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As a homeschooling veteran, I review middle-grade stories to help parents, librarians, and teachers choose good books.
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Lessons from Spider Man
“From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded.” Sound familiar? How about the Spider Man take on it: “With great power comes great responsibility”?
Call to join a new Facebook devotional community
Like most tools, the values of social networking depends on the user, but for me, a writer who spends countless hours each day shut inside my office, Facebook has provided a much needed window to the outside world. It’s allowed me to stay in contact with distant friends and has deepened many relationships I hold dear. Facebook has become a wonderful, vibrant, interactive community. What better place to launch a Christ-centered devo-group?
Deceit by Brandilyn Collins, a review
Joanne Weeks’ best friend Linda vanished six years ago. Linda’s husband remarried, and now the second wife is dead too, ostensibly from a fall down the stairs. The husband, Baxter Jackson, looks like a murderer to Joanne. But not to others, apparently.
Another free Kindle book for Christian fiction fans
Well-known Christian authors Tracie Peterson and Judith Miller collaborated on this book, which is currently available for free in ebook form on Kindle. By the way, if you don’t have a Kindle, you can still get the book, download a free reader to your computer, and read it on your computer. The book is A Daughter’s Inheritance, which presents intrigue and romance set in the opulent Thousand Islands resort area at the turn of the century.
A free ebook from Kim Vogel Sawyer!
I don’t know of you’re a fan of Kim Vogel Sawyer’s. She writes prairie romances mostly, sweet stories of hope. If you are, snap up her free Kindle ebook today! My Heart Remembers, published in 2008, is Kim’s personal favorite of all her books.
Undercurrent by Michelle Griep, a review
What if, sometimes, people who go missing actually end up in another time? Michelle Griep asked herself this question and spun this story to answer it. In it, Englishwoman Dr. Cassie Larson takes some students on a short cruise in the North Sea. She buys a wooden brooch shaped like a wolf from a mysterious man. Back on the boat, the brooch falls overboard. She leans after it… and she falls too. A Viking is rowing across the North Sea, circa 900 AD.
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand, a review
Clara has a hard time believing she’s an angel, until her mother shows Clara her mother’s wings. Clara finds she has them too. Each part-angel, says her mother, has a Purpose which is revealed when he or she is a teenager through visions. It’s very important to do what the visions are telling you to do, to fulfill your Purpose. Otherwise, apparently, you may end up as a Dark Wing, the disobedient angels with black wings who are absolutely up to no good.
Help with making a blog
Want help making a blog? Over at MotherboardBooks.com, my computer-book publishing company for homeschoolers, I’ve been wanting to offer a product that shows newbies how to make a blog website. Here’s why: regular blog entries bring your website to the attention of the search engines. That’s a very good thing. The higher your Google ranking, the more readers you’ll have, because your site will be easier to find. I’ve converted nearly all my websites to blogs!
Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall & Denver Moore, a review
Ron Hall’s flirtation with the wealthy lifestyle leads him down the path of infidelity. His wife, Debbie, forgives him, and together they embark on a new project of her choosing–ministering to the homeless in Fort Worth, Texas. Ron finds himself serving food every Tuesday.
Debbie’s had a dream about a man who is, in the words of Ecclesiastes, “A wise man who changes the city.” She points out the man to Ron–a tall taciturn, angry black man. Befriend that man, she tells him.
Angels Around Us, a guest post by Delia Latham
Psalm 91:11 – For he shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
My guess is that not one person who reads this post will find the above verse of scripture unfamiliar.
Lucky Baby by Meredith Efken, a review
Meg Lindsay is a Christian woman who is still affected by her controlling, mean mother. Finally she gets around her wounded heart enough to want to be a mother herself–specifically, to adopt a child from China. It takes some fast talking before her geeky atheist husband, Lewis, gets on board with the idea.
Kylie’s Kiss by Delia Latham, a review
Kylie’s a mess–her beautiful mother and actress sister have pummeled her self-esteem into the ground, and an abusive ex-boyfriend hasn’t helped either.