On My Own (24 page)

More and more teens find themselves growing up in a world lacking in godly wisdom and direction. In
Piercing Proverbs
, bestselling youth fiction author Melody Carlson offers solid messages of the Bible in a version that can compete with TV, movies, and the Internet for the attention of this vital group in God's kingdom. Choosing life-impacting portions of teen-applicable Proverbs, Carlson paraphrases them into understandable, teen-friendly language and presents them as guidelines for clearly identified areas of life (such as friendship, family, money, and mistakes). Teens will easily read and digest these high-impact passages of the Bible delivered in their own words.

ISBN 1-57673-895-7

This is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogues
are products of the author's imagination and are not to be construed
as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead,
is entirely coincidental.

ON MY OWN
published by Multnomah Books
A division of Random House, Inc.
and in association with the literary agency of Sara A. Fortenberry

© 2002 by Melody Carlson

Scripture quotations are from:
The Holy Bible
, New International Version © 1973, 1984 by International Bible
Society, used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House

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of Random House Inc.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Carlson, Melody.

On my own, by Caitlin O'Conner/by Melody Carlson.

p. cm. – (Diary of a teenage girl; Book 4)

eISBN: 978-0-307-56485-6

[1. Christian life–Fiction. 2. Universities and colleges–Fiction. 3.
Interpersonal relations–Fiction. 4. Conduct of life–Fiction. 5. Diaries–Fiction.]
I. Title.

PZ7.C216637 Oq 2002

[Fic]–dc21       2002002723

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