Last Updated on Thursday, 02 February 2012 18:32 Posted by Clash Wednesday, 01 February 2012 01:52
It's here! FamilyFiction Edge is devoted to Suspense, Speculative Fiction, YA/Teen, Comics, and DVDs. The debut issue includes: Frank Peretti * Terri Blackstock * Bill Myers * "The Lamp" * Love Inspired Suspense * Camy Tang * Jon S. Lewis * Betsy St. Amant * "October Baby" * "The Almighty Bible* C.S. Lakin * and much more!
FamilyFiction Edge is a free, online magazine.
Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 10:21 Posted by Clash Monday, 30 January 2012 10:11
Review: "Chasing Mona Lisa" by Tricia Goyer & Mike Yorkey
Reviewed by *Katie McCurdy for Legacy of a Writer
3/5 Stars
THE BOOK:
One enigmatic smile. Two passionate protectors. And a relentlessly ticking clock.
August 1944. Paris is on the cusp of liberation. As the soldiers of the Third Reich flee the Allied advance, they ravage the country and steal countless pieces of irreplaceable art. In fact, Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring will stop at nothing to claim the most valuable one of all--the Mona Lisa--as a postwar bargaining chip.
Last Updated on Monday, 30 January 2012 10:21 Posted by Clash Monday, 30 January 2012 10:06
The Alec London Series is a series written for boys, 8 - 12 years old. Alec London is introduced in Stephanie Perry Moore's previously released series, The Morgan Love Series. In this new series, readers get a glimpse of Alec's life up close and personal. The series provides moral lessons that will aid in character development, teaching boys how to effectively deal with the various issues they face at this stage of life. The series will also help boys develop their english and math skills as they read through the stories and complete the entertaining and educational exercises provided at the end of each chapter and in the back of the book.Alec is frustrated over lots of things. His mom is still in LA working on a project, Tyrod, the troublemaker is still getting under his skin and to top it all off, his dad gets a promotion and is now the assistant principal at his school. Why bother trying hard is Alec's attitude, things are bad and nothing's going his way. He doesn't really see how things can be worse until he goes to class and learns that Tyrod's best buddy and another troublemaker, Zarrick is in his class. At home Alec finds out that his grandmother has cancer and he doesn't know what to do. In response to all that's going on in his life Alec begins to act out in school, sleep in class and hang around with the wrong crowd. To protect himself, he starts taking karate lessons.With the help of his karate instructor, parents, old friends, Alec learns that being disciplined and learning to respond to things in a way that pleases God are important when it comes to winning the battle.
Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 10:21 Posted by Clash Sunday, 29 January 2012 10:05
Review: "Firethorn" by Ronie Kendig
Reviewed by *Katie McCurdy for Legacy of a Writer
5/5 Stars
THE BOOK:
Blown and dismantled, Nightshade is ready to repay the favor.
Former Marine and current Nightshade team member Griffin "Legend" Riddell is comfortable. So comfortable he never sees the set up that lands him in a maximum security prison, charged with murder. How can he prove his innocence behind bars?
Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 10:21 Posted by Clash Saturday, 28 January 2012 09:57
Review: "Shadowed in Silk" by Christine Lindsay
Reviewed by *Katie McCurdy for Legacy of a Writer
5/5 Stars
THE BOOK:
She was invisible to those who should have loved her.
After the Great War, Abby Fraser returns to India, where her husband is stationed with the British army. She has longed to go home to the land of glittering palaces and veiled women . . . but Nick has become a cruel stranger and a cruel father to their three-year old son. It will take more than her American pluck to survive.
Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 10:21 Posted by Clash Friday, 27 January 2012 12:36
Review: "The Shadow of Your Smile" by Susan May Warren
Review by *Ariel for The Librarian's Bookshelf
Sometimes love requires a little forgetting.
A beautiful blanket of snow may cover the town of Deep Haven each winter, but it can’t quite hide the wreckage of Noelle and Eli Hueston’s marriage. After twenty-five years, they’re on the brink of divorce when an accident erases part of Noelle’s memory. Though her other injuries are minor, she doesn’t remember Eli, their children, or the tragedy that has ripped them apart.
