“When fourteen-year-old Melanie Ann is told by her grandmother that one day she will inherit the memory trunk that has been passed down through the generations, she learns about the responsibility that is required to preserve the family's heritage.”
Series: Book #6 in “The Eleanor” series. Reviews of Book #1 Here, Book #2 Here, Book #3 Here, Book #4 Here, and Book #5 Here! (The bonus book in the series, “Eleanor Jo: A Christmas to Remember”, will be reviewed in December.)
Spiritual Content- 1 Corinthians 13:13 at the beginning; Many Scriptures are read, quoted, remembered, thought over, & discussed; A hymn is sung; Many talks about God, Jesus, trusting God, loving the Lord, the salvation message, shining your light for the Lord, being a Christian, sharing the gospel, Bibles, Heaven, & strong faiths; ’H’s are capital when referring to God; Many mentions of God, Jesus, trusting Him, & loving the Lord; Mentions of the salvation message & asking Jesus into your heart; Mentions of Bibles, Bible reading, Scriptures, & memorizing Scriptures; Mentions of prayers, praying, fasting, blessings over food, & praising the Lord; Mentions of Christians, being a good witness, & sharing the gospel with others; Mentions of Heaven, seeing those who have accepted Jesus as their Lord there, & being with Jesus; Mentions of churches, church going, children’s ministry, & Sunday school; Mentions of religious persecution, religious freedom, & martyrs; Mentions of a portrait of Jesus that Grand Doll has (which Melanie Ann notes about Jesus’ eyes radiating love & feeling the presence of God settling over her when staring at the picture); A few mentions of blessings & being blessed; A few mentions of missionaries; A couple mentions of those in the Bible; A couple mentions of those who say they love God but don’t act like it; A mention of a miracle; At the end of the book, in bonus content, there is a devotional-like lesson about love with many Scriptures shared & also a testimony section with a prayer on welcoming Jesus as your Savior and Lord;
*Note: A mention of Santa.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: Melanie Ann recalls helping care for her grandmother before she passed (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of wars, fighting, weapons, battles, slavery, & deaths; Mentions of the Great Depression; A few mentions of people being put to death for their religion; A few mentions of prisons; A couple mentions of butchering a hog; A mention of a break-in;
*Note: A mention of Shirley Temple.
Sexual Content- N/A;
*Note: A couple mentions of physical and hormonal changes that Melanie Ann is going through.
-Melanie Ann, age 14
P.O.V. of Melanie Ann
181 pages
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My personal Rating-
Unlike the rest of the series that have only the prologue and the epilogue in the modern setting and the rest of the book in the historical time period, this final book is completely set in the modern time period. Throughout this series, we’ve seen “Grand Doll” (a grandma) tell her multiple granddaughters about young girls in their family’s history, but this book is featuring the oldest granddaughter and recaps the lessons of the prior books. Because of remembering those books, I was a little bored with this one, but I did appreciate all of the faith content and Scriptures shared. While I still have the bonus book to read next month (I saved it for Christmas time), this has been a solid and faith-filled series, ones I definitely recommend for middle-grade readers!
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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