Fighting Parson Of The Old West

John Woodring drew himself up almost haughtily. “I’m the new minister,” he said. The stranger eyed him for an instant, then threw back his head and laughed. “The last parson didn’t only stay till the next train came through. You’ll be comfortable right here in the station till then.”

“I recon you don’t understand. I aim to stay.”

“Oh, you do, do you?” the station agent turned to face him. “You’d better just get right back on this next train while you got your duds packed. Might save both us and you a sight of trouble.”

Book: Fighting Parson of the Old West by Bernard Palmer, Back To The Bible, 1942

Genre: Historical Fiction

Target Audience: Boys 12+

Subjects: The Gospel, Showing Love, Missions, Alcohol, Prostitution, Trust in God

Summary: John is determined to preach the Gospel. And the town of Willow Bend is determined that he not. To begin with, he can hardly even convince someone to give him a room! The only place to stay is in a boarding house run by two prostitutes. Even as some of the townspeople begin to accept him and some souls are won for Christ, it still proves nearly impossible to find any peace in the town. John finds himself caught up in the middle of a battle between the ranchers and homesteaders – a battle that they are willing to fight to the death over – their death or anyone else involved.

Notes: Fighting Parson Of The Old West was originally published as Parson John. It’s based on a true story. It’s part of a genre that is sometimes labeled “Missionary Stories”. In this book, a preacher goes out west to a very wild, untamed town that has already scared away multiple preachers. The story recounts the exciting adventures Parson John had as he reached out to the community.

Spiritual Content Recommendation Scale: 5/5

Reviewer: J:-)mi

Romans 15:20 – It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else's foundation.

Lily The Rebel

“All this attitude is going to get you is ME all over you for every little thing you do. Is that understood?” Kresha, Reni, Zooey and Suzy all nodded their heads. “All right,” Officer Horn said. “Now get out of here, all of you. And I repeat, don’t hang out together before school. You see what kind of trouble it gets you into.”
Zooey immediately began to scramble up, but Lily put her hand on her knee.
”You wanted to say something else, Robbins?” Officer Horn said.
”Yes,” Lily said. “I wanted to say –“ She took a deep breath. The prickles stabbed at her. “I want to say no. We’re not going anywhere.”

Book: Lily the Rebel (Young Women of Faith: Lily Series, Book 6) by Nancy Rue, Zonderkidz, 2001

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Target Audience: Girls 11-14

Subjects: Obedience, Authority, Justice, Prejudice

Summary: Sometimes rules are just stupid. And sometimes the authority themselves are unfair and unreasonable. That’s the situation Lily faces when the school security officer targets the Girlz. First it’s giving Kresha a detention merely for going down the wrong side of the steps. Then she’s not only forbidding the Girlz to meet before school, but going so far as to advise the others to not hang out with Lily at all. She makes up rules on the spur of the moment that aren’t even in the school handbook! She’s not the only one though. It seems like all the adults around are unreasonable! Her parents getting on her for talking on the phone too long, teachers making everyone in class change seating just because of two people, and a teacher making fun of Kresha just because she came from a foreign country. Lily is determined to rebel against all of it. The problem is that when an issue of real prejudice and injustice comes, no one trusts her. After all, this is just Lily, the one who “protests” things as simple as seating arrangements. Lily has to figure out how to regain the trust of the authorities in her life if she wants to ever have a hope of overcoming injustice!

Notes: This is the sixth in the Young Women of Faith – the Lily Series, a series of 12 books about a young girl desperately wanting to know God’s will for her life. She wants to know what her “thing” is. Everyone else seems to have one specific passion that’s also their talent. Throughout the series Lily explores many options to figure out what hers is. In this book, she the idea of rebelling against injustice as she learns about figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and the concept of passive resistance. But she is encouraged to read about how Jesus stood up for people compared to how she is doing it. Through her experience she learns how to guard her reputation carefully and only fight true injustice rather than anything that merely squelches her personal interests.

Recommendation Scale: 5/5

Reviewer: J:-)mi

Proverbs 3:8 – "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.

