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Quick Summer Reads: Treasure Tracks, High Score, and Wretched Waterpark
Three entertaining novels for the adventure-seeker, the heist-lover, and the doom-aficionado. Treasure Tracks by S. A. Rodriguez. Farrar Straus Giroux, 2022, 214 pages. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ages 10-14 Fernando Roman prefers his Abuelo’s name for him: Fin. Water sprite that he is, the name suits him, but actually everything about Abuelo suits him better than his own dad. Dad seems to have missed the adventure gene that Fin and his grandfather share, and never joins them as they explore the Florida Keys with scuba gear and an old boat. On the day Fin turns 12, Abuelo shares a story about a treasure—Spanish gold found in…
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Living Water To Refresh Your Soul by Tracy Smoak
So Beautiful Living Water To Refresh Your Soul by Tracy Smoak is a simply beautiful book containing thirty devotionals that will help you in your faith walk. Jesus is THE living water. Just as we need water to hydrate our physical bodies, we need Jesus’ words to hydrate our souls. The devotional has thirty photographs […]
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*Tree Street Kids: Lions to the Rescue! and Mystery in Crooked Creek Woods
The Tree Street Kids series continues as Jack, Ellison, Roger, Ruthie and Midge develop new and better friendships, and also solve a mystery. Tree Street Kids series by Amanda Cleary Eastep, illustrated by Aedan Peterson: Lions to the Rescue! and Mystery in Crooked Creek Woods. Moody, 2022. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 8-10 Recommended For: Ages 8-10 Lions to the Rescue! Jack’s adjustment to a new neighborhood and making new friends continues when he joins his friend Ellison at a new school. He is eager to be accepted by DJ and the guys on the peewee football team, but Ellison would rather sign up for the Library Club. How can…
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Just Look Around: Sato the Rabbit, One Boy Watching, and The Boy Who Loved Maps
These picture books, Sato the Rabbit, One Boy Watching, and The Boy Who Loved Maps, are about using imagination and paying attention. Sato the Rabbit by Yuki Ainoya, translated by Michael Blaskowsky. Enchanted Lion, 2021, 59 pages. Reading level: Picture Book, ages 4-8 Recommended for: ages 3-7 “One day, Hanero Sato became a rabbit. He’s been a rabbit ever since.” Sato is a curious sort who likes all kinds of things, but donning a rabbit suit helps him wonder about things he’s never wondered before. Such as, where does the water from his garden hose come from? The answer can be found by following the garden hose to a small…
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Such A Good Mother by Helen Monks Takhar
Wow! Gripping! Such A Good Mother by Helen Monks Takhar is a gripping psychological suspense that I just could not put down. I was totally consumed. The novel is divided into several sections. Each section begins with a different voice to the main body. It is up to the reader to see if we know […]
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Gotta Go Back For The Dog by Sara Wheeley
Really Fun Fact Finding Gotta Go Back For The Dog by Sara Wheeley is a marvellous historical children’s novel that I thoroughly enjoyed. Sara Wheeley has presented historical facts in a really fun way as we follow three children and their dog time hopping to key events. This book was a real treat for me […]
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The Snow Woman And Other Short Stories by Sandra Barwick
An Eclectic Mix The Snow Woman And Other Short Stories by Sandra Barwick is a lovely collection of an eclectic mix of stories. There really is something to appeal to everyone. The tales are all different. They range from the everyday to the product of an imagination. They are varying lengths and a few poems […]
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All I Want For Christmas by Rebekah Pace
Brokenness All I Want For Christmas by Rebekah Pace is a powerful contemporary Christian novel that is a modern retelling of the story of Job. We witness the faithfulness of God who never leaves us to struggle alone. He provides things for us to be thankful for daily. Sometimes in our pain and hurt, we […]
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No Matter The Cost by Susan May Warren
A Thrilling Conclusion No Matter The Cost by Susan May Warren is the thrilling conclusion to The Epic Story Of RJ And York series which needs to be read in order as each book follows on where the last one left off. The action comes thick and fast as we follow the characters across Germany. […]
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I Will Find You by Susan May Warren
Always And Forever I Will Find You by Susan May Warren is the second book in The Epic Story Of RJ And York series. It is a marvellous tale following on the heels of book one which you need to read first. The book is an epic adventure suspense as the action moves from Germany […]