Last Updated on Monday, 23 January 2012 14:49 Posted by Clash Monday, 23 January 2012 15:41
"Yikes!!!" (TJ and the Time Stumblers #6) by Bill Myers
They did it again! When Tuna and Herby try to transport themselves back to their own time, they manage to finagle the mission and send themselves to Africa-and half of TJ's seventh grade class too! In the jungle, the time stumblers' usual mayhem jumps to a new level as Herby is adopted by a mother gorilla, Tuna is transformed into an ostrich chick, and the students are taken in by an African tribe.
Last Updated on Monday, 23 January 2012 14:43 Posted by Clash Monday, 23 January 2012 12:41
"Switched!" (TJ and the Time Stumblers) by Bill Myers
As Tuna and Herby try to repair their futuristic gadgets, a little glitch in their Thought Broadcaster Pen lands TJ in the body of her nemesis, Hesper Breakahart-and vice versa! And the plot thickens when Tuna and Herby decide to put TJ's new look and superstar power to use-they decide to have "Hesper" perform a concert as a diversion while they sneak aboard a nuclear submarine and borrow a plutonium power pack (one of the items needed to fuel their time pod and get them out of TJ's life!).
Meanwhile, Tuna and Herby are hounded by their own nemesis, Bruce Bruiseabone, who's having a little trouble with forgiveness . . . a lesson TJ realizes she might also need to learn as she walks a mile in Hesper's shoes-and body!
Last Updated on Friday, 20 January 2012 10:06 Posted by Clash Sunday, 22 January 2012 09:15
Review: "The Gammage Cup" by Carol Kendall
Reviewed by Mirriam Neal, 17 for The Book Fae
5/5 Stars
The Minnipins have lost their past. And not only that, they’ve lost their heroes, individuality, and ability to think for themselves! Nobody realizes this, of course – nobody except Walter the Earl, the poet Gummy, the eccentric Curly Green, and the simple – but highly effective – Muggles, who even dares to wear an orange sash for everyday. They know something is coming over the mountains, but nobody will believe them. So these tiny heroes set out to do the unthinkable – and save their fellow Minnipins.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 January 2012 10:42 Posted by Clash Saturday, 21 January 2012 10:31
Review: "The Captive Heart" by Dale Cramer
Reviewed by *Katie McCurdy for Legacy of a Writer
3/5 Stars
THE BOOK:
The Epic Story of an Amish Community in Peril.
Ravaged by disease, preyed upon by ruthless bandits, the Bender family’s second year in Mexico has taken a grievous turn. Faced with impossible choices, the expatriate Amish discover, more than ever before, what it means to live by faith and not by sight.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 January 2012 10:42 Posted by Clash Saturday, 21 January 2012 10:26
Review: "Paradise Valley" by Dale Cramer
Reviewed by *Katie McCurdy for Legacy of a Writer
3/5 Stars
THE BOOK:
Inspired by Actual Events!
"I would do a great many things for you." Even at 16, Jake's handsome features hold the calm certainty and patient confidence of a man, and Rachel Bender knows--Jake Weaver is the one.
Rachel will grow into a strong young woman with powerful gifts--but in a far away country without her Jake. In 1921, Ohio's new law forces Caleb Bender's family to seek santucary in the wilds of Mexico, where the government will not interfvere with their Amish way of life or take their children from them. Nor will it protect them from the bandits terrorizing the countryside.
Last Updated on Friday, 20 January 2012 10:06 Posted by Clash Friday, 20 January 2012 09:15
Review: "Entwined" by Heather Dixon
Reviewed by Mirriam Neal, 17 for The Book Fae
5/5 Stars
Azalea is trapped. Just when she should feel that everything is before her . . . beautiful gowns, dashing suitors, balls filled with dancing . . . it’s taken away. All of it.
The Keeper understands. He’s trapped, too, held for centuries within the walls of the palace. And so he extends an invitation.
Every night, Azalea and her eleven sisters may step through the enchanted passage in their room to dance in his silver forest.
But there is a cost.
The Keeper likes to keep things.
Azalea may not realize how tangled she is in his web until it is too late.