1 John 2:1 – My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

Secrets In The Land Of Cheese

Now the year was 1988. These letters were 30 years old! Whatever happened to Arne and Cecelia? I wondered if they got married and lived in this house.

Book: Secrets in the Land of Cheese by Katiera Pfeister, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery

Target Audience: Girls 10-13

Subjects: Truth, Friendship, Romance, Cold War

Summary: A stack of letters, hidden under a board, in an old house… the house a murderer used to live in! So much excitement for eleven year old Maggie! When her family moves to the new town, she quickly begins making friends and learning about the history of her home. Some say the town is boring and nothing ever happens, but solving a thirty year old mystery sure sounds exciting to Maggie! So in the midst of battles with her mom over the clothes she wears, making up lies to get her friends to accept her more, and crushing on a boy at school, Maggie does a bunch of research, following clue after clue to figure out what really happened the day of the murder.

Notes: Secrets In The Land of Cheese is the author’s first book! Her intent is to “write stories that present a picture of middle schoolers who are seeking after Jesus in imperfect but sincere ways”. That’s exactly what this book shows. Maggie is a very ordinary girl, living a pretty ordinary life in an ordinary small town that just so happens to have cheese as a big product of their community and therefore, culture. She is fascinated with the story of the murder and convinced from the letters that the accused could not have been the murderer. In the midst of this, she attends church and learns that God cares about her, even when she has silly fears. She learns to start praying to Him and trying to trust Him. At the end of the story she even leads a friend to Christ.

Spiritual Content Recommendation Scale: 5/5

Reviewer: J:-)mi                 

Proverbs 23:23 – Buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline and understanding.

Thank you to the author for providing me with a free review copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion. 

Lily And The Creep

There was a snort from the direction of the basketball court, and the Girlz all looked Shad stood there with the ball poised for a shot. “We told you to watch your backs,” he said. Then he and Daniel and Leo collapsed onto the cement laughing.

“We’re not as smart as we thought,” Suzy whispered.

“Oh yes we are,” Reni said. We’re smarter than they are, and my self-image is gonna be in big trouble if we don’t show them that.”

“All right,” Lily said. “Everybody start thinking. We’re going to get those guys, once and for all.”

Book: Lily and the Creep (Young Women of Faith: Lily Series, Book 3) by Nancy Rue, Zonderkidz, 2001

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Target Audience: Girls 11-14

Subjects: Friendship, Bullying, Revenge, Self-Image

Summary: It’s just constant! The girls are not safe at school. Every chance they get, Shad, Daniel and Leo are doing something to pick on the girls. And they are downright sick of it! When a school counselor teaches Lily about self-image, she realizes that’s the direction she needs to go. If she is confident enough of who she is, then the boys’ teasing won’t bother her anymore. Reni however isn’t so convinced. Revenge seems like a much better plan. And after being embarrassed by them in front of the whole class, Lily agrees. A plan Is developed and put into action. At first it seems to work, but pretty soon, the consequences start to come down – hard! How can Lily have a positive self-image when it just reduces her to Shad’s level?

Notes: This is the third in the Young Women of Faith – the Lily Series, a series of 12 books about a young girl desperately wanting to know God’s will for her life. She wants to know what her “thing” is. Everyone else seems to have one specific passion that’s also their talent. Throughout the series Lily explores many options to figure out what hers is. In this book, she pursues the idea of self-image, trying to follow all the advice listed in the books she reads about it. But her growing view of herself crashes way down when she takes part in two attempts at revenge on the boys, realizes she has sunk to their level, and gets abandoned by her friends. Instead of thinking more of herself, she can’t even see that she’s worthy of reading the Bible. It takes her parents explaining some things to her to help her understand that what matters most is what God thinks of her and how much she’s focusing on Him. They take her to the commandments – Love the Lord and love your neighbor as yourself, helping her see that loving herself isn’t what is most important.

