Not long ago, I ran an interview with Tricia Goyer about her historical novel, A Valley of Betrayal. But Tricia also writes non-fiction. Her latest, My Life, Unscripted: Who's Writing Your Life?, uses the metaphor of screen writing to explore relationships in every teen girl's life--with herself, her friends and foes, her parents, guys, and with God. By reading Goyer's book, teens consider "scripting" their own responses before they find themselves in the middle of compromising situations. Pre-deciding how they want to respond allows them to think about, pray about, and consider how to face such situations before the scenes begin.

I'll hold a drawing for this book on Wednesday morning. If you want to win it for yourself or a teen you love, just leave a comment in which you tell about a teen whose actions you respect. The one that comes to mind for me? One of my nieces (I have very cool nieces!) who went to Panama for a week this summer to help with a construction project.