Lost and Found Book Review

Liz and I reviewed Rock Harbor Search and Rescue: Lost and Found by Thomas Nelson. This is the second installment in the Rock Harbor series for young adventurers. I’m sure it will soon be a favorite series for our three girls!

Details from Thomas Nelson:

*ages 7-12

* 241 pages

*Book #2 in a mystery series from bestselling fiction author Colleen Coble

*Girls will be drawn in by the mystery, exciting search-and-rescue scenes,  relevant social issues, and adorable rescue dogs

The review:

I wanted Liz to read it before I gave it to Kate. She inhaled the book in no time. Twenty-five chapters plus epilogue. A fun mystery for girls.

She was thrilled to have something to read besides her school books for a change.

Liz approves!

Here’s what my tween daughter has to say:

This book is well-written and fun to read. I especially love that Emily has Phantom of the Opera bedroom décor. I love the characters, but I wasn’t surprised by the mystery plot. I think my sisters will like it!

We are rather Phantom of the Opera obsessed at our house. All four kids sing it and love it. We’re having a PotO party the end of this month. So, of course, Liz latched onto that wonderful detail. Apparently, many characters cross over from the author’s adult books too.

Liz turns thirteen next week and is a very advanced reader. This book is really too young for her reading level, but I wanted her to preview it for her sisters.

Tori is 7 and Kate is 6. Kate is my other reader. {Tori would rather do anything else than read.} So Kate is already reading this and loving it. And I’m happy.

Why is this book so awesome?

It’s a great Christian alternative to the teen series I read when I was younger and the various series I’ve seen in the bookstores and online available now for kids and youth. This series has wholesome themes, decent dialogue and plot, and respectful characters rather than inappropriate boy-girl relationships and adult themes.

I think this is a great book to spark a conversation about adoption and foster care, whether you have adopted children or not.

Liz, Kate, and I had some interesting conversation about adoption. We discussed Jesus and how He was adopted by Joseph and how we are adopted as children of God when we accept salvation.

I like having books that are alternatives to popular culture. We read lots of historical fiction and non-fiction for school, and this is great for some downtime reading. I don’t have to worry they’ll read something inappropriate, like in other books. I trust this author and publisher and that’s so refreshing.

Can’t wait for more in the series!