![]() ![]() Between my near-empty wallet forcing me to sit lopsided on that pew-of-steel and yet another infinity sermon, my pain was not in short supply. “We know they need to feel that touch from your never-changin’ hand, and we know someone is out there hurtin’ this morning. “Lord!” He gripped his lectern as if fighting a holy tractor beam trying to drag him to heaven right before our eyes. Every head bowed (mine wasn’t) and every eye closed (nope) while he went on and on with his crazy freestyle prayers. Pastor Newsome’s rules for First Missionary House of the Lord were simple. In his first contemporary teen novel, Lamar Giles explores crushes, toxic masculinity, and perhaps the most important question of all that no one thinks to ask: what exactly does Kiera want? Find out here in this excerpt of Not So Pure and Simple! (Alexa, play “Single Ladies” by Beyoncé) So naturally, Del is right behind Kiera when she volunteers for an opportunity at their church, but that not only means competing with all the other boys pining for Kiera’s attention…it also means polishing off a new purity ring and talking “Birds and the Bees” to the other Pledgers. ![]() Our main character Del has had a crush on Kiera Westing since kindergarten and she’s finally single. Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles is the contemporary read you need in your life this year. What would you do for a crush? Would it mean accidentally signing up for a Purity Pledge at your local church? ![]()
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