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BOOK REVIEW: He Who Lifts the Skies
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by: Laura V. Hilton Dancing Word Reviewer
Title: He Who Lifts The Skies Author: Kacy Barnett-Gramckow Publisher: Moody Publishers ISBN: 0-8024-1368-4 Genre: Inspirational/Biblical/Fiction
The Great Flood is over and Noah’s family is now scattered. Shem’s family is growing and members of his tribe have gone off to serve to the great king, “One who lifts the skies.” Shem and Noah are unhappy with this, as they believe this king is evil. When a baby with colorless skin and hair is born, Shem names her Sharah, because God is going to scatter the tribes throughout the earth. When Karan is born, everyone is shocked when Shem names her a boy name – meaning to push, to gore, because she will push down her enemies.
The girls grow and Karan is essentially Sharah’s servant as she is expected to bow to her older sister’s wishes. Sharah marries a tribal leader and bears a son, and Karan hopes she’ll be happy—but instead the great king comes to their tribe…
He Who Lifts The Skies is the second book in the Genesis Trilogy and readers will want to read The Heaven’s Before first. Kacy Barnett-Gramchkow has the gift of bringing the Old Testament stories to life in a way I’ve never before experienced. Readers will look at the Tower of Babel (the focus of this book) as they’ve never done before when reading about it in the Bible or hearing it taught in Sunday School.
I liked Karan in this story, and hated how her sister Sharah treated her. It was hard watching the descendants of Noah’s family regressing into men who didn’t fear God. I enjoy this series so far and am looking forward to reading the third. $12.99. 396 pages.
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