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Book Review of An Amish Cradle

An Amish Cradle
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About this book:

Tiny fingers,
Tiny toes,
And lives that will never be the same.
Journey with four families as their lives are about to change forever.

Series: Thomas Nelson has published quite a few novella collections with the title An Amish ______ (Love, Kitchen, Wedding, Christmas, Garden, Miracle, Cradle) This was my first time reading one.

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In His Fathers Arms by Beth Wiseman

About this book:

Ruth Anne has been dreaming about motherhood her entire life. Now she is doubly excited that she and her best friend are due with their children the same week. But when Ruth Annes baby is born with Down syndrome, she and her husband struggle to understand Gods plan.

Spiritual Content- Prayers; Talks about & mentions of God choosing special people & being Blessed; Talking to the Bishop; Hs are capital when referring to God; Levi is angry at God.

Negative Content- N/A

Sexual Content- Married couples kiss; Wanting to touch (barely-above-not-detailed); Babies are born (detailed wise is barely-above-not-detailed but the emotions are semi-detailed); Mentions of nursing; Levi walks out of the bathroom naked (not-detailed); Mentions of abortions.

-Ruth Anne
-Levi
switches between them.
96 pages

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Pre Teens- One Star
New Teens- Two Stars
Early High School Teens- Three Stars
Older High School Teens- Four Stars
My personal Rating- Four Stars

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A Son for Always by Amy Clipston

About this book:

Carolyn and Joshua are thrilled to be pregnant with their first child together. Carolyn was just a teenager when she had her son, Benjamin, and she still feels solely responsible to secure his future. As Joshua watches Carolyn struggle to accept his support, he knows he has to find some way to convince her that she and Ben will always be taken care of.

Spiritual Content- Prayers; A Scriptures is quoted; Talks about God being in control & being forgiven; Hs are capital when referring to God.

Negative Content- N/A

Sexual Content- Married couples kiss; A baby is born (not-detailed); Mentions of nursing; Carolyn had Ben when she was 16 (all thats said is She had given in to the pressures of her then boyfriend and found herself pregnant and alone.)

-Carolyn Glick
-Joshua Glick

switches between them
96 pages

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Pre Teens- One Star
New Teens- Two Stars
Early High School Teens- Three Stars
Older High School Teens- Four Stars
My personal Rating- Four Stars

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A Heart Full of Love by Kathleen Fuller

About this book:

Ellies mother hasnt stopped meddling in her personal life since Ellie lost her sight and she s taken it up a notch now that Ellie s pregnant. When Ellie gives birth to twins, her mother insists on moving in to care for them. But when her mother s behavior becomes unbearable, Ellie is forced to take a stand . . . and finally find out why Mamm cant let go.

Spiritual Content- Prayers; Mentions of God & trusting Him; Hs are capital when referring to God.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: two stupids.

Sexual Content- Married couples kiss; Mentions of nursing.

-Ellie Miller
-Edna Chupp
switches between them, Sarah Lynn & Chris
96 pages

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Pre Teens- One Star
New Teens- One Star (and a half)
Early High School Teens- Two Stars (and a half)
Older High School Teens- Three Stars (and a half)
My personal Rating- Three Stars

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An Unexpected Blessing by Vannetta Chapman

About this book:

At 42, Etta thought she was finished having children, but she s pregnant again. After a frightening labor, Etta finally gives birth, but her constant worry over her estranged grown son, David, haunts her still. As a new mother again, Etta must hold tightly to the promise that God will watch over her children and that one day David will return.

Spiritual Content- Psalm 126:3 at the beginning & quoted in the story as well; Prayers; Talks about God & His Will; Hs are capital when referring to God; A mention of Abraham & Sarah; Discussions about the Amish & Mennonite beliefs.

Negative Content- N/A

Sexual Content- Married couples kiss; A mention of a monthly cycle; Mentions of menopause; Mentions of a stillborn; A baby is born (with a looped cord & cutting the cord, barely-above-not-detailed to semi-detailed); Mentions of nursing.

-Etta Bontrager, age 42
-Mose Bontrager, age 45
switches between them
96 pages

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Pre Teens- One Star
New Teens- One Star (and a half)
Early High School Teens- Two Stars (and a half)
Older High School Teens- Three Stars (and a half)
My personal Rating- Three Stars

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Pre Teens- One Star
New Teens- One Star (and a half)
Early High School Teens- Two Stars (and a half)
Older High School Teens- Three Stars (and a half)
My personal Rating- Three Stars (and a half)
A total of 400 pages (with recipes!), An Amish Cradle is a pretty super-clean read. Lets break down my thoughts on each novella.

In His Fathers Arms by Beth Wiseman As someone who has a heart for kids with special needs and a future Occupational Therapist, I did enjoy this novella. Tied for first

A Son for Always by Amy Clipston Yay! I get to see Carolyn & Joshua & Ben again! Connected to A Mothers Secret a full length story, it was nice to see them if I cant relate to the storyline.

A Heart Full of Love by Kathleen Fuller While reading this novella, I got the feeling that I was missing something! Turns out its connected to a novella in the An Amish Love collection.

An Unexpected Blessing by Vannetta Chapman Now this I got the same feeling from it but I cant find that its connected to any other novellas/novels. Hmm!

*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
*I received this book for free from an Author for this review.

*{{'Books for Christian Girls' reviews all genres of Christian books, writing down all the Spiritual, Negative & Sexual content and does ratings for girls ages 9-19.
Keep in mind, when reading a BFCG review, ignore the things that don't bother you, but take notice of the things that do.}}