First Wild Card Tour: Never Blame the Umpire

It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!

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Please see my review of Never Blame the Umpire.

Today's Wild Card author is:

Gene Fehler

and the book:

Never Blame the Umpire

Zonderkidz (March 1, 2010)

***Special thanks to Bridgette Brooks and Pam Mettler of Zondervan Publishing for sending me a review copy.***

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Gene Fehler, an award-winning and widely published poet, is the author of ten published books and over eighteen hundred published poems, stories, and articles. He and his wife, Polly, live in Seneca, South Carolina, where he writes, teaches, and participates in sports.


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Product Details:

List Price: $12.99
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Zonderkidz (March 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0310719410
ISBN-13: 978-0310719410
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5

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Kid's Korner - Never Blame the Umpire (Book Review)

Title: Never Blame the Umpire
Author: Gene Fehler
Publisher: Zondervan/ZonderKidz

My synopsis: Kate is 11 year's old and enjoying her perfect summer. She is playing baseball with her brother, tennis with her family, and is in a summer course for creative writing - where she is encouraged to write poetry. Her best friend Ginny is also taking a summer acting course, so they at least get to see each other every day.

But then her mom gets sick - and they are told that there is nothing the doctor's can do to make her better. Kate thinks that if she just prays the right prayer, believes that God will heal her mom, then surely He will.

My thoughts: I liked the way the author dealt with tragedy and explaining why sometimes we cannot understand what God's will is in a certain situation. This book hit close to home with me, as I lost my father at 17. This shook my faith and for many years - and I mean many years - I rejected the God that I had loved as a teenager. The age range for this book says 9-12 - but I think it would be good for older teens if they are dealing with a similar situation. While the writing is simplistic for a pre-teen - the message is ageless.

Read the first chapter of Never Blame the Umpire.

I was provided a complimentary copy of this book for the First Wild Card Tour.

Never Blame the Umpire
Publisher/Publication Date: ZonderKidz, March 1, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-310-71941-0
192 pages