It doesn’t work out and she finds herself, instead, delivering papers. Savvy decides to apply for the school newspaper. There is a search for new friends and the feeling of abandonment in the ones she left behind in America. Savvy has similar traits to my own girls and the author does a wonderful job in portraying the situations life can bring and how we can rise to meet it with arms wide open, no matter how difficult it is. Savvy is a character who is struggling with finding who she is and staying firm in her faith. The main character, 15-year-old Savannah “Savvy” Smith is relocated from America to London, England the beginning of her Sophomore year.

I found Asking for Trouble to be encouraging. It was time to take matters into my own hands.” Wasn’t I?Ī nub of doubt rose inside me-the kind that popped up, unwelcome, any time I tried to rationalize something that wasn’t exactly true or right. I yanked the flyer off the wall and jammed it into my bag. One sentence caught my eye right away: “Looking for one experienced journalist to join the newspaper staff.” I skipped lunch, went back into the hallway, and glanced at a flyer on the wall. Their good looks and posh accents made up the sun around which all other tables orbited. The populars, whom I’d secretly nicknamed the Aristocats, commanded an entire table right in the center of the room. “”I hung back at the doorway to the cafeteria of my new supercool British school, Wexburg Academy. It is an enjoyable read centered on Christian values. This is the first in the London Confidential Series by Sandra Byrd. My girls and I just finished reading “London Confidential: Asking for Trouble”.

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