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Stanley is a young bug, and he stinks. Today is the first day of camp, and he is nervous. Will the kids like me? Why do I stink? Stanley is nervous, and when he is nervous he stinks. Stanley learns that God has made each of us unique and special. In this delightful story of friendship, it is these differences that shows God knows what he is doing. A positive and entertaining story with a wonderful lesson on friendship and acceptance.
Free to a Good Home, by Eve Marie Mont is a good debut novel. A light read, the book flows smoothly. What the book lacks in excitement and “shock value” it makes up for tenderness and learning to understand one another, despite our first, second or obstinate impressions.
A captivating novel, The Pawn, shows there truly is a fine line between right and wrong – and how it all comes down to choices. Patrick Bowers is struggling with an emotional tidal wave. While still grieving over the loss of his wife, he fails to recognize the needs of his troubled teenage stepdaughter Tessa. Instead he chooses to cover the pain by keeping busy, thinking “time” will heal both of their hurts, but it only makes Tessa feel unwanted and unloved. And during this struggle to keep his home life from falling apart, a serial killer is on the rampage, and has his sights on Patrick.
Ernie Castellano is constantly seeking the next money making scheme – much to the irritation of his father. In fact, Ernie has the innate ability to sell anything from cheeseburgers in the school cafeteria to “booger insurance”. Ernie gets his latest brainstorm – pet funerals.