Boyfriends, Burritos & an Ocean of Trouble
July 7th, 2010. Filed under: WILD Cards.
It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old…or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!
You never know when I might play a wild card on you!
and the book:
Boyfriends, Burritos & an Ocean of Trouble (Real Life)
Zondervan (April 20, 2010)
***Special thanks to Pam Mettler of Zondervan for sending me a review copy.***
Nancy Rue has written over 100 books for girls, is the editor of the Faithgirlz Bible, and is a popular speaker and radio guest with her expertise in tween and teen issues. She and husband Jim have raised a daughter of their own and now live in Tennessee.
Visit the author’s website.
Product Details:
List Price: $9.99
Reading level: Young Adult
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Zondervan (April 20, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0310714850
ISBN-13: 978-0310714859
ISLAND BREEZES
Oh, man! What a heavy subject. It seems that abusive teen relationships are becoming more common. This subject is handled truthfully and respectfully in this Real Life book.
I was drawn into the story immediately. Of course, a setting in an emergency room will always suck me in right away. It didn’t end there. I just wanted to keep on reading. I shouldn’t have started the book when I was in the midst of preparations proceeding a trip to the mainland.
I’m spending a week with Consumer Man, so I had to force myself to put the book down. Even after I hit the road, I didn’t make it over the bridge before stopping for lunch and another read. It took an hour before I got serious about the drive.
I arrived late after my husband had already left for work. I only partly unloaded the car and didn’t unpack a thing before curling up in his recliner and reading for several hour before falling asleep in the chair. The next thing I knew, he was home and telling me it was bedtime.
Finally, after breakfast we both did the comfy bit and I got to finish the book. I can’t wait until I read the next one. I don’t know why I read the second in the series before the first, but it really doesn’t matter. Each book is about a different girl who ends up with a magical book in her possession.
Yes, magic. I was wishing I had a magic book like Bryn’s. Then I realized I do. You can read about Bryn’s struggle through this abusive relationship and discover her magic book yourself. Just give yourself lots of time. You won’t want to put this book down.
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