Book Review – The Gate
Book Review – The Gate by Nancy Carabio Belanger First-place winner, Best Catholic Novel–Catholic Press Association 2014 Book Awards For smart-aleck Josh, being a Christian in the eighth grade is completely irrelevant, especially with the temptations that middle school can bring. For him, life is all about playing video games, getting...
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Book Review – A Single Bead by Stephanie Engelman On the anniversary of the plane crash that took the life of her beloved grandmother and threw her own mother into a deep depression, 16-year-old Katelyn Marie Roberts discovers a single bead from her grandmothers rosary-a rosary lost in the crash....
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Book Review – Awakening by Claudia Cangilla McAdam Fear drives me forward as I rush down a rocky path in Jerusalem, trying to sort things out even as dusk makes it harder to hurry. Am I really an American girl, cast back to the time of Jesus? Or a delusional Jewish...
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1 John 4:8 – “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” As we draw nearer to Valentine’s Day, we tend to think more about love. We should not only be thinking about love, but the Love; God. Love is a powerful thing; it is the main...
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Book Review – 7 Riddles to Nowhere by A.J. Cattapan 7 riddles. 1 fortune. Way too many competitors. All seventh grader Kameron Boyd wants to do is keep his little Catholic school from closing. It’s the only school where they’ve made life as a selective mute somewhat bearable. As the school...
Read MoreBook Review – The Relic of Perilous Falls
Book Review – The Relic of Perilous Falls by Raymond Arroyo Will Wilder is a mischievous, headstrong twelve-year-old with an otherworldly gift—he alone can see the nefarious creatures encroaching on Perilous Falls. For nearly a century, a sacred relic has protected his hometown from the raging waters surrounding it. But...
Read MoreBook Review – The Perfect Blindside
Book Review of The Perfect Blindside by Leslea Wahl He’s an egotistical snowboarder with a silver medal. She’s a judgmental honors student with a flair for photography. Slashed tires…. False accusations…. A coded message…. When all they can see is each other’s flaws, how can Jake and Sophie work together to figure...
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