About
this book:
“When a powerful storm blows through Blue Hill, Anne's children are rescued by a drifter named Jack Kendall. Anne doesn't want this stranger near her children, but they immediately grow attached to him, enthralled by stories of his adventures. Jack claims to have known Aunt Edie, but Anne finds his stories too outrageous to be true.
“When a powerful storm blows through Blue Hill, Anne's children are rescued by a drifter named Jack Kendall. Anne doesn't want this stranger near her children, but they immediately grow attached to him, enthralled by stories of his adventures. Jack claims to have known Aunt Edie, but Anne finds his stories too outrageous to be true.
Meanwhile,
Ben and Ryan want to help raise money for their classmate Caden, who has
leukemia. The town rallies around the family, who need help paying the medical
bills. Inspired by Jack's tales of prospecting in Alaska, the boys begin
searching the creek behind the library for gold. Soon they have a large
collection of rocks flecked with shiny metal. Could they really have struck it
rich?”
Series: Book #15 in the “Secrets of the Blue Hilly Library” series. Reviews of #1 Here, #2 Here, #3 Here, #4 Here, #5 Here, #6 Here, #7 Here, #8 Here, #9 Here, #10 Here, #11 Here, #12 Here, #13 Here, and #14 Here!
Spiritual Content- A couple Scriptures are mentioned; Prayers & Blessings over food; Church going & Sermons; Talks about God; ‘H’s are capitalized when referring to God; Mentions of God; Mentions of prayers & blessings over food; Mentions of churches, church going, a reverend, sermons, Sunday school classes, & a youth group; A few mentions of thanking God; A few mentions of blessings; A mention of a godsend; A mention of a hymn;
Series: Book #15 in the “Secrets of the Blue Hilly Library” series. Reviews of #1 Here, #2 Here, #3 Here, #4 Here, #5 Here, #6 Here, #7 Here, #8 Here, #9 Here, #10 Here, #11 Here, #12 Here, #13 Here, and #14 Here!
Spiritual Content- A couple Scriptures are mentioned; Prayers & Blessings over food; Church going & Sermons; Talks about God; ‘H’s are capitalized when referring to God; Mentions of God; Mentions of prayers & blessings over food; Mentions of churches, church going, a reverend, sermons, Sunday school classes, & a youth group; A few mentions of thanking God; A few mentions of blessings; A mention of a godsend; A mention of a hymn;
*Note: A mention of Greek gods.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘duh’ and an ‘idiot’; A bit of eye rolling; Mentions of injuries; Mentions of thinking someone might be a con artist or an ex-convict (he’s not); Mentions of alcohol, drinking, & physical abuse; Mentions of a husband leaving his family & divorces; Mentions of hunting, hunters, & killing a lion; Mentions of those being bit by wild animals; A few mentions of lies & lying; A couple mentions of wars; A couple mentions of jealousy; A mention of jail;
*Note: A few mentions of authors
& books; A couple mentions of car brands; A mention of werewolves.
Sexual
Content- N/A.
-Anne
Gibson, age 34
P.O.V. of Anne
261 pages
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P.O.V. of Anne
261 pages
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My personal Rating-
I liked
this one better than the previous two books mainly because it wasn’t so romance
hinted towards Anne & Alex. This one was interesting with the mysterious
older gentleman and all the talk about gold!
See y’all
on Friday 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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