Karen Rigby, Book Reviewer

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Sheli

by Karen Rigby

"Sheli" is a lesson-filled Christian picture book in which a sheep learns to place the good of others before herself. Deanna Danielle’s earnest Christian picture book "Sheli" considers God’s concern for people through the familiar... Read More

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Bob Tales

by Karen Rigby

In Susan Sullivan’s uplifting chapter book "Bob Tales", a stray feline is rescued, seeks adventures, and learns that he’s capable and loved. At first mangy and unnamed, Bob is a black cat who scavenges on the streets and retreats... Read More

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Children of the Wild

by Karen Rigby

In Krysta Tawlks’s suspenseful fantasy novel "Children of the Wild", a teenager inherits the power to transform into a mythological creature. In the early twentieth century, fourteen-year-old Elbert is a farm boy living in the Salinas... Read More

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The Ways of Water

by Karen Rigby

In Teresa H. Janssen’s impressionistic historical novel "The Ways of Water", a girl comes of age in the American Southwest, facing multiple family struggles. In the early 1900s, Josie’s family lives in the New Mexico desert, where... Read More

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Kinderland

by Karen Rigby

In Liliana Corobca’s provocative novel "Kinderland", unsupervised children navigate a Moldovan village under the dutiful eye of their elder sister. Cristina, Marcel, and Dan are siblings. Their parents left to work in Italy and Russia.... Read More

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The Peasant King

by Karen Rigby

In Tessa Afshar’s captivating Christian romance novel "The Peasant King", an archeress and a renegade prince join forces to help fulfill a prophecy. Jemmah’s Judean mother, Keren, is the Persian king Cyrus’s chief scribe. She’s... Read More

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