Book Review: The Bomb Squad by Jill Chapman

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Post Title:  Book Review: The Bomb Squad by Jill Chapman Genre: Middle-Grade Fiction   Description of The Bomb Squad: The Bomb Squad is a middle-grade adventure/mystery story. Bryan and his three friends find adventure at every turn. After a Fourth of July fiasco, the boys want to keep a low profile until a new neighbor brings a mystery to their neighborhood. The Bomb Squad sets out to discover his secrets, and trouble explodes in their lives again. They trust in each other, and with a little help from Bryan’s dog, Max, the boys solve the mystery and save their neighbor….

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Book Review: The Home Team and Home Team 2

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Book Review: The Home Team and Home Team 2 by Dave Pratt Genre: Christian Action Suspense series   Description of The Home Team: Sam Anthem has always been a team player, leading his Home Team on secret missions around the world and chasing down bad guys for the U.S. government. But Sam has never had a place to call home or someone to go home to. Consuelo Zamora has been serving as a missionary nurse, but her work has led her to be forced to work with some South American drug lords to provide medicine for the common people. After…

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Fascinating Friday Feature – The Pony Express Tale

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by Donna Schlachter Most people know something about the Pony Express, but few realize it only operated fromApril 1860 through to November 1861. The first ride left St. Joseph, Missouri heading west, andfrom Sacramento, California heading east, on April 3rd, 1860. The idea for a Pony Express was conceived in the minds of its owners because of the possibilityof winning the contract for the overland US mail. Another company, Butterworth, was running asouthern route that took up to three weeks to deliver to the west coast, and Majors and Waddellthought they could beat that time by taking the shorter northern…

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