Book Ideas

 I know I’ve shared this list before, but with Christmas shopping season, I thought I’d share it again. 

15 Favorite Tween Books

People are always asking me about books for 10-15 year-old readers. What books do I recommend? So, I've put together a list of books that either I loved as a tween, (and still do love), or books that my nieces love.

 

Now, I have to say, I'm super conservative and picky about books. I don't like books where the kids are brats, and I don't like books that delve into fantasy. So, if you're looking for fantasy or sci-fi, you won't find any on this list.

   

 

1. Sherlock Jones Series, by Ed Dunlop 

2. Peabody Adventures, by Jeri Massi

3. Arby Jenkins, by Sharon Hambrick 

4. The Adventures of Arty Anderson Series, by Mark Redmond

5. The Accidental Detectives, by Sigmund Brouwer

6. The Young Refugee Triology, by Ed Dunlop 

7. Gatlin Fields series, by Sandra Waggoner

8. Freedom Seekers, by Lois Walfrid Johnson 

9. The Northwoods Adventures, by Lois Walfrid Johnson 

10. The Wall Series, by Robert Elmer

11. Adventures Down Under, by Robert Elmer

12. The Jed Cartwright series, by Ed Dunlop

13. The Missionary Adventures of Bob and Arty, by Jeff Barth

14. The Ivan books, by Myrna Grant

15. The Scripture Sleuth, by Mat Halverson

And then, I have a few books that I've written for those ages.

The Mystery in the Corn Maze

The Ty Carson Series

The Adventures of Amy

The PK Detectives 

I hope these books will be a blessing to you and your young readers.

Book Signing!

 

Where – Caribou Coffee (Doug’s Supermarket, Warroad)

When – Saturday, Dec. 7th from 10am – 2pm

Special Deal – 1 FREE small Caribou drink of your choice with every book purchase!

Copies of ALL of my books will be available for purchase as well. Stop by and pick up a few Christmas gifts!

It's FINALLY Here

 The Secret in the Steeple

PK Detective book 3!

It’s not every day that your dad gets accused of trying to burn a church down. Especially when he’s the pastor.

The church fire was no accident. Titus knew it. He also knew that his dad was innocent. No matter what he was hiding. When Pastor Rich is the only suspect the police have, the PK Detectives set out to clear their dad’s name. But what if he really is hiding something from the police? And do the strangers in town have anything to do with it

Is it possible to rejoice in the Lord even in the midst of total chaos and danger? Join Titus Rich as he and the rest of the PK Detectives as they try to save their Dad from jail, and the church from ruin before it’s too late.

Excerpt from The Secret in the Steeple

It’s not every day that your dad gets accused of trying to burn a church down. Especially when he’s the pastor.

The church fire was no accident. Titus knew it. He also knew that his dad was innocent. No matter what he was hiding. When Pastor Rich is the only suspect the police have, the PK Detectives set out to clear their dad’s name. But what if he really is hiding something from the police? And do the strangers in town have anything to do with it

Is it possible to rejoice in the Lord even in the midst of total chaos and danger? Join Titus Rich as he and the rest of the PK Detectives as they try to save their Dad from jail, and the church from ruin before it’s too late.

Coming Soon!

 The 3rd PK Detective book, The Secret in the Steeple, will be released on November 25th! 

Winter Happenings. . .

 End of January and February were crazy busy, but I did manage to snap a few pictures of my doings…

We did a lot of babysitting, and with all the nieces and nephews, we ended up with kids sleeping at our house at least 7 nights.

So, Dad bought this adorable hockey set for the grand kids! 

A lot of evenings, I’ve been working on paperwork and planning for our students A.C.E. Convention, and the students ganged up on me with gifts as a thank you for helping out.

This 308-piece train model was one of those gifts, and while I’m not a professional, I think it went pretty well! I only had a handful of leftover parts, but what mechanic doesn’t end up with a few extra pieces? 

I enjoy attending the ND Homeschool Convention! It’s always fun getting to meet the speakers, and when my nieces and nephews found out I was going to see Ranger Mike, they were super excited! His videos are a huge hit when babysitting. 

It was probably my favorite convention yet! It helped that the weather was SO gorgeous.

And on the road, I had to get my yearly Shamrock Shake.

A friend gave me an early birthday present, and I’m LOVING it! It’s amazing how much cleaning I can get done when I need to listen to a new record! 

And of course, you have to get some selfies snuck in with the kids!

I’ve maybe had a little too much fun coming up with props for the students One-Act-Play. 

And what’s babysitting without a little dress-up?

Somehow, when I’m running around with my infamous paperwork, I lose track of my phone… and don’t notice, until someone comes up to snap a selfie with me, and then I realize it’s in MY phone! 

Playing Masterpiece, was a real throw back! My brother and I, and then my friends and I would play this for hours! 

And of course, we had skating in there. . . 

I didn’t get out as much as I would have liked, but it was fun when I did make it out! 

In other events… I’ve also been:

1. Writing weekly for the newspaper.

2. Attending election judge training refresher courses, for the election on Tuesday.

3. Planning last minute details for my Ireland trip in just 9 days! 

4. Putting together logistics for the First Aid/CPR class I’ll be doing end of March. (I do still have a few open slots in the group if anyone local wants to contact me) 

5. Taxes…

6. Had my hair dyed. 

7. Working days at the coffee shop! 

So that’s my winter happenings in a nutshell! 

Skiing!

It was negative digits, but we’d already made plans, so we decided to go anyway. 

It ended up being beautiful!!! The wind wasn’t too bad so we didn’t freeze. 

I had never been to Giant’s Ridge, but I’m so glad I went! It was pretty amazing.