Category: Book Review
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[Book Review] The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
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The One and Only Ivan is a popular book for grades 3-8, which is exactly why I decided to review it. This book, as I expected, was discerned as “no”. It talked about humans being related to apes, Ivan was basically a person in a gorilla body and felt human feelings and thought human thoughts,…
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[Book Review] A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry
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I have read A Wolf Called Wander twice: once before I became a Christian and the second time and the second time after I was born again. Since I provide honest, discerned book reviews, I had to look past the beautiful illustrations and the exciting story of Swift to get to the things the average…
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Lynne and the Doctrine Dilemma | A Short Story
I hope that this is an encouraging short story of Lynne having a conversation with her unbeliever friend :)
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[Book Review] Wild Horses by Jenny Oldfield
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Wild Horses is a fictional novel of 13-year-old Kristie Scott’s adventure’s with a wild black stallion. Dangers meet her at every corner, but she is determined to help the injured horse that got hurt by a canyon explosion. Charlie, a ranch wrangler, left Kristie alone in the canyon to assist the stallion in any way…
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[Book Review] Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
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When I finished reading Misty of Chincoteague, I was torn between deciding whether I would recommend this book or not. After some pondering, I came to this conclusion: it depends. Some people might not like the not-so-great things in this book, but others might not mind them. I’ll start with the things that I liked…
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[Book Review] Clothed With Thunder by Vicki Watson
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While Clothed With Thunder is a fictional novel, it has SO much information in it that it could go for being a non-fiction book! Such as why creation is true and evolution isn’t, horse facts, more about the Bible, etc. Rosie and Carrie brought together loads of facts and information that denied evolution, which definitely…
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[Book Review] Andrea Carter and the Dangerous Decision by Susan K. Marlow
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Andrea Carter and the Dangerous Decision is an action-packed novel about Andi’s dangerous and adventurous experiences at school. But, unfortunately, that is the exact reason why this book is making my discerned “no” list.
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[Book Review] The Horse of the River: A Camp Canyon Falls Adventure by Sari Cooper
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I discovered The Horse of the River at my library one day while seeing if they had any horse books that I missed from last time. The book, based on the blurb, sounded interesting as Gillian is attending this horse camp and gets lost in the wilderness. But never would I have imagined the occult…
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