Recommendation Scale: 5/5

Reviewer: J:-)mi

Matthew 22:37-40 – Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

Ask Lily

What was Suzy doing there? She didn’t go to their church! Matter of fact, she didn’t go to any church. And worse, Lily worried, how was she going to explain all this to Reni with Suzy there? She had a whole other set of issues with Suzy. There was no little voice, and it was too late to run to the bathroom. Lily sank onto a floor cushion, numbly opened her Bible, and tried to look like she was following along in 1 Corinthians as the teacher read.

Come on, Answer Girl, she thought. Tell me what to do!

Book: Ask Lily (Young Women of Faith: Lily Series, Book 5) by Nancy Rue, Zonderkidz, 2001

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Target Audience: Girls 11-14

Subjects: Friendship, Truth, Popularity, Wisdom

Summary: It started innocently enough. Someone was crying at being rejected by the popular girls. Lily encouraged her to move on and find some friends that would accept her and not focus so much on the only two in the whole school who reject her. Then she gets recommended for the newspaper staff and starts dreaming of being a star reporter – only to learn that only 8^th graders get to be reporters. 7^th graders do grunt work. But there is one option for some writing. 7^th graders sometimes do columns. So Lily starts the “Answer Girl” column. It’s fun and genuinely helpful for a time. She’s the only 7^th grader on staff and the response her column is getting brings respect from the 8^th graders – including the editor. Lily may not be boy crazy, but she is project-crazy and will do whatever it takes to keep the right to continue her current project. So when the popular girls who have always snubbed or even bullied Lily and her friends invite her to a sleepover, she lies to her friends, her teacher and parents in hopes of keeping her position on the paper. The problem is, lies have a way of coming back around to hurt.

Notes: This is the fifth in the Young Women of Faith – the Lily Series, a series of 12 books about a young girl desperately wanting to know God’s will for her life. She wants to know what her “thing” is. Everyone else seems to have one specific passion that’s also their talent. Throughout the series Lily explores many options to figure out what hers is. In this book, she pursues the being on the school newspaper. As with the other books in the series, she instantly pours all of her energy into being the best she can be at the project. When she finds success, she gets prideful – and desperate to keep her position – which is dependent on following the popularity rules. Lily resorts to lies to accomplish her goals but soon learns what the negative consequences of lying are and learns that instead of believing herself to be the Answer girl, she needs to ask advice from the Answer Man – God. True wisdom is found in following Him, rather than her own way.

Recommendation Scale: 5/5

Reviewer: J:-)mi

James 3:17 – But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.

Summer By Summer

“But I think we can only count on ourselves. No more waiting for a place. When it comes, great. But until then, it’s up to you and me.”  Nervous energy flew off my body in palpable waves. We had water. We had a stash of nuts and coconut. We could sleep on the beach. We could survive. For a while at least. “Right now, surviving is the most important thing.”

Book: Summer by Summer by Heather Burch, Blink, 2015

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Target Audience: Girls 16-19

Subjects: Dating Relationships, Death of a loved one, Fear, Love

Summary: He’s exactly the same as all the others. Just a rich spoiled party boy. And she wants absolutely nothing to do with him. But for the sake of his family whom she’s come to love during the four weeks as nanny to ten year old Joshie during their summer vacation in Belize, she puts up with him. When his mom practically forces him to take her to a party with him, her suspicions are confirmed.  But that doesn’t stop her from accepting the offer when he looks at her like that… like she can truly trust him. So she finds herself scuba diving in the crays with a tourist group he is helping lead. It’s an amazing experience, helping her forget some of the hurt and pain she’s dealing with for a day. Until the storm strikes. Having stayed back on the other boat to finish the clean up with the other leader took the tourists in, they are trapped on the ocean in the storm. The boat loses power and they are slammed into the rocks and stuck on an abandoned island. No one knows where they are. They have no way to get home. It’s up to them to find a way to survive until they are found.

