(Image credit: www.powells.com)Carlson, Melody. New York Debut, carter house girls series: Book Six. Carlson, Melody. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2009.
Six teenage girls in a boarding house run by a retired fashion icon get ready for their debut in New York's Fashion Week. As the competition heats up DJ struggles with the attitudes and behaviors of herself and those around her. Can Christianity survive the catwalks of Manhattan?
Mrs. Carter is running a tight ship at her boardinghouse full of future models. Her granddaughter DJ is starting to wonder though if she's more concerned about their looks than their higher selves. She's also worried about her best friend Taylor who's checked herself into rehab and Kriti who's beginning to show signs of an eating disorder. On top of all this she's beginning to question her own motives concerning the ever shallow Eliza.
"You ever get the feeling we're running some kind of clinic here?" joked DJ. "Like maybe my grandmother should switch her focus from fashion to mental health. We could be the Carter House Rehabilitation Center for Young Women."
They all laughed, but DJ actually thought it was sort of pathetic. She also thought her grandmother should bear some of the blame if the girls under her care got any more messed up. Oh, sure, maybe these things would've happened anyway. But maybe not this latest problem with Kriti. It seemed a direct result of the atmosphere in this house. Not that Grandmother would be that concerned to hear about it.
"So how do we intervene?" asked Casey.
As the Carter House Girls prepare for the runway there are lessons to be learned that have nothing to do with posture and posing and everything to do with faith and good works.
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