Synopsis "Ruthie's Adventures in Friendship BOOK ONE (in English)"
MIDDLE SCHOOLERS WHO LOVE OUR LORD JESUS! ATTENTION!WANT SOME GOOD STORIES TO SHARE WITH THOSE CLASSMATES YOUPRAY FOR -- STORIES THAT REFLECT YOUR LIFE AND HOW YOULIVE IT? READ, and SHARE, RUTHIE'S ADVENTURES IN FRIENDSHIP, BOOKONE (And don't miss BOOK TWO, either)! RUTHIE'S ADVENTURES are great stories for Christian YOUTH-- and PARENTS! (Are you a Christian parent? Hello! Youare welcome here, too!) The RUTHIE stories are abouthaving FAITH and showing it in a diverse and broken world, and stories that are meant for SHARING with other youngpeople your age -- AND with parents. Do you LOVE stories of Christian FRIENDSHIP, girls'FRIENDSHIP, Youth FRIENDSHIP? Read RUTHIE! Read herstories TOGETHER, share them at CHURCH, or later onSUNDAY! Hey! Ruthie herself is here and has more to tell you! Go, Ruthie! 'Hi, everyone! This is Ruth Barlett speaking. My goodfriends call me Ruthie -- and you can call me Ruthie, too! Welcome! Welcome! to my ADVENTURES IN FRIENDSHIP. Y'know, I never wanted to go to that Church picnic, oranything at Church. But something happened at that picnic . . . and it was . .. STRANGE and . . . well, not WONDERFUL then -- oh, No! itwas anything but WONDERFUL at first . . . but her parentsand my parents, they -- well, I tell that whole story in"How We Became the Rhombus," one of the stores in BOOK ONEof RUTHIE'S ADVENTURES IN FRIENDSHIP. The Rhombus? Well, it's this group of 4 of us, including me, that's alwayslooking to give help and make friends. Never thought I'dbe part of . . . well, please read the story to get the"whole story." Did you ever meet a new friend and start out by HATINGher? What a long way I've walked from the HATING I didthat day I met my best friend LaTasha. (She's in TheRhombus with me!) That, too, was an ADVENTURE . . . notthe best at first, but God helped a lot. Thank you, God, again, for all my friends and ADVENTURES IN FRIENDSHIP. First in BOOK ONE comes the story "All the Gods of thePeople." It's the ADVENTURE of making friends with anUNUSUAL LADY that summer my family went away. Is UNUSUALenough of a word to describe that LADY? Tell me what youthink after I tell you the story. And there were othernew friends that summer, too, you can read about in"Justin's Instrument." Justin's a good friend now, but .. . well, again, read and tell me how you think I did onthat ADVENTURE, okay? And there were, that fall, evenmore new ADVENTURES IN FRIENDSHIP, told in "The Rhombusand Zannie" and "Park Bench Prayers." Read all myADVENTURES! READ and SHARE, okay? So Come Along! Please come along on my ADVENTURES inFRIENDSHIP, BOOK ONE. And DON'T FORGET BOOK TWO! Thankyou, Tom Woodworth, for writing these ADVENTURES down sowe can share them! Will I see you soon? Hope so!' -- Ruthie Thanks, Ruthie! Everyone ready now to READ, and SHARE, RUTHIE'S ADVENTURES IN FRIENDSHIP, BOOK ONE? GREAT!
