The Christmas Eve Club
The Christmas Eve Club
The Christmas Eve Club is a tale of forgiveness, faith, chastity, and relationships as a high school girl is pressured to lose her virginity before her seventeenth birthday
The Plot
Sixteen-year-old Janie Ridley is a varsity soccer player at Chuck Yeager High School doing her best to not think about the pressure she is receiving from her teammates, who all made a pledge by Christmas Eve to score a lot on the field and at least once off the field, to lose her virginity before she turns seventeen.
Justin Alito, along with other boys, is all too happy to assist any of the girls on the soccer team in fulfilling their pledge to be in the Christmas Eve Club and has already initiated a few of the girls to prove his point. As Janie downs alcohol in an effort to tame her nervousness and inhibitions, she experiences an internal battle that does not end that night. But as the boys become “men” and the some of the girls attempt to fend off bullies and stand up to peer pressure, fate steps in to intervene. Will a mysterious geeky classmate be able to stop Janie from losing her virginity before it is too late?
Themes
Problems of the Hook-Up Culture
Peer Pressuring and Bullying in High School
The Importance of Taking Risks
How to Live a Christian Life in the Modern World
Press Release
Author Brooke R. Bonomi has released his new novel, "The Christmas Eve Club: An unstoppable, rebellious gal runs into an unmovable merry ole soul," which details the story of Janie, a 16-year-old girl, who struggles with pressure from her peers to lose her virginity by Christmas Eve, after making a pact with her soccer team. Within the pages of the book, readers can explore the characters as they navigate bullying, their desires to fit in and their faith in Jesus.
In "The Christmas Eve Club," readers are provided with the introspective thoughts of the characters as they struggle between serving God or succumbing to the power of the in-crowd. Bonomi hopes to inspire young men to seek courage and nobility, and young women to strive for excellence and wisdom not to do desperate things
"I want young women to feel empowered that they do not have to conform to the pressures of the hook-up culture, and they should be cherished and honored by their boyfriends," Bonomi said. "I want young men to know the joy that comes from living a bold and courageous Christian lifestyle."
During his academic career, Bonomi grew tired of reading gloomy death-abundant stories in class. Bonomi hopes to give readers a chance to see a different angle, one with love, humor and good cheer.
"I want everyone to know that real joy in life comes from having a friendship with Jesus and looking out for the needs of others over their own selfish interests," Bonomi said. "My goal was to flip the script on the hook-up culture and remind people of the coolness of Jesus' message."
"The Christmas Eve Club: An unstoppable, rebellious gal runs into an unmovable merry ole soul”
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