Brave & Resourceful Franci’s War by Franci Rabinek Epstein is a powerful account of the author’s time spent in various concentration camps during World War II. We also briefly hear of the author’s background and there is an afterword by her daughter. The inclusion of photos is great to be able to put faces to […]

Better Together A Year Of Flowers by Suzanne Woods Fisher is the most beautiful Christian contemporary offering of four stories in one book. Each story is intertwined as they build towards the final story showing how the three lead characters are better together. The reader is reminded that a cord of three strands is not […]

Max in the Land of Lies completes Adam Gidwitz’s “Operation Kinderspion” duo with a tale both thrilling and thought-provoking. The post Max in the Land of Lies by Adam Gidwitz appeared first on Redeemed Reader.

Getting to the moon was only the beginning. But How to Survive on the Moon? The post How to Survive on the Moon by Joalda Morancy appeared first on Redeemed Reader.

Powerful & Heart-Wrenching The Bamboo Heart: A Daughter’s Quest by Ann Bennett is a powerful historical novel. It is based on the author’s father’s wartime experiences as a POW on the Thai Burma railway and is absolutely heart breaking. The novel is set over two time periods – 1943 onwards in Malaya, and in London […]

The Greatest Love All Our Beautiful Goodbyes by Julianna MacLean is the most beautiful novel that I read in just one sitting. The novel spans a lifetime as it is set in 1946, the following few years; and then into 1995. The main setting is a wild and rugged small island off the mainland of […]

Glory, Too: Poems by Nikki Grimes is a beautiful anthology of poetry inspired by Scripture. The post *Glory, Too: Poems by Nikki Grimes appeared first on Redeemed Reader.

Glory in the Margins: Sunday Poems is a striking, and deeply spiritual, collection of poetry worth savoring. The post *Glory in the Margins: Sunday Poems by Nikki Grimes appeared first on Redeemed Reader.

Entertaining The Ghost Of Thomas Kempe by Penelope Lively is a children’s adventure for ages ten years and over. Though written in 1973, it still entertains audiences today. Penelope Lively has a young boy, James, as the central character. Having moved into a new house, things go bump in the day and night – and […]

Painting Wonder, an outstanding example of a picture book biography, is a sure winner for all Narnia and Tolkien fans. The post *Painting Wonder by Katie Wray Schon appeared first on Redeemed Reader.