I really enjoy time-slip novels–where two stories are told, one in the past, one in the present, alternating chapters. So I was glad to find this middle-grade mystery novel with time-slip, published in 2018. Also, it focuses on race issues, a topic dear to my heart. In fact, it’s written by an African-American about African-Americans. […]
Book Review: Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
March 30, 2016 by
Crispin: The Cross of Lead, by Avi, Book 1 in the Crispin trilogy Published 2002 by Hyperion Books for Children, New York, 262 pages Genre: Historical drama for tweens This book won the Newbery Award when it was published, and more recently the author has published two sequels. It’s A.D. 1377 in rural England. A […]
Free ebook: a Christian novel of the old West
March 16, 2012 by
Our featured free ebook today is Ruby, a historical novel by Lauraine Snelling, published in 2003 by Bethany House. Forty-nine Amazon reviewers give it a composite of four stars out of five. It’s published on Kindle.