Notes: This book focuses a lot on the relationship development of the two characters. They are trapped alone on an island for weeks, facing many kind of dangers and having to not only work together to survive, but save each others lives multiple times. And secrets have a way of coming out in circumstances like this. She shares about the death of a boyfriend she truly loved but whose wild party lifestyle got him killed. He realizes that he no longer wants that lifestyle. He wants to respect the virtue of this woman. He doesn’t want any more shallow relationships, but a marriage commitment. So the whole time on the island he chooses to respect her decision to not have sex till marriage. But when they do get rescued and return to their old lives, her fears and lack of trust cause her to reject him when someone from a past relationship turns up and falsely claims a commitment to him. Until she finds out that Bray is in the hospital, ill, and possibly dying, does she fully open her heart and decide to trust him.

The spiritual element comes into play largely on the island. After the death of her boyfriend she felt God turned His back on her, but she was the one turning her back on Him. Her time on the island brought her back to her faith and praying. It’s not too strong of a focus, but it’s definitely there.

Spiritual Content Recommendation Scale: 4/5

Reviewer: J:-)mi

James 1:12 – Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

Thank you to the publisher for providing me with a free review copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion. 

Loresmen

The contest is simple enough; one fair maiden awaits her execution, Master Squilby and his flying beat guard the paths that lead to her. Slowbelly guards the gate. The boaster of Noah’s God aethling Thiery, must set her free. But there is more. Three hours after he departs, a man hunt begins. Aethling Thiery has been made a dragon’s head. On food he travels. Any may strike him down. But an especial three shall take the chase: Lunace ‘One-Arm’ and Ogre make the first, Aramis, the huntsman, the second, and Mortimer Blud, dreaded bounty hunter, the third.

Book: Loresmen (The Peleg Chronicles Book 3) by Matthew Harding, Zoe & Sozo Publishing, 2011

Genre: Historical (Biblical times) Fiction, Adventure

Target Audience: Boys 10-16

Subjects: Good vs. Evil, Salvation, False gods, Love for others

Summary: Three giants, angry giants, trained and skilled in the art of battle against the eight who dare to fight for Lady Mercy’s life and for the God of Noah to be the champion of the day. Winning the battle is not a guarantee of their safety or her life however. The evil priests and those in their control will stop at nothing to destroy. It’s one showdown after another after another. Will those who dare to follow the one true God ever find rest on this earth? Or will they be destroyed one at a time until none are left? And what is the true identity of the foundlings, Thiery and Suzie?

Notes: Loresmen is the third in the Peleg Chronicles: an adventure focused Bible-Times historical fiction book. The three books in the series are a continuous story, smoothly flowing from one adventure to the next. There is some character development, but it’s usually in the midst of danger, not times to just sit and think. The story is written as if it were taking places in the days after the Tower of Babel with one group of people, or rather, all the speakers of one language. It’s a constant battle between those who worship the God of Noah and therefore defy every single one of the false gods of the pagan and the priests of the false gods as well as the rulers who are under their control. The books quote Scripture constantly, as the characters demonstrate the truth of Ephesians 6:17, wielding Scripture like a sword. The discrepancy comes in their quoting all sorts of verses from things that happen later in Scripture. But they are not portrayed as written words, just truths almost revealed to them by God. The only written Word referenced is the book of Job as historically, it could have been written by this point as the events are believed to have happened in early Genesis.

Book three increases the pressure on the characters are the priests and those in their power show just how much they hate the one true God and His followers. It continues to give characters a chance to follow Him and lay down their lives for their brothers and sisters. It shows the struggle of one character who is trying to decide who to follow, revealing the length to which he will go to hide one of his identities from the other, even denying it to himself.

Spiritual Content Recommendation Scale: 5/5

Reviewer: J:-)mi

Joshua 24:15 – But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."

Thank you to the author for providing me with a free review copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

Paladins

“And, for the sport of kings, we increase the number of the dead. We invite you to the chase, the games, the sport of kings. But the death and the guilt, they’re only five-and-twenty per cent. What say you, people? What say you of your bargain?”
Again the crowd roared their assent – thirsting for the sport of kings.

“Three of the Anakims have just arrived. Glory, battle, and blood are their desire. Who will fight them? Man or beast, or both? Come and see.”

