Speak Up
Morgan Love Series #2
by Stephanie Perry Moore
Paperback, 144 pages
Published April 1st 2011
by Moody Publishers
ISBN0802422640
Book Source: BEA
4 stars
Book Summary Form Goodreads: The Morgan Love Series is a chapter book series written for girls, 7-9 years old. The series provides moral lessons that will aid in character development. It will also help young girls develop their vocabulary, english and math skills as they read through the stories and complete the entertaining and educational exercises provided at the end of each chapter and in the back of the book.When Morgan discovers that Antoine and Alec, the new kids on her block are big bullies she doesn’t know what to do. She thinks about telling her parents when her cousin becomes their latest victim but he tells her not to because he doesn’t want to look like a wimp.When Morgan goes back to school, she finds out that Alec is the also the new kid in her class. She becomes worried about her friend Trey when he decides to stop hanging out with her and the others and start hanging with Alec instead. As Trey and Alec become good friends, Morgan sees nothing but trouble ahead. She doesn’t want to get hurt or have the other kids think she’s a tattletale but she also does not want her friend Trey to get in trouble. Morgan is having a hard time knowing what she should do. Should she continue to keep quiet or is it time to speak up’
Tina’s Review: This book is excellent to help elementary students with situations they may encounter at school. This book addresses when to “speak up” versus keeping quiet. In this book Morgan learns the importance of telling the truth even though it is not a popular decision among her classmates. She helps her classmates learn how to handle bullies and help everyone to get along. This book also reflects on how Jesus Christ is an example of how to love everyone. This is a great book for 7-10 year olds. I love how the author also has included worksheets, word searches, and a definition page to explain some of the big words.
About the Author: Stephanie Perry Moore is a Christian fiction novelist that is truly from the South. She was born in South Carolina, raised in Virginia, educated in Alabama, and now resides in Georgia. She has penned over 35 inspirational titles set in this part of the country.
She is the trailblazing author of the Payton Skky series, the first African-American Christian teen series. Her other young adult titles are the Laurel Shadrach series, the Carmen Browne series, the Perry Skky Jr. series and Faith Thomas ‘NovelZine’ series. The sassy, urban collegiate Beta Gamma Pi series and the hip, teen Yasmin Peace series were released in 2009-10. Her newest series is the adorable Morgan Love series. She and her husband will release the Alec London series for kids in the fall of 2011.
Her heart beats for adults as well. For this market she has penned Flame, an Essence best seller-A Lova’ Like No Otha’, Chasing Faith, and her newest release, Wearing My Halo Tilted.
She also was the General Editor for Nia Publishing. She produced the Women of Color Cookbook, the Men of Color Study Bible, the Wisdom and Grace Bible for Young Women of Color, the Strength and Honor Bible for Young Men of Color, the Women of Color Devotional Bible and the African-American Family Bible. She was the Co-Editor for the BibleZine, REAL, published by Thomas Nelson and is currently working on a new African-American women’s bible project.
She is a motivational speaker and community activist. She is working on several film projects. Among them she has a development deal with Turner Entertainment Networks and she is the Executive Producer/Creator for a web show called Locker Jam.
She lives in the greater Atlanta area with her husband, Derrick, a former NFL player and current sports chaplain for Georgia Tech Athletics. They have three children; Dustyn (16), Sydni (14) and Sheldyn (12).
She considers it an honor and a calling to write for the Lord.