The Boardwalk Mystery (Boxcar Children Mystery #131) by Tim Jessell and Gertrude Chandler Warner Reviewed by: Elizabeth Olmedo Genre: Children’s book, Mystery Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company Publication Date: March 2013 Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden are visiting the Jersey shore. One of grandfather’s friends, Mr. Hanson, has bought an amusement park and the...
Reviewed by: Elizabeth Olmedo Genre: Non-Fiction Publisher: Revell Publication Date: March 2013 Facing some of life’s toughest situations should never be done alone. For that reason, Marshele Waddell and Kelly K. Orr have come together to write a book about combat-related PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury). We all know of...
Rosa’s Land by Gilbert Morris Reviewed by: Samantha Kinkade Genre: Christian Fiction Publisher: Barbour Publishing Publication Date: February 2013 Lafayette Riordian was raised to be a gentleman, maybe too much of one at that. His mother, insistent that he travel the road of a kind-hearted artist, is not prepared for Faye’s seeming rebellion to try...
Home Run by Travis Thrasher Reviewed by: Lara M. Van Hulzen Genre: Fiction Publisher: David C. Cook Publication Date: March 2013 Cory Brand is a baseball star. He’s got it all. Fast cars. Money. Women. What he doesn’t have is control of his life. When one mistake spirals into more, he finds himself back home...
Reviewed by: Jill Williamson Genre: fantasy/superhero Publisher: Marcher Lord Press Publication Date: April 2013 Teen superhero Failstate thought life would get easier now that he’d earned his superhero license. But when a legendary superhero returns from the dead and brings with him a horde of zombies, Failstate is a bit flustered. Dozens of professional superheroes...
Reviewed by: Jill Williamson Genre: fantasy/superhero Publisher: Marcher Lord Press Publication Date: April 2012 Robin Laughlin (aka. Failstate) is a contestant in a reality TV show called America’s Next Superhero. His goal? To become an official, licensed superhero. It doesn’t help matters that his powers are often out of control, that his handsome big brother...
Reviewed by: Jennifer Whitney Genre: Christian-Suspense Publisher: B&H Publication Date: October 2012 Wow, Wow, Wow!!!! Double Blind was a fantastic book that kept me up late reading since I just had to know how it was going to all play out. This is the second book I have read from Brandilyn Collins, and she has...
Reviewed by: Jill Williamson Genre: middle grade mystery/suspense Publisher: Zondervan Publication Date: March 2013 Cooper, Gordy, and Hiro ride their bikes through the park one day and see a van with a backpack on the roof. Gordy gives chase to try and warn the driver and is abducted by a man with a taser. Cooper...
Reviewed by: Amber McCallister Genre: Biblical Fiction Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publication Date: March 12, 2013 So Shines the Night is a masterful interweaving of a beautiful story of finding a life of meaning in God along with seeing the apostle Paul come to life before your very eyes. The intimacy with which we are given...
Reviewed by: Jill Williamson Genre: middle grade mystery/suspense Publisher: Zondervan Publication Date: March 2013 Cooper, Gordy, and Hiro witness a robbery and an attack one night at their favorite milkshake restaurant that leaves the owner in a coma and them the only witnesses. They make a pact—a code of silence—not to tell anyone what they...
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