Book: Paladins (The Peleg Chronicles Book 2) by Matthew Harding, Zoe & Sozo Publishing, 2010

Genre: Historical (Biblical times) Fiction, Adventure

Target Audience: Boys 10-16

Subjects: Good vs. Evil, Salvation, False gods, Love for others

Summary: The death hounds are on the hunt. And it’s illegal to provide aid to any who are in their path. How can they not receive aid though? It’s McDougal and Fergus and Igi and Staffsmitten and Mercy! If they are captured, it will be the end of them. The priests will offer them as a sacrifice to their gods – if they are not destroyed by the death hounds first. Confident in the demise of their friends, Thiery, Suzie and Gimcrack are in search of another means of survival when Thiery gets caught up in the evil priest’s attempt to condemn a man for following the God of Noah through false accusations. Meanwhile, the two thieves await a chance to kidnap Suzie and offer her to the priests for a second chance to sacrifice this confident, innocent follower of the God of Noah to the false gods.

Notes: Paladins is the second in the Peleg Chronicles: an adventure focused Bible-Times historical fiction book. The three books in the series are a continuous story, smoothly flowing from one adventure to the next. There is some character development, but it’s usually in the midst of danger, not times to just sit and think. The story is written as if it were taking places in the days after the Tower of Babel with one group of people, or rather, all the speakers of one language. It’s a constant battle between those who worship the God of Noah and therefore defy every single one of the false gods of the pagan and the priests of the false gods as well as the rulers who are under their control.

The books quote Scripture constantly, as the characters demonstrate the truth of Ephesians 6:17, wielding Scripture like a sword. The discrepancy comes in their quoting all sorts of verses from things that happen later in Scripture. But they are not portrayed as written words, just truths almost revealed to them by God. The only written Word referenced is the book of Job as historically, it could have been written by this point as the events are believed to have happened in early Genesis. Book two focuses a lot on just how intense the battle is between good and evil. It makes it more of a showdown between the one true God and the false god. It puts its characters into multiple situations where they will have to risk their life to declare their faith. Book two also ends with extreme suspense with nearly all of the good guys being thrown into an arena for a battle with three giants – giants who have personal reasons to hate the men they are going up against. If they lose, not only do they die, but Mercy will be sacrificed to the gods.

Spiritual Content Recommendation Scale: 5/5

Reviewer: J:-)mi

Psalms 20:7 - Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

Psalm 9:10 - Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.

Thank you to the author for providing me with a free review copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

Foundlings

With tears in his eyes, Thiery broke from his stupor and grabbed Gimcrack’s shoulders. “We must save her Gimcrack, we must! It is man’s duty to save a maiden, but I am doubly bound to this one, for she’s my sister.”

“But the gate is blocked?”

“Is there no other way, no secret passage?”

Gimcrack’s gaze turned upon the caged waterway, his body stiffened, his eyes went wide and almost seemed to shimmer with fever. “There is only one other way, but my heart will most certainly fail me if we attempt it.”

Book: Foundlings (The Peleg Chronicles Book 1) by Matthew Harding, Zoe & Sozo Publishing, 2009

Genre: Historical (Biblical times) Fiction, Adventure

Target Audience: Boys 10-16

Subjects: Good vs. Evil, Salvation, False gods, Love for others

Summary: Thiery and Susie are foundlings, orphans. And the life of a slave is all they’ve ever known. Yet, they are filled with joy! They know who they belong to, who possess their souls. They worship the God of Noah and reject all the other gods of the pagans around them. The same is true of McDougal and he is cursed for it: he and all with him will die by the year’s end. Thankfully his faithful servant, Fergus, has no intention of abandoning him for is and together they become a powerful force against the evil as they participate in the rescue of the lost and helpless. This only furthers the anger of the priests and strengthens their desire to see all followers of the God of Noah destroyed.

Notes: Foundlings is the first in the Peleg Chronicles: an adventure focused Bible-Times historical fiction book. The three books in the series are a continuous story, smoothly flowing from one adventure to the next. There is some character development, but it’s usually in the midst of danger, not times to just sit and think. The story is written as if it were taking places in the days after the Tower of Babel with one group of people, or rather, all the speakers of one language. It’s a constant battle between those who worship the God of Noah and therefore defy every single one of the false gods of the pagan and the priests of the false gods as well as the rulers who are under their control.

