A sweet middle-grade historical fiction recounting some of the Luminous Life of Lucy Landry, an Ojibwe orphan. The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry, Anna Rose Johnson, Holiday House, 2024. 192 pages. When her guardian dies, Lucy Landry isn’t sure what to expect. Her active imagination is quick to fill in a number of scenarios, but… The post The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry appeared first on Redeemed Reader.

Forging Towards The Frontier Chasing The Horizon by Mary Connealy is a thrilling historical Christian novel that I just could not put down. It is the first book in A Western Light series which promises to be marvellous. This is a pioneering adventure as we follow a wagon train going west in 1869. There is […]

Gripping, Glued & Guessing Double Take by Lynette Eason is the first book in a fabulous new series called Lake City Heroes. It is a contemporary Christian novel that gripped me from the start. Lynette Eason is the master of the suspense novel, reeling the reader in from the start. We learn that there is […]

Searching & Sacrificial Love In Action Embers In The London Sky by Sarah Sundin is an absolutely wonderful Christian historical wartime suspense. It captured my imagination from the start, engaging me till the very end. The novel opens in Nazi-occupied Holland in 1940, continuing to London and finishing halfway through 1941. Sarah Sundin waves actual […]

A Social Commentary V For Victory by Lissa Evans is a historical novel set in the closing years of World War II during 1944. It is the third book in a series but can be read as a stand-alone. Lissa Evans has composed a very personable novel that engages and entertains. The humor is both […]

The Adventurous Spirit The Somerset Tsunami by Emma Carroll is an exciting children’s historical novel that is perfect for ages ten years and over. This book will entertain you whatever your age. The novel is set in 1616 and has its foundations in fact. There really was a Somerset tsunami. The rest of the story […]

If it weren’t for Shakespeare’s First Folio, a collection of plays preserved and published by his friends after he died, we would be bereft of some great stories and language. Thankfully, we don’t have to miss out. But why? The Bard and the Book: How the first folio saved the plays of Shakespeare by Ann… The post The Bard and the Book: How the first folio saved the plays of Shakespeare appeared first on Redeemed Reader.

In Faker, a boy faces critical ethical questions involving his own immediate family. The post Faker by Gordon Korman appeared first on Redeemed Reader.

Majestica takes readers on a thrill ride through a wildlife park filled with magical creatures. The post Majestica by Sarah Tolcser appeared first on Redeemed Reader.

Uprising is the story of a Polish girl’s experience of World War II, based on the experiences of a real-life teenage resistance fighter. The post Uprising by Jennifer A. Nielsen appeared first on Redeemed Reader.