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For your summer reading pleasure, here are some
recommendations from Kevin Lee, owner of Sign of the Fish bookstore.
• Bodie & Brock Thoene: Sixth Covenant, Tyndale House, 2007
This latest novel in the ambitious A.D. Chronicles series by the
Thoenes places the reader with Mary, Yosef and baby Yeshua as
they make their way to Jerusalem. The writing shows mastery of this
historical genre. Along with a wonderful telling of the story, study
questions are included for individual or group discussion. We can discover
the truth through fiction.
• Catherine Palmer & Gary Chapman: Summer Breeze, Tyndale House,
2007
Second in the series, the authors use an entertaining
and thought-provoking narrative, set in a lakeside vacation town, to
picture the ‘five love languages’ (from Chapman’s
book series). The believable characters reflect the seasons of
relationships in this charming page-turner. This is classic summer reading
with redeeming social and spiritual value.
• Wanda Brunstetter: A Sister’s Secret, Barbour
Publishing, 2007
Returning to her Amish community after her rumschpringe ( ‘running-around
years’), the oldest Hostettler daughter bears a carefully harboured
secret. Startling attacks against the community and her family, and the
return of an Englisher she once knew, threaten to destroy Grace’s future. Mystery,
romance and suspense are wrapped up in the best writing done by Brunstetter
yet, in this first of the Sisters of Holmes
County Series.
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• Francine Rivers: The Last Sin Eater, Tyndale
House, 2007
This comes highly recommended as an evocative portrayal
of life in the 1850s – and a powerful message about Christian beliefs
and the need for forgiveness of sins. Ten year old Cadi Forbes is a
compelling character who sees the ‘sin-eater,’ a human who
absolves the residents of a tiny Smoky Mountain community of their sins.
Before their journey is over, they discover the One who will demand
everything from them in exchange for the answers they seek. A captivating
tale. This edition contains colour pictures from the movie version
released earlier this year.
• Joel Rosenberg: The Ezekiel Option, Tyndale
House, 2005
Featuring hot summer intrigue and apocalyptic
implications, this book has been described as an episode of 24 with a supernatural twist. A
great story of political machinations, prophecy and undercover action,
it’s more gripping than ever two years after publication.
Rosenberg is the New York Times best-selling author of The Last
Jihad and The Last
Days – novels ripped from the
headlines. Hard to put down.
• Karen Kingsbury: Sunrise, Tyndale House, 2007
She’s done it again, with No. 1 of the Baxter Family Drama series.
Kingsbury fans will be thrilled as familiar characters meet new ones. Dayne
and Katy are engaged to be married, and trying to avoid paparazzi.
Meanwhile, the Flanagan family is struggling with their new boarder, a star
school athlete. After a drug overdose, only God’s grace can bring him
back from the brink of death – physically and spiritually.
June 2007
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