The books quote Scripture constantly, as the characters demonstrate the truth of Ephesians 6:17, wielding Scripture like a sword. The discrepancy comes in their quoting all sorts of verses from things that happen later in Scripture. But they are not portrayed as written words, just truths almost revealed to them by God. The only written Word referenced is the book of Job as historically, it could have been written by this point as the events are believed to have happened in early Genesis. Book one focuses a lot on introducing each of the characters and painting a picture of the setting. It all sets up the battle as multiple characters are offered as a sacrifice to the false gods and live anyway. It shows the characters who are not followers of the God of Noah but become seekers of Him through the mighty acts performed by His followers. The book ends with suspense, thinking everyone will die in the hunt of the death-hounds. The book quotes Scripture constantly, as the characters demonstrate the truth of Ephesians 6:17, wielding Scripture like a sword. The discrepancy comes in their quoting all sorts of verses from things that happen later in Scripture. But they are not portrayed as written words, just truths almost revealed to them by God. The only written Word referenced is the book of Job as historically, it could have been written by this point as the events are believed to have happened in early Genesis.

Spiritual Content Recommendation Scale: 5/5

Reviewer: J:-)mi

John 1:12-12 – Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God-- children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.


Thank you to the author for providing me with a free review copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion. 

Sophie And The Scoundrels

She wasn’t supposed to try to fix Mama, but she didn’t want to make her worse. If Mama found out there was trouble among the Corn Flakes and they might fail their science project if they didn’t make it better, she would definitely be upset. On the way down the steps, Sophie switched back to Jesus. I guess I’m back to “you show me my job and I’ll do it, and I’ll let you do yours.” And could you please hurry up?

Those could be weapons of mass destruction! Captain Stella though. With the lighting speed of a finely tuned scientific mind, she made a decision. Diving from her place against the wall, she hurled herself forward and grasped for the green bullet that was even then piercing through the air. It didn’t matter that she herself could be mortally wounded. She couldn’t let anyone else be hurt.

Book: Sophie and the Scoundrels (Sophie Series, Book 3) by Nancy Rue, Zondervan Publishers, 2005

Genre: Realistic Fiction
Target Audience: Girls 11-15
Subjects: Bullying, Friendship, Family Relationships, Depressions

Summary: Fighting the Corn Pops and the Fruit Loops is bad enough. They are getting more determined with their bullying. They don’t seem content with words anymore. Now physical violence has become acceptable. But now there is also trouble in the Corn Flake world! As the girls attempt to work together on their science project Maggie

demonstrates over and over how bossy and unimaginative she is. Fiona can’t stand being around Maggie and refuses to show kindness to her and chooses to believe the worst in every situation. In fact, she finally decrees that if Sophie won’t side with her, they can’t be best friends anymore. The worst part of all though, is that Sophie can’t tell either of her parents about what is going on. Something strange is going on between Sophie’s Dad and Mom, leaving Sophie at a loss for who to turn to when things get too big for her to handle on her own.  
Notes: Sophie And The Scoundrels is third in the FaithGirlz series, a twelve book series about a young girl in late elementary/early middle school who uses her big imagination to make movies and figure out how Jesus wants her to love those around her. In this book Sophie continues to struggle with bullying from the “Corn Pops” (Popular Girls) and “Fruit Loops” (Popular Boys) at school. She also continues to struggle with learning how to love and accept others, despite their weaknesses, as well as how to help the other Corn Flakes (her friends) love each other. It also shows a picture of an adult struggling a bit with depression, though it is never labeled as such. And as usual, it weaves a very strong spiritual thread all throughout the story. It’s not just about bullying. It’s about what to do instead of bullying. It would be easy for Sophie and her friends to bully someone else or just ignore them altogether. Instead they learn to go out of their way to show love. I highly recommend this story. Also the Sophie books have been republished. #3 is republished under the title Sophie Under Pressure.
Spiritual Content Recommendation Scale: 5/5
Reviewer: J:-)mi

Psalm 3:31 - Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways,