we've been having so much fun with books this fall. we're still working through the chronicles of narnia series. (and watching the BBC movie after each book). our favorite book last month was Stories of the Pilgrims. and this month we're already picking our favorites: carry on, mr bowditch and alone, yet not alone.
the 2nd (alone) is fantastic. i read it first because when we first got it through interlibrary loan, i looked at it and decided not to read it to the children. the story is about a german girl who is taken during the french & indian war. the indians kill her father in their home and take the girl to their indian village to be raised as an indian. (i thought this storyline might be to scary for my kids). but throughout the book we see the girl rely on her faith in Christ and trust Him no matter what. when i finished it, i really wanted at least the older boys to read it because it was such a fine display of living out faith and trusting God through extreme circumstances. they agreed to listen to the first 2 chapters and then decide if they wanted to hear the rest. after that, they were hooked. even one of the librarians who heard me reading to them said it sounded so good she wanted to read it. i said i highly recommended it! i really love the CC resource list - we get so many great reads out of it. like this one, where we gain understanding of the french & indian war and are encouraged in our faith!
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