the beginnings        the beginnings How The Christy Miller Series came to be. (From Amazon.com.) Robin Jones Gunn has a passion for communicating God's love to young hearts. She began writing story books for toddlers when her children were little. Her husband, Ross, has been a youth minister for over twenty years. While on a camping trip with teens from their youth group, Robin found some of the girls hiding away in their tent reading a stack of novels they'd brought with them from the library. Curious as to what could keep these girls away from the sun, surf and guys, Robin borrowed three of their books. As she read them, her heart broke. They were not the kinds of stories these girls should be reading! After the camping trip Robin went to her Bible Bookstore and bought every book she could find that she thought would be interesting for the girls and have a good influence on them. The teens read all the books in a week and asked for more. "There aren't any more," Robin told them. "That was all I could find." The teens challenged Robin by saying, "Then you write some for us. We'll even tell you what to write!" Each week Robin would take a chapter and read it to her Sunday School class. And each week the teens would rip it apart, telling her how to rewrite the story. It took two years to complete Summer Promise, the first book in the Christy Miller Series which was released in 1988. The twelve book series has sold over a million copies worldwide. Together with the Sierra Jensen Series, her books have won the hearts of thousands of girls.	fanlisting    fanlisting About Rules Codes Join Edit Members books     books The Beginnings Complete List for you     for you Comments Icons/Avatars Wallpaper Bookmarks other     other FAQ Links Home
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