SRC Week 4, Teen List: Out of the Silent Planet

By Hayley Morell | July 12, 2014

Other Summer Reading Challenge posts: Introduction, Week One: 1) Kids,  2) Teens, 3) Devotional.  Week Two: 1) Kids, 2) Teens, 3) Devotional.  Week Three: off Week Four: 1) Kids. 2) Teens, 3) Devotional. Week Five: 1) Kids, 2) Teens, 3) Devotional. Week Six: 1) Kids, 2) Teens, 3) Devotional.   THE DISCUSSION In our dicussion today,…

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SRC, Week 4: Time Travel Devotional

By emily | July 8, 2014

Other Summer Reading Challenge posts: Introduction, Week One: 1) Kids, 2) Teens, 3) Devotional.  Week Two: 1) Kids, 2) Teens, 3) Devotional.  Week Three: off Week Four: 1) Kids. 2) Teens, 3) Devotional. Week Five: 1) Kids, 2) Teens, 3) Devotional. Week Six: 1) Kids, 2) Teens, 3) Devotional. TIME TRAVEL DEVOTIONAL, Week #4:  Jesus the…

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SRC, Week 4: The House of Arden

By Hayley Morell | July 7, 2014

Other Summer Reading Challenge posts: Introduction, Week One: 1) Kids, 2) Teens,  3) Devotional.  Week Two: 1) Kids, 2) Teens, 3) Devotional.  Week Three: off Week Four: 1) Kids. 2) Teens, 3) Devotional. Week Five: 1) Kids, 2) Teens, 3) Devotional. Week Six: 1) Kids, 2) Teens, 3) Devotional.   SUMMER READING CHALLENGE (SRC), Week 4…

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The Story of Owen: Review and Discussion

By emily | July 5, 2014

It’s officially an off-week here at Redeemedreader.  But we’ve put together one “extra” post for your holiday weekend: a review of The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondhiem. As you’ll recall, we originally chose Owen for our Summer Reading Challenge.  But after giving it extra scrutiny, we realized it was not the book we…

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Happy Fourth!

By Janie Cheaney | July 4, 2014

This year marks the bicentennial of our national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” which was written after the author witnessed the battle of Ft. McHenry from the hold of a British warship. That happened in September 1814, and we’ll be looking for some good books on the subject to review early this fall. In the meantime,…

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SRC Reading List Extension! (a printable list)

By Betsy Farquhar | July 1, 2014

Our primary Summer Reading Challenge targets “middle grade” readers (typically ages 9-12) and “teen” readers (ages 13 and up), but we know there are many of you who have younger readers. While our hope is that our middle grade titles (“List 1”) are family friendly enough that the entire family can listen to and enjoy…

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SRC Week 2, Teen List: Dragon’s Tooth Discussion

By emily | June 28, 2014

Other Summer Reading Challenge posts: Introduction, Week One: 1) Kids, 2) Teens, 3) Devotional.  Week Two: 1) Kids, 2) Teens, 3) Devotional.  Week Three: off Week Four: 1) Kids. 2) Teens, 3) Devotional. Week Five: 1) Kids, 2) Teens, 3) Devotional. Week Six: 1) Kids, 2) Teens, 3) Devotional. Hey all!  I’ve finally wrapped up the…

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SRC, Week 2: Time Travel Devotional

By emily | June 24, 2014

Other Summer Reading Challenge posts: Introduction, Week One: 1) Kids, 2) Teens, 3) Devotional.  Week Two: 1) Kids, 2) Teens, 3) Devotional.  Week Three: off Week Four: 1) Kids. 2) Teens, 3) Devotional. Week Five: 1) Kids, 2) Teens, 3) Devotional. Week Six: 1) Kids, 2) Teens, 3) Devotional. WELCOME! Welcome to Week 2 of our…

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SRC Blue Comet: Problems and Alternate Suggestion

By Janie Cheaney | June 22, 2014

**Please note: We’ve added an alternate reading option for this week.  Spy for the Night Riders: Martin Luther (Trailblazer Books #3)by Dave and Neta Jackson.  If you have already bought the book, we’d recommend either reading it aloud so a parent can edit the bad language or using a Sharpie to “delete” it. Return with me, please,…

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SRC, Week 1 (Teen list): The Dragon’s Tooth by N. D. Wilson

By emily | June 21, 2014

Welcome Teens! Who’s finished the first book??!  Not me!!!  And that’s totally OK, because we’ve got another week before we post our discussion on The Dragon’s Tooth.  And anyway, we won’t be sending report cards home to your mom…so just keep it in your bathroom or at the kitchen table and pick it up when…

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