Characters

• Caitlin O'Connor appeared first in the series. She struggled with friendship
  Friendship
  Friendship is a form of interpersonal relationship generally considered to be closer than association, although there is a range of degrees of intimacy in both friendships and associations. Friendship and association are often thought of as spanning across the same continuum...
  
  , her parents' near divorce
  Divorce
  Divorce is the final termination of a marital union, canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties...
  
  , and the pressures of high school
  High school
  High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
  
   without a boyfriend
  Boyfriend
  A boyfriend is a person's regular male companion in a romantic or sexual relationship, although normally not in long-term committed relationships, where other titles A boyfriend is a person's regular male companion in a romantic or sexual relationship, although normally not in long-term committed...
  
  . In her second last year of high school she broke into the popular crowd; however, she realized that being popular is not all it was cut out to be. When she began dating her long-term crush, Josh Miller, she soon discovered the relationship put her into compromising situations. Having recently committed her life to God, she then made another vow to 'kiss dating goodbye' in order to protect herself from compromising her convictions. While Josh and Caitlin did not date, they remained good friends. In college she was a role model for younger girls, particularly Josh's little sister, Chloe Miller. The fifth and final book, "I do," Josh proposed to her.

• Josh Miller is Chloe's older brother and Caitlin O'Connor's high school sweetheart and husband. First appearing in 'Becoming Me', Book 1 of the Caitlin O'Connor series, he is initially a jerk who breaks Caitlin's heart. Described as having 'Matt Damon good looks,' Josh is a typical high school jock. In college, he matures, eventually becoming a youth pastor and marrying Caitlin.

• Chloe Miller was featured in the next series of books following Caitlin O'Connor. During these books, Chloe formed and became the leader of an all-girl Christian rock
  Christian rock
  Christian rock is a form of rock music played by individuals and bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands...
  
   band and went on a tour of the United States
  United States
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   with another Christian band. Problems arose when she became romantically involved with the other band's leader, an older boy with a girlfriend at home.

• Kim Peterson was adopted
  International adoption
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   as an infant from Korea
  Korea
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   and raised as an only child
  Only child
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  . She wrote a teen advice column
  Advice column
  An advice column is a column in a magazine or newspaper written by an advice columnist . The image presented was originally of an older woman providing comforting advice and maternal wisdom, hence the name "aunt"...
  
   while struggling with her adoptive mother's death, her best friend's teen pregnancy
  Teenage pregnancy
  Teenage pregnancy is a pregnancy of a female under the age of 20 when the pregnancy ends. It generally refers to a female who is unmarried and usually refers to an unplanned pregnancy...
  
  , and her first contact with her birth mother.

• Maya Stark was the newest "teenage girl" in the series. Maya had a famous father, but her parents had divorced, causing her to struggle with her racial identity
  Social interpretations of race
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  . After her mother had returned to using drugs and was arrested, Maya was sent to spend the summer with relatives, who turn out to be Kim Peterson, who appears in earlier books in the series.

Caitlin books

• Becoming Me (August 2000, ISBN 1576737357)
• It's My Life (July 2001, ISBN 159052053X)
• Who I Am (March 2002, ISBN 1576738906)
• On My Own (July 2002, ISBN 1590520173)
• I Do (January 2005, ISBN 1590523202)

Chloe books

• My Name Is Chloe (January 2003, ISBN 1590520181)
• Sold Out (June 2003, ISBN 1590521412)
• Road Trip (December 2003, ISBN 1590521420)
• Face the Music (May 2004, ISBN 1590522419)

Kim books

• Just Ask (July 2005, ISBN 1590523210)
• Meant to Be (September 2005, ISBN 1590523229)
• Falling Up (January 2006, ISBN 1590523245)
• That Was Then... (May 2006, ISBN 159052425X)

Maya books

• A Not-So-Simple Life (July 2008, ISBN 1601421176)
• It's a Green Thing (February 2009, ISBN 1601421184)
• What Matters Most

External links

• Official website
• Melody Carlson's Website