"Crunch" by Rick Bundschuh

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 four, Crunch, Bethany meets a soccer-loving little boy who captures her heart in an unexpected way while on a mission trip in Mexico. Bethany helps him discover the father of his dreams, but because of a promise she makes to him, Bethany's spot in a prestigious surf competition is threatened.”


Series: Book #4 (of four) in “Soul Surfer”. (Reviews of Book #1 Here! Book #2 Here! Book #3 Here!)

Spiritual Content- In the Introduction, two Scriptures are quoted & mentioned; All about a mission trip; Many Prayers; Many Scriptures are quoted, mentioned, read & remembered; Many, many talks about God, seeing God, trust, promises & words being worth something; ‘H’s are not capital when referring to God; A devotion is written out; Many mentions of God; Many mentions of youth group & Christian tattoos; A mention of a Bible study.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘geez’, a ‘sucker’, and two ‘oh my gosh’s; A mention of a curse (said, not written); A mention of everyone going to the bathroom after eating; A couple mentions of buying and selling drugs & violence; A couple mentions of beer bottles; A couple mentions of tattoos; Mentions of lice; Mentions of dumps & foul smells (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of pain & blood (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of & Talks about Bethany’s shark attack (barely-above-not-detailed); A child is run over by a dump truck (he is alive, barely-above-not-detailed).

Sexual Content- A mention that some of the orphans have seen sexual abuse;

               *Note: A mention of “freezing my butt off.”.

-Bethany Hamilton, age 15

-Eduardo, age 5
                                     P.O.V. switches between them, Anne, Noah & Cheri (once each)

                                                        125 pages

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My personal Rating-

Well, this was an excellent conclusion to this series! The starfish story is a very favorite of mine, so I was very excited to see it talked about in “Crunch”. This was a really cute series and I can see many girls enjoying them. :)

See y’all on Monday 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.

"Burned" by Rick Bundschuh

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 two, Burned, fourteen-year-old Bethany thought she was going to Samoa with her family to surf—but it turns out God has much more planned for her when she meets an angry, young man and helps him learn to love again.”


Series: Book #2 (of four) in “Soul Surfer” series. (Book #1 review, Here!)

Spiritual Content- Many Prayers; Witnessing; Scriptures are read, quoted, mentioned & remembered; Bible reading; Church going; Many talks about God, Jesus, sin & faiths; ‘H’s are not capital when referring to God; Mentions of prayers; Mentions of the Bible; Mentions of church & a sermon; Mentions of Christian music & bands; A couple mentions of religions.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: an ‘idiot’, an ‘oh my gosh’, a ‘stupid’, three forms of ‘screw up’; Mentions of pain, blood, stitches & injuries (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of eye rolling, bad attitudes & bitterness; A couple mentions of kicking, slapping and/or swearing at someone; A couple mentions of tattoos; A couple mentions of Bethany’s shark attack (barely-above-not-detailed).

Sexual Content- N/A

-Bethany Hamilton, age 14

-Liam MacLeod
                                        P.O.V. switches between them & Malia
                                                        129 pages

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My personal Rating-

Lots of Spiritual Content in this little book! Like the first book in this series, “Clash”, this one also has good lessons in it. :)

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.

"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.