Book Brief – What Matters Most: Diary of a Teenage Girl

A guest post from DD13:

What Matters Most: Diary of a Teenage Girl
Melody Carlson
Multnomah Books (September 15, 2009)

Things are just starting to look okay again until Maya starts getting bullied by a ‘popular girl’ who thinks Maya likes her old boyfriend. Maya defiantly doesn’t, but in an attempt to get things straight her guy friend Dominic gets the wrong idea. Then to make matters worse her mom gets released from prison and wants Maya to live with her again. In a matter of days Maya’s life is turned upside down. Also Maya’s friend Marissa, who has suffered severe brain damage, doesn’t seem to be getting much better. Maya begins to feel overwhelmed by everything that’s happening. She starts practicing guitar more, and gets pretty good. Before she knows it Maya is asked to join the band “Redemption” with Chloe and Allie who’s former band member, Laura, went off to college. Should Maya join or should she just stay home and have the normal life she’s always wanted?

What Matters Most is a great book that finishes off all the Diary of a Teenage Girl series in a awesome way. Every girl that reads this book can relate to it no matter where they are in life. The author, Melody Carlson, offers good insight through characters and green tips at the end of each chapter. I would recommend this book to any teenage girl who likes teen girl stories, but if you’re the kind of person that likes more exciting books you might not like it as much. Like the other Diary of a Teenage Girl series, Maya is a fun character that loves God. This is a fun book that almost any girl will like.

This book was provided for review by the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group.