Monday, May 17, 2010

Summer Reading

Yes, it is time to make sure our summer reading lists are ready to pass out and watch our children enjoy the adventures found in great books. We will present books here that just might capture and hold the attention of your students this summer and on into the school year. 

This week we present, God King, A Story in the Days of King Hezekiah, by Joanne Williamson.



This never-before published tale carries the reader back to Ancient Egypt and to the biblical Jerusalem. Around 701 B.C. Egypt is being ruled by the Kushite dynasty. Young Prince Taharka, a very minor royal son, succeeds unexpectedly to the throne of Kush and Egypt—a “divine” rulership. He begins to find his way...until a treacherous plot pushes him into sudden exile and into the hands of Amos, an emissary of King Hezekiah seeking help for Judea from the Egyptians against the Assyrians. Far from home, near Jerusalem, and found out in his disguise as a medical assistant, Taharka encounters two kings in conflict. One is the mighty Assyrian, Sennacherib, promising alliance; the other is Hezekiah, the Jew who trusts in Yahweh. Taharka must choose with whom to live or die.

Paperback ~ 211 pp.