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I don't review books I don't like!

*****= An all-time favorite
****  = Outstanding
***    = Above average
**      = Enjoyable
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Sonderbooks #44

Discover new books.  Discuss old books.  Order more books.

Welcome to Sonderbooks, an e-zine of book reviews by Sondra Eklund.
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December 21, 2002

Nonfiction

**His Name Is Jesus:  The Mysterious Yeshua Codes, by Yacov Rambsel
****Bringing Down the House, by Ben Mezrich
****The Christmas Box Miracle, by Richard Paul Evans

Fiction

***Coastliners, by Joanne Harris

Young Adult Fiction

***The Rope Trick, by Lloyd Alexander

Children's Nonfiction

****The Best of Times, by Greg Tang
***So You Want To Be an Inventor? by Judith St. George.  Illustrated by David Small

Children's Fiction

****For Biddle's Sake, by Gail Carson Levine
 ****The Fairy's Return, by Gail Carson Levine
***The Thief Lord, by Cornelia Funke

Old Favorite

(Nonfiction): ****Of Other Worlds, by C. S. Lewis.  Edited by Walter Hooper

Picture Book Pick

****Jesus' Christmas Party, by Nicholas Allen
 

Quotation of the Week

“Only in understanding and accepting our divine life purpose can we view the world as it really is
and free ourselves from the pursuit of ‘the perfect life’ as painted by Madison Avenue.”
--Richard Paul Evans, The Christmas Box Miracle

                     
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