Bøker av John E Kenney

Emily Anne and her friends are getting ready to return to school after the Christmas vacation. Christmas is over, the Christmas play is history and Merry Robinson is now taking care of her new baby, Noellele, who was born on Christmas Day. However, the return to school is delayed by a huge blizzard which not only closes the city down, filling the streets with piles of snow, but causes the electricity to go out on the coldest day, plunging the city into darkness and cold. Emily Anne's family and church pull together to rescue many people from the dangerous cold, giving them a place for shelter and heat. Emily Anne's dad and some church men drag wood stoves through the driving snow to provide for heat. Emily Anne is disappointed that the restart of school is delayed, but her brother, Scotty, is loving huge snow piles to sled on. For Emily Anne, this is an example of people being willing to help others in need, even at danger to themselves. Read "The Longest Winter" to see what happens in a huge life storm to Emily Anne and her family. Read on!

Emily Anne, a fourth grader, is faced with a difficulty due to the dishonesty of her best friend, Sandi. Emily Anne and her friends decide to give their friend, Bobby, a birthday party, but Sandi takes over the planning and lies about who will be invited. While everyone is excited about summer vacation and the birthday party for Bobby, Emily Anne is not, because she is faced with a difficult decision. Will Sandi's bad choices ruin the last days of school, or will Emily Anne rise above that? She experiences disappointment, self-doubt, and tears, but watch her shine in the end.

In this book, you get to see and hear Emily Anne, a smart and sensitive tween, experience some of life's adventures. Yes, life can be a little scary with all those voices clambering for your attention. Someone wants you to be stronger, taller, prettier and someone else pushes you aside because you're in their way. But wait! You are a child of the Most High God. He is Who you should be trying to please. Emily Anne lives each day, trying to walk like Jesus asks her to, and although she has some disappointments, doubts and set-backs, with the encouragement and help of her family, her church and her friends, most of them, she shows us an effective way to make it through the difficulties and storms of life. You will love her tenacity, her self-examination and her special way of finding some joy and even peace as life rushes at her. Like her, you will find yourself immersed in the planning of the birthday party, filled with laughter in anticipating a party and the beginning of summer vacation. And like her, you may shed a few tears on your way to seeing that life is not always a party, but it can always be a lot of fun, even in the hard times. Enter into Emily Anne's world and experience some wonder, some joy and life. We double-dog dare you.