teen non-fiction
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Book ReviewsRun and Hide: How Jewish youth escaped the Holocaust
by Don Brown 2023 / 190 pages Rating: Great Don Brown gives us a new wrinkle on a story we thought we already knew. When…
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Book ReviewsThe God Proofs: How Science Points to YOUR Creator
by Douglas Ell 2024 / 207 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Gift A blue square with legs, arms eyeballs and mouth, wants to prove to his red rectangle…
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Adult non-fictionGive Morning and Evening to your teen
Sometimes, dead white guys make the perfect walking companions. Want to know who my personal dead white guy is? Charles Spurgeon. If I’m in a…
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Book ReviewsFinding My Vocation
by William Boekestein 2024 / 154 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Give William Boekestein wants to help young readers figure out how they can pick the right job, and…
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Book ReviewsSkip College: Launch your career without debt, distractions, or a degree
edited by Connor Boyack 2019 / 250 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give This is the case against college, but not because any of the 9 contributors here…
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Book ReviewsLet’s Make Bread! (3 books)
by Ken Forkish and Sarah Becan 2024 / 158 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Gift This is the comic I never knew I wanted: a how-to for baking…
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Book ReviewsDire Dragons: Untold Secrets of Planet Earth
by Vance Nelson 2018 / 180 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give The old adage “never trust a book by its cover” certainly doesn’t apply to this beautiful…
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Book ReviewsI survived the Nazi invasion, 1944 (8 books recommended)
by Lauren Tarshis art by Alvaro Sarraseca 2021 / 158 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Gift Max and Zena are two Polish Jewish children who, at the time…
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Book ReviewsScience Comics: a quality quartet
Comics that are hilarious and instructive? That’s impressive! What’s less impressive about this “Science Comics” series, is that quite a few of the titles give…
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Book ReviewsThe Unwanted: Stories of Syrian refugees
by Don Brown 2018 / 104 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Gift This is not a pleasant read because it lays out a tragedy for which there seems no…
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Book ReviewsFever year: the killer flu of 1918
by Don Brown 2019 / 96 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Gift In the Spring of 1918, even as the First World War was winding down, a more deadly…
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Book excerptsBeautiful Brianna
An excerpt from David Murray’s Why Am I Feeling Like This?: A Teen’s Guide to Freedom from Anxiety and Depression **** Dr. David Murray is…
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Book ReviewsDaughters of God: Finding our identity in Him
by Christina Feenstra 2022 / 198 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Give This workbook of six chapters is “a course to help young women find their value and self-worth…
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Book ReviewsRisk is Right: Better to lose your life than to waste it
by John Piper 2013 / 51 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Give How often do you take risks? If you’re anything like me, it’s not often. I like to…
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Book ReviewsDo Hard Things: A teenage rebellion against low expectations
by Alex and Brett Harris 2008/ 241 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give Did you know that the term “teenager” has been around less than 100 years? It’s…
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Book ReviewsNero
by Jacob Abbott 2009, 202 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give How do you make history come alive for teens? Sometimes it means turning to an author long…
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Book ReviewsSolomon Says: Directives for Young Men
by Mark Horne 148 pages / 2020 Rating: GOOD/Great/Give If you are not governed by God’s Word, which calls you, by the work of the Holy…
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Book ReviewsGod’s Story: A Student’s Guide to Church History
by Brian Cosby 144 pages / 2014 Rating: GOOD/Great/Give This small book is an introduction to Church history written for students at the high school level….
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Book ReviewsThe Plot to Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero
by Patricia McCormick 184 pages / 2016 Rating: GOOD/Great/Give Dietrich Bonhoeffer was the youngest son in a large, loving, and intellectual family. When he, at a…
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Adult non-fictionJust do something
or how to make a decision without dreams, visions, fleeces, impressions, open doors, random Bible verses, casting lots, liver shivers, writing in the sky, etc….
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Book ReviewsThe life of Frederick Douglass
A graphic narrative of a slave’s journey from bondage to freedom by David F. Walker Illustrated by Damon Smyth 2018 / 173 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Give Frederick…
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Adult non-fictionWhat’s your worldview?
by James N. Anderson 112 pages 2014 Rating: Good/Great/GIFT If you’ve got fond memories of Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books you’ll really enjoy this adult update. This time…
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Book ReviewsFish out of Water: Get equipped for college
by Abby Nye 2005 / 229 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Give Nye wrote Fish out of Water, while in the third year of university, at the suggestion of…