First Date
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
The last thing Addy Davidson wants is to be on a reality TV show where the prize is a prom date with the President’s son.
She’s focused on her schoolwork so she can get a scholarship to an Ivy League college, uncomfortable in the spotlight, never been on a date, and didn’t even audition for it.
But she got selected anyway.
So she does her best to get eliminated on the very first show. Right before she realizes that the President’s son is possibly the most attractive guy she has ever seen in person, surprisingly nice, and seemingly unimpressed by the 99 other girls who are throwing themselves at him.
Addy’s totally out of her comfort zone but that may be right where God can show her all that she was meant to be.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
McGee debuts with a contemporary Cinderella story featuring reluctant heroine Addy Davidson. When the principal of her small, struggling Christian school nominates Addy to be one of a hundred contestants on a new reality TV show, Addy is dismayed. She's shy and doesn't want the limelight. Her goal is to study hard and make it to an Ivy League college, not to compete on national television for a date with the son of the U.S. president. As a Christian, Addy feels out of place among the cutthroat contestants. Despite her lack of polish, Addy survives week after week, surprising herself and infuriating her ambitious competitors. Struggling to understand God's plan for her, Addy comes to see her role is to "show grace" to the others around her. Like the biblical figure Esther, on whom McGee bases the story, Addy must represent her religion in a hostile environment and sets herself the goal of winning over the show's angry producer, Hank, who hates Christians. Written in serviceable prose with sparks of wit, the story offers a positive message about being true to oneself, as well as a fairy-tale ending. Ages 12 up.
