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Books My Kids Read


I get asked all the time what my kids are reading. I don't know if it's because I'm a mom of four, because I'm an author, or because our car, house, pool bag, porch, very lives are littered with hardbacks, paperbacks, a Kindle and picture books. But the books we read are truly a reflection of who we are. Since people are curious. I decided to start this tab on my blog to share what my kiddos are reading. But it only helps you, if you understand a little bit about them.

MADDIE - AGE 19, SOCCER OBSESSED SORORITY GIRL 
MAX - AGE 17,  BOY WITH MUSIC IN HIS SOUL AND SPEED IN HIS FEET 
MALLORY - AGE 14, GIGGLING, GIDDY, GIRL WHO LOVES SOCCER AND HER FRIENDS
MAGUIRE - AGE 12, CREATIVE, FREE SPIRITED ACTOR DANCING TO HIS OWN BEAT

THE NEW RECRUIT

7/10/2013

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Max would rather read a Sports Illustrated than a book any day. It's not that he's not a good reader. He is. A very good reader. So much so, that SI Kids bores him, and he delves deep into the talented writing staff week after week of Sports Illustrated. But there are articles in SI that aren't meant for twelve year olds, plus there's something inside me that longs for my son to experience the magic of books, especially the world, places and characters that fiction introduces us to.

When Max was grudgingly searching for a new title for his summer reading, I suggested The New Recruit by Jill Williamson. Knowing Jill, because we're represented by the same literary agent, I had downloaded her YA Christian spy story on my Kindle a few months back. I'd only had a chance to read the first two chapters. The main character, Spencer, is forced to choose between military school and a Christian spy organization and he never seems to put down his basketball. It was worth a shot. It turns out it was a three pointer. Max loved reading on my Kindle, plowed through the book in just a couple of days, and just spent his own money to buy the second book in the series, Project Gemini. He gave The New Recruit five out of five stars. I honestly haven't seem him enjoy a book so much since he read Tim Tebow's Through My Eyes.

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