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Christian Living Books for Middle School

Christian Living Books for Middle School

Once a child hits 11 or so, the average homeschool mom starts to wonder where all his common sense, self-control, and good habits went. Just when she thought she was getting somewhere and things were going alright, he hits 11 and all momentum seems to be going backward, not forward.  Although I’m no fan of character-building and virtue-training curriculums, there does come a time when a few good books are timely.  The problem, mom of middle school boys, is not necessarily your parenting or your educational choices to date. Just like 3-year-olds are breaking through to a new level of...

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"Finding a Memory" by Chautona Havig -- Book Review, Blog Tour, and Giveaway

"Finding a Memory" by Chautona Havig -- Book Review, Blog Tour, and Giveaway

 About the Book Book: Finding a MemoryAuthor: Chautona HavigGenre: Christian Contemporary RomanceRelease date: January 25, 2022He loved her then. Will she love him now?When Mallory Barrows finds an old diary in a box of books, the story she finds within sends her on the hunt for the owner–and maybe more.Theirs is a story ripped from a country song. A wedding, a former love presumed dead, her new love stepping aside. And over forty years later, their story is one few remember.With Mallory determined to find the people in the pages of that diary, one couple is offered the second chance of a lifetime.This “second-chance /...

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Blog Tour and Giveaway: No Turning Back by Katie Vorreiter and Christa DelSorbo

Blog Tour and Giveaway: No Turning Back by Katie Vorreiter and Christa DelSorbo

About the BookBook: No Turning BackAuthor: Katie VorreiterNarrator: Christa DelSorboGenre: SuspenseRelease date: February 26, 2021Chronic panic attacks have stolen Livvy Fischer’s classically trained soprano voice and derailed her life. Due partly to a mix-up, partly to her crush on Pastor Lucas, Livvy joins a worship team bound for the chapel at San Quentin. But when a full-scale riot breaks out, she is separated from Lucas and the rest of her group. Survival becomes this songbird’s sole focus.Snatched from the chapel by an inmate, Livvy doesn’t know who to trust. Tobin says he’s protecting her, but she’s been blindsided before. She struggles to put her...

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Homeschool Nature Study or Science?

Homeschool Nature Study or Science?

I am often asked if homeschool nature study can substitute for a more formal science program for homeschooling families. I can’t make a blanket answer in response to everyone but I can perhaps share some quotes, links, and my own reflections on this topic. Homeschool Nature Study or Science? “Mrs. Comstock believed that the student found in such a study a fresh, spontaneous interest which was lacking in formal textbook science, and the phenomenal success of her work seems to prove that she was right. Moreover, nature-study as Mrs. Comstock conceived it was an aesthetic experience as well as a...

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Check out an interview with the author... The Gatekeeper’s Descendants by Johanna Frank (Interview & #Giveaway) #christianfantasy #yalit @celebrate_lit

Check out an interview with the author... The Gatekeeper’s Descendants by Johanna Frank (Interview & #Giveaway) #christianfantasy #yalit @celebrate_lit

Welcome to my tour stop! Check out the interview and enter the giveaway below...The Gatekeeper's Descendants(The Gatekeeper's Descendants #1)By Johanna FrankChristian Fantasy, YAHardcover, Paperback & ebook, 437 PagesSeptember 26, 2021 by Marrow Publishing Summary ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A CURSEHesitant to enter the kingdom, spirited and stubborn Pipiera grudgingly accepts a task to save a fledgling earth-dwelling boy, Matthew, from sabotaging his own future. Challenged with the pull of an obsessive emotion from her past life, she’s unequipped to handle the mission, let alone discern the perplexing interference from a rebel–an unearthly soul who takes great interest in both...

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