Great Summer Time Reading!

Well, as I promised in my recent post "So Excited To Receive A Gift" (Click HERE for that story),
I would be doing a review of the above book, A Trip, A Tryst and A Terror just as soon as I finished reading it.  I received this wonderful little book in the mail yesterday from my friend, Martha Jane Orlando, the author..., and I must tell you that once I picked it up and started reading I had a difficult time putting it back down!!

I set up a tray of tea and toast on the porch in the cool of the morning and sat and rocked and read until the sun moved around to this side of the house and I had to go back inside to cool off. I hated to stop reading long enough to fix lunch for myself and hubby...and then had to get right back to reading.

First, let me tell you that I thought this story was written just for children judging by the information on the back cover:

"Spending the summer at Grandpa Will's farm with his family is the last thing ten-year-old Davy Murray wants.  How will he survive without his friends, the pool and his computer?  There isn't even a television at Grandpa's house! Doesn't anyone see how miserable he will be?...But, then, Davy has a most surprising and unexpected encounter...one which will change his heart, and his world, forever..."

However, from the very first chapter I was captivated by this story and the interesting mysteries that and adventures that awaited Davy once he arrived at the old family homestead of his "step" great-grandfather, set in the midst of the mountains, woods and meadows of the Appalachian mountains. I found myself wishing I could go back there and spend the summer along with them...and recapture the memories of long-gone idyllic days spent on my grandfather's farm as a little girl...or perhaps even now as a grown woman still longing for such adventures.

There is something magical and mystical about this place, but all with a purpose to help young Davy come to a change of heart that is life-altering, perhaps even a "type" of salvation....but this particular story ends with a "bang"...and a scramble in my mind to hurry up and get the next book in the series to find out what happens next!!

I would highly recommend this book for children (ages 7-12)...great summer reading for kids, and also for Moms and Dads and Grandmas and Grandpas alike.  It would also be excellent reading for families who are struggling with "stepchild - stepparent" issues.   My only disappointment in the book is that it is just too short!!! (121 pages)  And I have to wait to get the next book in the series! Therefore, I would suggest you might want to order all three books in the series at once!  (More information about all of Martha Jane Orlando's books can be found HERE)

I thoroughly enjoyed this little book

and look forward to reading the sequel

Children in the Garden

(book 2)

and then of course the final episode

The Moment of Truth

(book 3)

Thank you, Martha Jane Orlando,

for giving me this opportunity to enjoy your most delightful stories!