Books
Christian Books
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Explorer Academy: The Nebula Secret by Trudi Truett
With Explorer Academy, National Geographic launches an action sci-fi series taking readers to the world’s natural wonders. The Nebula Secret (Explorer Academy #1) by Trudi Truett. National Geographic Partners, 2018, 205 pages Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ages 10-14 Cruz Coronado has been accepted into the elite Explorers Academy, a high-tech, cutting-edge facility in Washington D. C. He’s hoping it’s not because his Aunt Marisol is an instructor there, but soon he has other worries. In short, it appears someone is trying to stop him: to disable, delay, perhaps even kill him. His mother was involved in a top-secret project before she died in a work related…
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Zap by Martha Freeman
A days-long power outage is the premise for Zap, a STEM-based, character-driven novel for middle graders. Zap by Martha Freeman. Simon & Schuster, 2018, 288 pages. Reading Level: Middle grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ages 10-14, especially boys Luis is interested in science and likes to find out stuff. His best friend Maura—make that his ex-bf, even though they’re still friends—is interested in science and likes to explain stuff. That’s one reason why she’s an ex: it gets a little irritating sometimes. When the power goes down in their New Jersey town, both are looking for answers. At first it’s just an inconvenience. But as the days pass and order…
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The Author’s Mission: Gary Schmidt
One question every author gets, sometimes several times a day: Where do you get your ideas? I had the happy opportunity to sit in on a presentation by Gary Schmidt and chat with him later, and while I didn’t ask the question, I got loads of material for an answer. Speaking of questions: he began his presentation with the true story of creature-in-distress in San Francisco Bay. The distress call sent by a ship’s captain failed to mention the type of creature it was, so when three men from the Humane Society set out in their 8-foot rubber dinghy they were stunned to encounter a 40-foot whale! With determination, ingenuity,…
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Remember Me by Marion Ueckermann
New Every Morning Remember Me by Marion Ueckermann is a delightful Christian romance that will warm your heart. It is the first book in the Chapel Cove Romance series and I cannot wait for the subsequent books. There are always opportunities to return to God, no matter how far we have wandered.
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*The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Holling Hoodhood comes to appreciate more than Shakespeare in this humorous historical fiction middle school novel. Starred review for The Wednesday Wars! *The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt. Clarion, 2007 (Newbery Honor). 272 pages. Reading Level: Middle grades, ages 10-12 Recommended For: Ages 10 and up, particularly 12-13 year olds The Wednesday Wars Toads, beetles, bats! His Jewish classmates are off early to the synagogue on Wednesday afternoons; his Catholic classmates to church. Holling Hoodhood, a Presbyterian, is forced to read Shakespeare and clap erasers for his teacher, Mrs. Baker, who clearly hates his guts. Every single Wednesday afternoon for the entire school year. After school, Holling dodges Doug…
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The Interlude by Lin Stepp
Delightful The Interlude by Lin Stepp is the most delightful contemporary Christian novel and part of the Smokey mountain series. I loved it. The Interlude is a book that you do not so much read as experience. I longed to jump inside its pages. With full descriptions Lin Stepp paints pictures of both landscape and […]
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Claire At Edisto by Lin Stepp
Do Your Best And Trust God For The Rest Claire At Edisto by Lin Stepp is the most delightful and heart-warming Christian tale that will leave you smiling. It is the first book in the Edisto trilogy and I cannot wait for the next two books. This is a beautiful family novel that deals with […]
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A Very Austen Valentine by Various
Filling In The Gaps A Very Austen Valentine is a delightful collection of six tales that are woven around Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice and Persuasion. Tales one and six have the characters from Persuasion. Tales one to five are based around Pride And Prejudice. Pride And Prejudice is my all time favourite novel so […]
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Nuggets Of Wisdom For Life’s Journey by Marvin E Johnson
Enhance Your Life Nuggets Of Wisdom For Life’s Journey by Marvin E Johnson is a powerful Christian book that contains bite size chunks of daily wisdom. The book is set out over seven parts with seven (six in part two) daily readings to study and digest. Marvin Johnson covers numerous topics from God’s love to […]
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The Comings And Goings Of Reverend Bertram Moorehouse by John Umfreville
Full Circle The Comings And Goings Of Reverend Bertram Moorehouse by John Umfreville is a historical book about a family in a small town in the late nineteenth century. The style is reminiscent of other books I have read about the English countryside written in the 1930’s. The book has an olde worlde charm to […]
