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BOOK REVIEW | Believing in Hope
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BELIEVING IN HOPE
by Stephanie Perry Moore
In this second book of the Yasmin Peace series family tensions and school unrest sore to a fever pitch. A school counselor starts a club for 8th grade girls: The LIGHT club, which deals with major issues: gangs, depression, teen suicide, self-esteem, etc. Yasmin discovers that there is hope on the other side of every obstacle—if she holds on to her faith.
BOOK REVIEWS | Run, Jeremiah, Run
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Run, Jeremiah, Run
by Mabel Elizabeth Singletary
Reviewed by Linda Leigh Hargrove
Nine year old Jeremiah Jones is a born runner. He runs faster than most boys his age. Trouble is ever since his grandmother’s passing his running has been getting him in trouble. When he’s sad or stressed, he runs. His running helps him cope with the loss of Grandma Joanie and the prospect of never finding a ‘forever family.’ Running gets him thrown out of foster homes and expelled from school.
BOOK REVIEW | Freedom’s Pen
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Freedom’s Pen
by Wendy Lawton
Young Phillis began life in an African village as a curious and imaginative little Janxa. Then without warning Janxa gets captured by slavers and shipped to the New World with her father. She’s unable to fully comprehend the reasons for the inhumanity she witnesses on the journey. She soothes herself by clinging to the songs of the village storyteller.
BOOK REVIEW | Roman Ship Model
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Candle Discovery Series: Roman Ship Model
My 14 year old son got a peek at this one and is STOKED! I told him I had to review it before I could let him at it, so here we go…
…"Roman Ship Model" is a part of the Candle Discovery Series published by Candle Books. No pun intended, but this is a boatload of information on early ships and water transportation.
BOOK REVIEW | Secrets for Sale
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SECRETS FOR SALE
by Kristi Holl
Twelve year old Jeri McKane is horrified when her best friend, Rosa, accuses Jeri of blackmailing her to get money. Whatever the blackmailer knows is a secret that Rosa has only told Jeri. Jeri convinces Rosa to ignore the blackmailer, but as a result, Rosa’s secret is made public and she is kicked out of the school play.
