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  About the Book: ✦ Title: On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness ✦ Author: Andrew Peterson ✦ Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy (Christian) ✦ Series: Book #1 in The Wingfeather Saga ✦ Recommend for: ages 10+ who can handle some violence, blood, and peril My Personal Rating ⭐⭐⭐.5 📖 Synopsis Once, in a cottage above the cliffs on the Dark Sea of Darkness, there lived three children and their trusty dog Nugget. Janner Igiby, his brother Tink, their crippled sister Leeli are gifted children as all children are, loved well by a noble mother and ex-pirate grandfather. But they will need all their gifts and all that love to survive the evil pursuit of the venomous Fangs of Dang who have crossed the dark sea to rule the land with malice and pursue the Igibys who hold the secret to the lost legend and jewels of good King Wingfeather of the Shining Isle of Anniera. Andrew Peterson spins a quirky and riveting tale of the Igibys’ extraordinary journey from Glipwood’s Dragon Day Festival and a sec...

About the book… ★ Title: The God of the Garden: Thoughts on Creation, Culture, and the Kingdom ★ Author: Andrew Peterson ★ Genre: Christian, Nonfiction, Memoir ★ Series: No, a standalone nonfiction book ★ Recommend for: ages 15/16 & up (deals with some heavier themes like depression, grief, etc.) My Personal Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ 📖Synopsis There’s a strong biblical connection between people and trees. They both come from dirt. They’re both told to bear fruit. In fact, arboreal language is so often applied to humans that it’s easy to miss, whether we're talking about family trees, passing along our seed, cutting someone off like a branch, being rooted to a place, or bearing the fruit of the Spirit. It’s hard to deny that trees mean something, theologically speaking. This book is in many ways a memoir, but it’s also an attempt to wake up the reader to the glory of God shining through his creation. One of the first commands to Adam and Eve was to “work and keep” the garden. Award-wi...