Last Updated on Thursday, 19 January 2012 13:45 Posted by Clash Thursday, 19 January 2012 09:35
After being inexplicably targeted by an evil intent on harming her at any cost, seventeen-year-old Nikki finds herself under the watchful guardianship of three mysterious young men who call themselves halflings. Sworn to defend her, misfits Mace, Raven, and Vine battle to keep Nikki safe while hiding their deepest secret---and the wings that come with. A growing attraction between Nikki and two of her protectors presents a whole other danger. While she risks a broken heart, Mace and Raven could lose everything, including their souls. As the mysteries behind the boys' powers, as well as her role in a scientist's dark plan, unfold, Nikki is faced with choices that will affect the future of an entire race of heavenly beings, as well as the precarious equilibrium of the earthly world.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 January 2012 10:43 Posted by Clash Wednesday, 18 January 2012 12:13
Review: "His Steadfast Love" by Golden Keyes Parsons
Reviewed by *Katie McCurdy for Legacy of a Writer
3/5 Stars
THE BOOK:
It isn't until the Civil War comes to her doorstep that Amanda Bell must choose between love and family.
It's the spring of 1861 on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Amanda never thought she would marry because of a promise she made to her dying mother, but her attraction to Captain Kent Littlefield is undeniable.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 January 2012 10:43 Posted by Clash Wednesday, 18 January 2012 10:20
Review: "The Accidental Bride" by Denise Hunter
Reviewed by *Katie McCurdy for Legacy of a Writer
4/5 Stars
THE BOOK:
Two high-school sweethearts, a wedding reenactment, and one absent-minded preacher. Is it a recipe for disaster or a chance for a new beginning?
Shay Brandenberger is a survivor. She's lived through a crazy childhood, a failed marriage, and single parenthood-with her confidence intact.
Posted by Clash Monday, 16 January 2012 11:48
"The Rogue Crew: A Tale of Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Never has Mossflower Country faced a threat so deadly, so lethal as Razzid Wearat. And when the Wearat sets his sights on Redwall Abbey, it will take only the strongest and most fearless of warriors to come to the rescue.
The Long Patrol joins up with the mighty sea otters of the Rogue Crew to form a pack so tough, so rough, only they can stand up to the likes of Razzid Wearat. They will have to fight harder than ever before. But can they fight hard enough to defeat the Wearat once and for all? 387 pages, hardcover.
Last Updated on Monday, 16 January 2012 11:43 Posted by Clash Monday, 16 January 2012 11:10
The Legends of Karac Tor Series by D. Barkley Briggs has been released in trade paperback format.
"The Book of Names"
It's Thanksgiving Break and chores are being handed out. Hadyn, nearly 16 and the oldest of the four Barlow brothers, is told by his father to clear the back acres of their new farm. Hadyn resents life. After losing his mother to cancer and relocating away from the only home he's ever known, he misses his friends and his Mom. While hacking through a briar patch, a strange rock formation arouses his curiosity. After four mysterious black birds deliver a strange summons, Hadyn and his brother Ewan realize the stone is really a magic Viking runestone. Through this portal, they cross into the ancient world of Karac Tor.
Last Updated on Monday, 16 January 2012 11:58 Posted by Clash Monday, 16 January 2012 10:55
Being in the wrong place at the wrong time points the way to the right future for some beloved characters.
Effie knew exactly where she was going, and talented artist-turned-hero Bealomondore knew he had too many choices for his future. Each course would satisfy some part of his desires, but each opportunity precluded following the others. Putting off making decisions seemed reasonable until after he fulfilled his obligation to Queen Tipper and Paladin. Neither Effie norBealomondore anticipated an obstabcle to big to avoid. In Dragons of the watch the two find themselves trapped in a magically isolated city. To find the way out, they must identify the specific needs of a band of feral children and a very old man.
Posted by Clash Monday, 16 January 2012 08:40
In the mythical city of N'de lives thirteen-year-old Hadley and her people, the Ramash. Scorned and abused by the unloving and absent Emperor, the Ramash are poor people, placed second to the ruling class of Oresed. Young, but bold, Hadlay rages against the injustice in her city. When she is chosen for the honor of serving the Prince in the Tower, she hopes to find a way to right the wrong...but soon discovers that things are worse than she believed.
Posted by Clash Friday, 13 January 2012 09:48
YA Novel About Aliens and Teenagers is Second in Trilogy
After his parents were killed in a car accident, Colt McAlister was drawn into a world he thought only existed in comic books--one where mind control, jet packs, and flying motorcycles don't even scratch the surface. In Alienation (Thomas Nelson, January 3, 2012, ISBN: 9781595547545, $14.99), Jon Lewis's second Young Adult book in the C.H.A.O.S. series, Colt starts a new life training at the secret academy for Central Headquarters Against the Occult and Supernatural.
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