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Children's Book Reviews: A-Titles |
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Click on the reviewer's name below each title to access reviews ABOUT-FACE SPACE RACE Dell Smith Klein 12/11/2001 Everybody knows you should love your neighbor and help those in need, but does that apply when you're in the middle of the biggest race of the year? It's time for the spacepod race and the ASTROKIDS are determined to win. Boys against girls sounded like such a good idea—and each side was convinced they'd beat the other. But when unexpected problems force them to work together or not compete, will they be able to put aside their differences? (Inspirational/Juvenile/Fiction) ACROSS THE WIDE RIVER
Dell Smith Klein 03/12/2005 The red brick home of Rev. John Rankin was a beacon--the first stop on the Underground Railroad in the North. Across the Ohio River in Kentucky, all slaves knew to look for it. They said that if you reached the house, you would never be captured. Across the Wide River tells the true story of the sacrifices one family made to help runaway slaves. (Inspirational/Young Adult/Historical/Fiction) AIDAN OF OREN - THE JOURNEY BEGINS Jason McDonald 10/09/2004 In the remote village of Oren a child was hidden amidst a terrible war. A child of peace, yet powerful beyond imagination. A child unique in all of the world, whose destiny is to fulfill an ancient prophecy of restoration...a destiny that will not go unchallenged. His name is Aidan of Oren, and this is his story. (Juvenile/Fantasy) ANDREA CARTER AND THE DANGEROUS DECISION Laura V. Hilton 08/2007 Andi nearly tramples her new teacher in a reckless, impromptu horserace down the main street of Fresno, California--not a good way to begin the fall, 1880 school term. Her troubles multiply when she must decide if she should deliberately walk into a dangerous situation to rescue the teacher's mean-spirited, trouble-making daughter. (Inspirational/Juvenile/Historical/Fiction) ANDREA CARTER AND THE LONG RIDE HOME Laura V. Hilton 12/30/2006 Twelve-year-old Andrea Carter has several frightening encounters after taking her horse, Taffy, and running away from her home at the Circle C Ranch. She begins to realize that there really is no place like home. (Inspirational/Juvenile/Historical/Fiction) ANNIKA'S SECRET WISH Laura V. Hilton 12/12/2004 "What would I wish for?" Annika wondered aloud. "If ever I had the almond in my pudding...what would be my wish?" In turn-of the-century Sweden, finding the almond hidden in the rice pudding is the Christmas Eve highlight for many children, since it means a chance to wish for a new pair of snowshoes, a mountain of truffles coated with cocoa, an adorable kitten. For ten long years--all of her life--Annika has dreamed of discovering the almond in her own pudding. Will this be her year? (Inspirational/Children/Historical/Fiction) ARENA Beth Goddard 05/21/2002 Transported surreptitiously to a terrifying alien world, with limited resources and only a few cryptic words to guide her, Callie Hayes finds herself engulfed in a perilous battle for freedom--and her very life. She must unravel the mysteries that shroud her only route of escape, or risk succumbing to the deadly deception of the Arena. (Inspirational/Science Fiction) ARTHUR, THE CHRISTMAS ELF Jason McDonald 12/13/2006 As the blizzard of the century buries the countryside in wind-blown snow and brings life to a standstill on Christmas Eve, Arthur finds the last two Endangered Children and offers them a chance to learn what Christmas is really all about. Snowflake, Arthur’s reindeer, flies through the night, delivering Arthur and his magic to two these especially troubled kids. Timothy Anderson and Angie Smith live on opposite sides of town, but their lives are drawn together by accident when the blizzard puts everyone they love in danger. Can Arthur show them what to do to save Christmas? Will they rise to the challenge? Will this Christmas be one to remember, or one everyone will want to forget? (Juvenile/Fiction/Holiday)
ATTACK! Jason McDonald 08/24/2003 Imagine that your decisions have the power to determine the fate of your country. One day, while you are guarding your family's sheep, a bully attacks you from behind and steals your prized possession. You must make a choice. You abandon the sheep and chase the bully and almost catch him when you both see a huge foreign army in the distance. You must make a choice. Do you forget the differences you have with the bully, or work together to see what the foreigners are up to? (Biblical/Juvenile/Fiction) |