Coming Home The Best Summer Of Our Lives by Rachel Hauck is the most beautiful Christian dual timeline novel that I savoured and never wanted to end. This is a book about friendship. It is a coming-of-age novel. It is about love, which is the glue that binds people together. We see four eighteen-year-olds as […]

Good Old-Fashioned Fun Five On A Treasure Island by Enid Blyton is an entertaining children’s novel and just perfect for the over tens. It is the first book in The Famous Five series. Written in 1942 the story is exciting and appealing as when it was first penned. For adults re-visiting their childhood memories, it […]

Superb Crime Suspense No Stone Left Unturned by Annette Dashofy is a gripping contemporary crime suspense that I could not put down. It is the fourth book in A Detective Honeywell Mystery series but can be read as a stand-alone. I enjoyed meeting up with familiar faces. Once more the police work in tantum with […]

The Moon without Stars may offer too much information for its target age, but can be a helpful resource for parents. The post Sympathy for 7th-Grade Angst appeared first on Redeemed Reader.

Grace Lin’s art is cheerful and childlike, and the girls’ antics will bring a smile to new readers’ faces in the latest Ling and Ting book. The post Ling & Ting’s Lunar New Year: Two Times Lucky by Grace Lin appeared first on Redeemed Reader.

23 illustrators combine efforts to update Langston Hughes’s Melodies of the Weary Blues 100 years after it first appeared. The post Melodies of the Weary Blues by Langston Hughes appeared first on Redeemed Reader.

Charming illustrations add much to this tall tale based on the life of Zora Neale Hurston. The post Small-Girl Zora and the Shower of Stories by Giselle Anatol appeared first on Redeemed Reader.

A Walk Down Memory Lane A Body In The Banjo by Elaine Spires is a most entertaining retro crime saga that I thoroughly enjoyed and read in just one sitting. The story is set in Dagenham in 1958 and is focused on the small group of houses in the banjo. The houses have inter-connecting alleyways […]

A Strange Type Of Heaven The Last Leopard by Lauren St John is a powerful contemporary children’s novel that I loved. It is perfect for those aged ten years and over. It is the fourth book in The White Giraffe series but can be read as a stand-alone. I recommend reading the books in numerical […]

The 2026 Caldecott-medal winning Fireworks celebrates a summer day in the city. The post Fireworks by Matthew Burgess appeared first on Redeemed Reader.