"Riley Mae and the Sole Fire Safari" by Jill Osborne

About this book:

  “If you’re gonna run for your life, you gotta wear the right shoes.

    Pre-teen shoe model Riley Mae laces up her flaming orange Sole Fire running shoes for another ad campaign—this time in Kenya, Africa! Kenya is the perfect place for runners to train, with its high elevation and encouragement from Olympic athletes. It’s also a great hiding place for Riley and her Swiftriver friends from so-called enemies back in the United States … but for how long? 

    Adjusting to a new culture is difficult. Every chore is tiring, school is miles away, and there’s always the threat of a lurking lion that can ruin everything. But after spending time with the children and Christian women in her friend Sunday’s remote village, Riley finds herself growing stronger and praying for God to use her to spread the good news. Her prayers are answered in exciting and startling ways when she meets an orphaned girl seeking answers at a children’s home, but also when an error in judgment causes her to stumble into a surprise meeting with the enemy.”

Series: Book #3 (final) in “The Good News Shoes” series. Reviews of Book#1 Here and Book #2 Here!

Spiritual Content- Ephesians 6:15 at the beginning of the book & talked about later; Many Scriptures are read, quoted, mentioned, & discussed; Bible reading; Many Prayers; Prayer meetings & Youth groups; Many Talks about God, His plans, Jesus, missionaries, & luck; Witnessing & Talks about Witnessing and Jesus; Talks about being a Christian & wondering if someone is one; ‘H’s are not capitalized when referring to God; Many mentions of God, Jesus, witnessing, & missionaries; Many mentions of those & events in the Bible (especially Jonah); Mentions of church & prayer groups.

 

 

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: two forms of ‘wimp’, four forms of ‘dumb’, four ‘rats!’, and six forms of ‘stupid’; Almost killing a lion (does not happen, barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of young women being kidnapped (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of trying to be killed (in a dangerous situation); Mentions of poachers & gruesome pictures of dead animals (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of screams, the food chain, & animal carcasses (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of killing & plucking chickens (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of drugs; A few mentions of divorces; A couple mentions of murder; A mention of drinking; A mention of going to the bathroom in nature.

 

 

Sexual Content- Mentions of Rusty’s mom who left; Mentions of crushes & cute boys; Mentions of Sean & Riley Mae getting married when they’re older (which Riley Mae isn’t set against once she finds out he now likes another girl instead of her); A couple mentions of a Riley Mae’s (not) boyfriend.

 

-Riley Mae Hart, age 12-13

                                1^st person P.O.V. of Riley

                                                        244 pages

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My personal Rating-

This was another great book in the “Good News Shoes” series and I would love to see a fourth book for this series! I loved the message of caring for orphans and that the seed of becoming a missionary has been planted in Riley Mae’s heart. Lots of Spiritual Content and humor in this book, which makes it easily my favorite middle grade Faithgirlz series with the “Samantha Sanderson” series.

 

 

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*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.