stevens concert

11 Everything a Girl Could Ever Want

• Helps Alissa pack to leave for Boston

12 Hopes and Heartaches

• A plan for Disneyland
• A date to Balboa Island, chocolate smear
• News of going back to Wisconsin early

13 The Magic Kingdom

• Got a Bible from Todd and Tracy
• Disneyland trip: buying Pooh and the glass Tinkerbell figure
• Raging mad at Todd and Aunt Marti!

14 The Promise

• Becomes a Christian
• Saying goodbye
• White carnations and a kiss from Todd!

 

BOOK TWO: A Whisper and a Wish
Christy's family has moved to California just in time for her sophomore year of high school. But they're not in Newport Beach, where she spent the summer. Instead they're an hour and a half away and Christy has to start all over making friends. Despite an embarrassing escapade at a slumber party, things are going pretty well...until some midnight fun leads to a trip to the police station. Does god really hear every whisper? Does He know our every wish? Then why is it so hard to know who your friends really are? (From back of book)

1 Paula, My Friend

• Reuniting with Paula
• News of moving to California

2 The Land of If Only

• Arrives in CA with her family, greeting her old summer friends, “gweek”

3 Dear Diary

• A new home in Escondido
• Letter from Alissa
• A diary from Uncle Bob

4 The Slumberless Party

• Meets Brittany, Janelle, and Katie
• Moves in their new house
• Toilet papering with her new friends, left behind!

5 Nobody Told Me to Run

• Meets Rick Doyle
• Brittany’s diet pills

6 Just Say No

• Invitation to Palm Springs
• Brittany lies about Rick.

7 From Pity Party to Pizza Party

• To church with Janelle and Katie

8 Slow Down, Honey

• Out for pizza, Katie’s quarter game

9 Fun, Fun, Fun

• On the road to Palm Springs with Brittany and Janelle, luxury hotel
• Vending machine run

10 Making Choices

• Clothes shopping
• Going to the drugstore

11 Midnight Run

• The prescription
• Caught!  Interview, ride in a police car
• At the police station

12 One Quiet Word

• The ride home, a word from Rick and a call from Todd
  

 

BOOK THREE: Yours Forever
Christy is back at Aunt Marti and Uncle Bob's house on the beach for the entire week between Christmas and New Year's...and Todd is in town, too! The cute surfer completely captured Christy's heart last summer, and she's eager to spend every possible minute with him. But soon Christy and her aunt are barely speaking, and it seems like all her friends are mad at her, too-including Todd! Is he hers or isn't he? And why would God let things get so tangled? (From back of book)

1 The Gift

• 2 kisses from Rick Doyle, Christmas present

2 A Promise Kept

• Christmas at Newport Beach
• Plans for a breakfast

3 December Dawn

• Breakfast on the beach with Todd

4 The Way to a Man’s Heart

• Making cookies with Tracy

5 All-Time Friends

• Visiting Todd
• Definition of “All-time friends”
• Plan to go ice skating

6 Skating Along

• Pizza party, Todd and Doug remember and prefer Christy’s hair…long!
• Doug and Christy
• Couple skating, trying to make Todd jealous

7 The Hurt Puppy

• Richie’s for dinner
• Sharing a jacket with Doug
• Everyone’s hurt

8 The Quiet Woman

• Alissa’s pregnant
• Refused haircut, shopping, fight with Aunt Marti
• Doug apologizes.

9 Confiding in Mom

• Johanna-Marti’s daughter

10 Wrong Number

• Phone call from Todd, “nothing changed”

11 The Mandolin Player

• Todd at dinner
• Religious discussion

12 A Time to Talk

• Re-bonding with Aunt Marti
• Heather’s party

13 Forever

• Figuring out their relationship
• “Our intersection”, the bracelet!
• Todd’s invited to Escondido
• Yours forever

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