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Reviews: Fiction

Review: The Heart Mender by Andy Andrews

  In 1942 a distraught war widow, wandering the beaches because she cannot sleep, happens upon a wounded sailor.  The widow, Helen, instinctively helps him until she notices his uniform…the wrong uniform.  How Josef got there, and what happened to him and Helen make a riveting story.  After pondering for days, I’m still not sure […]

Homeschool Crew Review: Terrestria Chronicles

    I normally don’t like fantasy books because of the occult elements they usually contain. Nor do I like Pilgrim’s Progress.    So when I was told we would be reviewing two books from the Terrestria Chronicles series by Ed Dunlop, I was not thrilled.  When we received the books, however, and started to […]

Homeschool Crew Review: Beehive Reader 1

  When I opened the package containing All About Spelling’s Beehive Reader 1, I was so surprised.  This is a real book, beautifully hardbound with over 150 pages of creamy thick paper and lovely illustrations.      Despite the fact the Beehive Reader 1 is a first phonetic reader, the stories are remarkably interesting.  ‘At the Pond’ […]

Homeschool Crew Review: Sarah’s Wish

  Sarah’s Wish by Jim Baumgardner is the first in a series of historical novels written for the author’s nine grandchildren.  Set just before the Civil War, it tells the story of a spunky young girl who follows her dead mother’s passion for helping runaway slaves.  As the back of the book says, Sarah’s world […]

Homeschool Crew Review: Guardian Angel Publishing

  Our family loves books.  We’re constantly reading, and now we are even venturing into the world of ebooks.  Guardian Angel Publishing added to our growing collection by sending us three ebooks from their Academic Wings for Educators series to review for the TOS Homeschool Crew.   The Academic Wings series for children to age […]