"Clash" by Rick Bundschuh

The winner of the Christmas/New Year’s giveaway, “The Golden Braid” by Melanie Dickerson is Charis L. Z., I emailed you for your address! :)

About this book:

  “It took real faith and courage to get Bethany back on a surfboard after losing her arm to a shark. The Soul Surfer fiction series is based on the life of surfer star Bethany Hamilton, as she and her friends discover God's love and guidance as they tackle the waves life hands them. In book one, Clash, Bethany’s tight-knit group experiences conflict when a new girl named Jenna crowds fourteen-year-old Bethany and her friends—until a wake-up call shows Bethany that sometimes you have to be willing to make hard choices if you want to do the right thing.”


Series: Book #1 in “Soul Surfer” series.

Spiritual Content- A couple Scriptures are read & mentioned; Many Prayers; Many talks about God & faiths; ‘H’s are not capital when referring to God; Church, Youth Group & a Bible study; Mentions of Bible reading; Mentions of prayers; Mentions of church; Mentions of miracles; Mentions of Christian music; Mentions of the Chronicles of Narnia; A mention of the house built on the sand.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: two ‘shoot’s; Talks about & mentions of curses (curses are said by others, but not written); A mention of sarcasm; A few mentions of Bethany’s shark attack (barely-above-not-detailed); A mention of sharks eating each other (not-detailed); A mention of Church kids being fun without “the typical mix of s*x, alcohol, or drugs.”.

Sexual Content- A mention of Church kids being fun without “the typical mix of s*x, alcohol, or drugs.”; A mention of Malia being in love with TV show actors; Jenna critiques her body (nothing sexual, just pointing out her “flaws”).

-Bethany Hamilton, age 14

-Jenna, age 13
                                             P.O.V. switches between Bethany, Jenna & Malia (once)
                                                   121 pages

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My personal Rating-

I’ve always looked up to Bethany Hamilton since first seeing Soul Surfer when it came out. This, I can tell, will be good series with lots of Spiritual Content! :)

See y’all on Wednesday with a new review!

*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.