Author: Chloe Ann
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Blades of Eternity and the Keeper of Peace: 3 Questions Readers Should Ponder as They Explore This Story
I haven’t read a children’s fantasy book in a long time that thrilled me like Blades of Eternity and the Keeper of Peace by Zach Fox. The entire time I was picking up threads of Narnia or Natalia woven through the characters, world, and plot. I will say, though, that I went into this book…
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You Don’t Need More Ideas— You Need a Plan: 12-Week Summer Writing Intensive
Many writers have notebooks full of ideas, unfinished drafts, and projects they hope to complete “someday.” This summer I’m launching a 12-Week Writing Intensive geared toward writers who are ready to stop starting and start finishing. Designed for busy writers with a realistic commitment of 3-5 hours per week, this 12-week intensive was created to…
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5 Theologically Rich & Gospel-Centered Books to Give to High School Graduates
For years my parents have gifted books to graduating high school students as a witness, an encouragement, and a support to older teens ready to jump headlong in college, a career, or full-time life. The books I’m going to recommend are ones that we’ve gifted to numerous friends and I have been gifted myself. They…
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My Favorite Children’s Easter Picture Books: 8 Stories of Rescue & Redemption
Easter isn’t just a holiday where we celebrate the arrival of spring, colorful candies, and bunny rabbits. It’s the day we remember the Greatest Battle ever fought, the Greatest Victory ever won, and the Greatest Hero who ever came. How often do we forget the foundational truth that the Bible is (quite simply) the Greatest…
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The Sapphire Saga: 3 Dangerous Truths Kids Need to Learn
Imagine if The Wingfeather Saga collided with The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe then launched into space where the main characters discovered they were aliens. The end result? You’d have The Sapphire Saga by Robert L. Fuller. A few months back, I wrote an article explaining why kids need to read dangerous stories. Stories…
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Journey: 4 Reflections I Made While Reading This Allegorical Sci-Fi Saga
Out of the hundreds of books I read and review, it has been quite some time that a story gripped me as much as Journey, the eighth episode in the Starlore Legacy by Chuck Black. I read the book entirely within one day, trying to convince myself to move on to other subjects… but unable…