Books
Christian Books
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The Winter Garden by Heidi Swain
Warm And Welcoming The Winter Garden by Heidi Swain is the most charming contemporary novel set during the autumn in the run up to Christmas. It is the third book in the Nightingale Square series but can be read as a stand-alone. I enjoyed catching up with familiar faces. Once more the characters are warm […]
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*Swift by R. J. Anderson
A young piskey girl searches for truth as danger threatens her home and loved ones. *Swift by R. J. Anderson. Enclave Publishing, 2020. 272 pages. Reading Level: Young Adult, ages 15 and up Recommended For: Ages 15 and up Ivy loves the Delve, but she struggles to belong. Ever since her mother disappeared, life has been difficult. And why must others pity her? She might have been born without wings, but she is just as much a piskey! And more than other piskeys, she hates the mysterious spriggans who took her mother years ago. When more piskeys begin disappearing from the Delve, Ivy is too stubborn to sit back and…
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Protecting Tanner Hollow by Lynette Eason
Exciting Suspense Protecting Tanner Hollow by Lynette Eason is an exciting collection of four contemporary Christian suspense novellas. All are set in Tanner Hollow and entitled Lethal Homecoming, Lethal Conspiracy, Lethal Secrets and Lethal Agenda. The stories are all linked by the characters with the focus shifting in each one. Familiar faces from the Blue […]
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Entangled Objects by Susanne Paola Antonetta
Entwined Entangled Objects by Susanne Paola Antonetta is a unique novel exploring the lives of three women. These women are all totally different in terms of lifestyle, money etc but they are also remarkably similar in their experiences. Their lives all intersect at various points. There was the theme of fake compared with being real. […]
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Dust by Kara Swanson
Neverland spills into modern day life and sets two young people on a collision course in this YA fantasy. Dust by Kara Swanson. Enclave Publishing, 2020. 368 pages. Reading Level: Young Adult, ages 16 and up Recommended For: Ages 16 and up Claire Kenton hates Peter Pan. She hates the storybook that so enchanted her twin brother —who is now missing. She hates herself, too, and the weird, dangerous flakes that fall from her skin. Hates herself enough that she tried to end everything, just before our story starts. But now she has a reason to live; she has finally tracked down a trace of her brother, Connor —he was…
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Mortal Sight by Sandra Fernandez Rhoads
Secrets, shadows, and Milton’s Paradise Lost are woven together in a new YA fantasy. Mortal Sight by Sandra Fernandez Rhoads. Enclave Publishing, 2020. 304 pages. Reading Level: Young Adult, ages 16 and up Recommended For: Ages 16 and up Cera is tired of running. Tired of the strange life she lives, punctuated for the past 10 years by an epileptic fit prompting a move each birthday. This year she’s going to put her foot down. But then she realizes there’s more to her fits —more to the shadows she thinks she sees— and a whole other world her mom has been hiding from her. Or has her mom been hiding…
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Christmas Ever After by Karen Schaler
Positively Charming Christmas Ever After by Karen Schaler is a most delightful contemporary Christmas novel that will warm your heart and leave you smiling. Log cabins, snow, Christmas trees and Santas are everything you need for the festive atmosphere – but what happens if you really want to avoid Christmas every year? This novel will […]
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Raising Lumie by Joan Bauer
In Raising Lumie, a grieving girl gets a new family and a dog-owning dream fulfilled. Raising Lumie by Joan Bauer. Viking, 2020, 267 pages Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 8-10 Recommended for: ages 8-12 independently; 6-10 as a read-aloud Olive lost her mom when she was just a baby. Now she’s lost her dad, the world’s best plumber, to cancer. The only good thing, or less-than-awful thing, is that Dad’s illness has brought Olive’s grownup half-sister into her life. Maudie takes over guardianship duties with grace and enthusiasm–but denies Olive’s deepest with for a dog. The timing isn’t right: the girls are moving to a new town, where Maudie has…
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Scrumptious Independence by Melissa Wardwell
The Legacy She Left Scrumptious Independence by Melissa Wardwell is a totally charming contemporary Christian novel. It is the second book in the Merriweather Island series but can be read as a stand-alone. The novel is about a search to belong and to be loved. The leading character feels rejected by her family. She projects […]
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Somebody Someday by Joye Holmes
Heart Breaking And Inspiring Somebody Someday by Joye Holmes – wow what an incredibly powerful and emotional book about the twenty plus years friendship of housewife Joye and homeless Butch. This book will make you smile and your heart will swell with love as Butch, who owns nothing is so rich in his love and […]
