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If you’ve read Jordan Sonnenblick’s Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, you know all about Jeffrey. In Sonnenblick’s sequel, After Ever After, Jeffrey is the eighth grader now and this is his story—after the cancer. Walk the halls of middle school with Jeffrey as he struggles with the lingering effects of cancer drugs, a new girl,…

Have you ever had a rotten day? I was caught in one recently. A close friendship was shaken to pieces and I found myself clutching door frames in the aftershock. I awoke this morning hurting for those involved and saddened by the damage that occurs even among fellow Christ-followers. Then God directed my attention to…

This week I spotlight Roland Smith’s Storm Runners novels. If you like action, adventure, and weather, you’ll love this series. In Storm Runners, Chase Masters, his father, and co-worker Tomas, head to Florida to meet Category 5 Hurricane Emily. They set up shop at the Rossi farm where the circus family keeps their animals and…

God’s Champion Knights in medieval times pledged to follow a code of chivalry. Part of the code was to champion the right and the good against injustice and evil. When my oldest son attended high school, I often prayed that he would be God’s champion there. He came home one day and told me how…

God’s Champion Knights in medieval times pledged to follow a code of chivalry. Part of the code was to champion the right and the good against injustice and evil. When my oldest son attended high school, I often prayed that he would be God’s champion there. He came home one day and told me how…

Luke–framed for a crime he didn’t commit. Will and Lyssa—sibling warfare out of control. Charla—athletic perfectionist. Ian—TV junkie. J.J.—celebrity kid gone bad. All six are condemned to a month out at sea with CNC, Charting a New Course, a sailing program designed to rehab troubled kids. When a fierce storm and a costly error by…

Zuno picks David Wiesner’s Three Pigs. A multiple Caldecott Medal winner, here Wiesner twists the tale of the three little pigs. If you are familiar with Wiesner’s work, such as Tuesday and Flotsam, you know to expect the unexpected. Join the three little pigs as they scamper from page to page and from story to story in…

Hateful: #1 – Is the Light On? “There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a man who…

Every summer, Joey and his sister, Mary Alice, find themselves on a train from Chicago to Grandma’s small town somewhere on the way to St. Louis. Richard Peck’s A Long Way From Chicago takes place during the Great Depression and Grandma Dowdel doesn’t even have indoor plumbing. Yet Grandma delivers one surprise after another for…

Hateful: #2 – TSL, Truth as a Second Language “There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a…