The Best Endorsement… My 11-year-old son got to this book first. Isn’t the cover amazing? Which fantasy-loving reader wouldn’t swipe it from his mom’s to-read pile? The next day he returned it, saying, “Mom, you gotta write a review for this book and put it in your next giveaway.” Wow. That’s a great endorsement. HeContinue reading “A New Gospel-Centered Adventure Story”
Author Archives: Lacey Markt
The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Non-Fiction Mini-Review
A true story about a story hiding the truth… It’s 1911. The Mona Lisa, a little-known painting by an old artist, has vanished. As Nicholas Day tells it, it’s the best thing to happen to The Mona Lisa’s career. Have a kid who loves non-fiction? Have a kid you’d like to get more into non-fiction?Continue reading “The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Non-Fiction Mini-Review”
Mini Review of Becca Wierwille’s Roadtrip Rescue
“A road trip’s about the journey, not the destination.” This line from Wierwille’s book is at the heart of main character Kimmy’s search for family and friends. As a girl with only half an arm, Kimmy has always felt out-of-place, so when she sees her lost dog featured in a magazine article, she knows herContinue reading “Mini Review of Becca Wierwille’s Roadtrip Rescue”
A Wartime Tale of Found Family
A mini-review of a Narnia-like book without the magical wardrobe Set in England during WWII, three siblings find themselves orphaned and are sent to the country to be removed from a bomb threat while really searching for a new family. A far-fetched plot, maybe, but with quick pacing and relatable characters, readers will be happyContinue reading “A Wartime Tale of Found Family”
2025’s Twelve Months of Twelve Family Read-Alouds
Twelve Months in 2025, twelve books geared towards kids ages 10-12 that are perfect to read together as a family! Do you love reading with your kids, but struggle to pick out the right book to read to them? I do too. As a mom and Christian writer, I’m always on the lookout for ourContinue reading “2025’s Twelve Months of Twelve Family Read-Alouds”
Book Review: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
An Irreverent Christmas Read that gets at the Heart of the Holiday Ebenezer Scrooge. The Grinch. The Herdmans. Wait. Who? Herdmans. Six children from Barbara Robinson’s The Best Christmas Pageant Ever who carve out…er, or burn down a place in history as best Christmas bad guys. Yet, I had never heard of Robinson’s humorous children’sContinue reading “Book Review: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson”
Exploring Themes in The Wild Robot
Simple. Relatable. Human. Robot? You, like me, have probably seen the many amazing reviews for the just released The Wild Robot movie, based on The Wild Robot book by Peter Brown. While I haven’t seen the movie, I just finished the book and if you are wondering what the story is about and whether theContinue reading “Exploring Themes in The Wild Robot”
A Book Review: Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor
For a history-loving hero… Heroes: A novel of Pearl Harbor by Alan Gratz is the story of Frank and Stanley, two friends living in Hawaii at the outbreak of America’s involvement in World War Two. Gratz does a great job getting us into the action quickly—Frank and Stanley are visiting a battleship that fateful DecemberContinue reading “A Book Review: Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor”
Perfectionism in the Bible
Do you struggle with perfectionism? I know I do. We often feel a longing for things to be perfect—perfect marriage, perfect body, perfect family, perfect house. And as we pursue perfection, we spend money we shouldn’t, focus on worldly appearances rather than connection to God, and take on more than we can handle. We workContinue reading “Perfectionism in the Bible”
Book Review: New Kid
An award-winning book on perspectives and prejudices… New Kid by Jerry Craft, winner of the 2020 Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award, is a graphic novel with perspective…lots of perspectives. Twelve-year-old Jordan Banks is enrolled in a new school. Not only is it not in his neighborhood, it’s a private school of mostly whiteContinue reading “Book Review: New Kid”