Abigail and the Big Start Over: Switch Schools. Make Friends. Fix All the Mess!
Ebook
New house. New school. New problems!Like many kids, adventurous and creative 9-year-old Abigail experiences lots of ups and downs when it comes to school life, making friends and getting on with parents and siblings. Through both the humorous and serious challenges that arise, Abigail finds herself in one new mess after another. But as she learns all about how Jesus forgave Peter when he messed up again and again, she sees how Jesus can forgive her too.Readers will explore the Bible alongside Abigail and learn that God’s love for us and his grace to us never run out. So we can start over again and again!This fun, exciting novel for kids aged 7+ features short chapters with illustrations that really bring the story to life. It explains grace in a kid-friendly way that is relevant to their lives, and it provides a great way for kids to engage with the Bible.This is the first book in the Abigail series, a fictional series for readers aged 7 and up that follows the adventures of 9-year-old Abigail as she figures out what faith means for her everyday life. Young readers will be inspired to read the Bible, talk to God and apply what they believe to their own lives.
• New series of fiction chapter books for kids aged 7-11 in an easy-to-read font• Kids get to explore the Bible alongside a realistic character of their own age, seeing faith and life from the perspective of a peer• Includes illustrations of scenes from the stories and of activities based on things the characters create, many of which can be downloaded online for free as interactive activities for readers• Features clear, easy-to-understand explanations of Jesus' grace
1. Hurry Up, Headband2. Mrs. Hennig3. Don't Forget the Fishing Pole4. Brown, Slimy Sludge5. Uh Oh!6. Flora Flores7. Big Mouths8. A Very Good Friend9. Kids' Club10. Peter's Big Adventure11. Fisher of Men12. Nana and Grandpa's13. Sticky-Duct-Aids14. Walking on Water15. Greg Again16. We Need to Talk17. Adventure Central18. A Good Grace Story19. Fantastic Flora20. Not Such a Mess21. Adventuring22. Second ChancesA Note from the AuthorBook Club Questions
In the Abigail books, Bethany McIlrath demonstrates how a family’s commitment to their shared faith can help a nine-year-old girl navigate the everyday problems that children face. Each book not only tells a clever, funny story about Abigail but also successfully unpacks the biblical truths that Abigail discovers along the way.
Bethany has created a delightful series that helps young readers connect their faith with their everyday life. Abigail’s adventures are fun and relatable, delivering valuable lessons for all kids and making this series a great one to add to your bookshelf.
While plenty of books for kids this age have ‘good guys’ and ‘bad guys,’ Bethany McIlrath has crafted real-world characters in real-life settings who exhibit both vice and virtue and desperately need God’s grace for a fresh start. Honestly, that was my favorite trait of this book—how all the characters demonstrate their need for grace, from Abigail to her new friend Flora, to their irritating classmate Greg, to Abigail’s mom. This engaging book will help kids honor others, seek to understand others, extend grace to others, and grow in grace themselves.
Delightful. Relatable. Entertaining. Accessible. True. Meeting Abigail in these pages felt like discovering a friend for the fifth-grade ‘new girl’ inside of me, who was desperately lonely and felt like she was blowing it at every turn. I am so eager to introduce Abigail and the Big Start Over to all of my elementary-aged friends so that they too can adventure with her, identify with her, and discover the incredibly beautiful and immensely applicable power of the gospel in their own very real lives, right alongside her. These stories about Abigail will doubtless impact the stories of their readers in a powerful way.
Bethany McIlrath has written a fabulous book that somehow entertains while it teaches truth!
Starting over is hard! But it’s a lesson nine-year-old Abigail is learning as she begins fourth grade at her new school. She’s also going to learn about grace—the kind we extend to others and the grace God offers his children. Fun, relatable, grounded in Scripture, and full of bold illustrations, Abigail and the Big Start Over by Bethany McIlrath is a story kids will love.
- Title: Abigail and the Big Start Over: Switch Schools. Make Friends. Fix All the Mess!
- Author: Bethany McIlrath
- Publisher: The Good Book Company
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781784989064, 1784989061
- Resource ID: LLS:9781784989064
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-04-16T17:46:31Z