About this book:
“For once Lucy Larson is looking forward to her summer—what could be better than spending twelve weeks on exotic Catalina Island and sharing the adventure with her cousin? When her cousin’s visit is canceled, though, Lucy faces another long summer of tagging along on her scientist dad’s boring research outings.
“For once Lucy Larson is looking forward to her summer—what could be better than spending twelve weeks on exotic Catalina Island and sharing the adventure with her cousin? When her cousin’s visit is canceled, though, Lucy faces another long summer of tagging along on her scientist dad’s boring research outings.
Lucy’s about to pack up and go home. But
when she stumbles upon a letter dated 1932, things begin to look up. The
writers of the letter mention a hidden diary and gives clues how find it. Lucy
drives headfirst into the mystery and sets out to find the diary. It may turn
out to be an exciting summer after all!”
Series: Book #1 of the “The Hidden Diary” series. {There are 8 books in this series.}
Series: Book #1 of the “The Hidden Diary” series. {There are 8 books in this series.}
Spiritual Content- “Oh yeah, Lucy thought. I forgot they pray now. She wasn’t used to that. It was nice in a different sort of way.”; Lucy’s afraid that “all this religious stuff” will go away & her parents won’t get along again; Lucy’s parents have a Bible study by themselves; Blessings over food & Prayers; Claudette (age 7) witnesses to Lucy (which is really sweet & cute!); Many Talks about God and being a Christian; Serena is a Christian; Bibles & going into a Christian book store; Deuteronomy 31:8 is on the back of the book (Just the reference, it’s not written out.)
Negative Content- It’s hinted (then mentioned) that Lucy’s parents argued & separated a few years before the book started; Lucy’s afraid that it’ll happen again; A girl is rude to Lucy.
Sexual Content- *The girls on the
cover are wearing shorts. A teenager smiles at Lucy and Serena says he likes
her; Claudette later asks Lucy if he’s her boyfriend (Lucy is mortified and
tells her no)
-Lucy Larson, almost 12.
P.O.V. of Lucy
109 pages
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P.O.V. of Lucy
109 pages
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Pre Teens-
New Teens-
(and a half)
Early High
School Teens-
Older High
School Teens-
My
personal Rating-
{ Lowered
ratings for mentions of Lucy’s parents arguing & separated a few years prior.
}
A cute story with a light mystery
and a lesson of keeping your promises. I really liked what happened on page
100:
“When she opened her eyes, they were drawn downward, but they still
stared into the mirror. Halfway down Lucy’s reflection, just across her chest,
was the cross Claudette had stuck onto the mirror on Tuesday.
She traced the cross on her own chest; it landed right across her heart.
Instead of making an X across her heart as she normally did when she made a
promise, she traced the cross. A cross
across my heart. She traced the cross against her chest again. Cross my heart. God promised to never
leave her. He’d stick by her no matter what.
“Cross my heart,” she whispered. “For when I’m scared.””
I’ve never been a fan on the saying “Cross
my heart” and doing an X across your chest. So, I thought
this was a neat take and explanation of the title name.
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.
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