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Soul Surfer #4
Crunch: A Novel
Hamilton, Bethany and her friends discover God’s love and guidance as they tackle the waves that life hands them. Also Soul Surfer™ Bible, Ask Bethany, and Rise Above. In Clash, it’s a challenge to their tight-knit group when a new girl with a secret crowds Bethany and her friends. Important heart issues lead to difficult decisions. In Burned, Bethany has a run-in with an unpleasant kid on a surf trip to Samoa and discovers something in the Samoan culture that brings healing and forgiveness. In Storm, Bethany helps a young family lost on the Hanakapiai Trail. As Bethany’s youth group struggles to raise funds for a mission trip, her small act of kindness blesses them all. In Crunch, Bethany meets a little boy at an orphanage in Mexico who must have his arm removed. Concerned by his condition, Bethany makes a promise to the child that threatens her opportunity to surf in a prestigious contest.
130 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 13, 2007
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Rick Bundschuh
51 books9 followersRick Bundschuh serves as a teaching pastor at Kauai Christian Fellowship, and he also continues to write and illustrate material for various publishers. He lives with his beautiful wife, Lauren, their kids, a weenie dog, and a quiver of surfboards in Poipu, Hawaii.
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July 8, 2016
About this book:
“It took real faith and courage to get Bethany back on a surfboard after losing her arm to a shark. The Soul Surfer fiction series is based on the life of surfer star Bethany Hamilton, as she and her friends discover God's love and guidance as they tackle the waves life hands them. In book four, Crunch, Bethany meets a soccer-loving little boy who captures her heart in an unexpected way while on a mission trip in Mexico. Bethany helps him discover the father of his dreams, but because of a promise she makes to him, Bethany's spot in a prestigious surf competition is threatened.”
Series: Book #4 (of four) in “Soul Surfer”. (Reviews of Book #1 Here! Book #2 Here! Book #3 Here!)
Spiritual Content- In the Introduction, two Scriptures are quoted & mentioned; All about a mission trip; Many Prayers; Many Scriptures are quoted, mentioned, read & remembered; Many, many talks about God, seeing God, trust, promises & words being worth something; ‘H’s are not capital when referring to God; A devotion is written out; Many mentions of God; Many mentions of youth group & Christian tattoos; A mention of a Bible study.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘geez’, a ‘sucker’, and two ‘oh my gosh’s; A mention of a curse (said, not written); A mention of everyone going to the bathroom after eating; A couple mentions of buying and selling drugs & violence; A couple mentions of beer bottles; A couple mentions of tattoos; Mentions of lice; Mentions of dumps & foul smells (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of pain & blood (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of & Talks about Bethany’s shark attack (barely-above-not-detailed); A child is run over by a dump truck (he is alive, barely-above-not-detailed).
Sexual Content- A mention that some of the orphans have seen sexual abuse;
*Note: A mention of “freezing my butt off.”.
-Bethany Hamilton, age 15
-Eduardo, age 5
P.O.V. switches between them, Anne, Noah & Cheri (once each)
125 pages
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Pre Teens- One Star (and a half)
New Teens- Four Stars
Early High School Teens- Four Stars
Older High School Teens- Three Stars (and a half)
My personal Rating- Four Stars
Well, this was an excellent conclusion to this series! The starfish story is a very favorite of mine, so I was very excited to see it talked about in “Crunch”. This was a really cute series and I can see many girls enjoying them. :)
Link to review:
https://booksforchristiangirls.blogsp...
*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.
“It took real faith and courage to get Bethany back on a surfboard after losing her arm to a shark. The Soul Surfer fiction series is based on the life of surfer star Bethany Hamilton, as she and her friends discover God's love and guidance as they tackle the waves life hands them. In book four, Crunch, Bethany meets a soccer-loving little boy who captures her heart in an unexpected way while on a mission trip in Mexico. Bethany helps him discover the father of his dreams, but because of a promise she makes to him, Bethany's spot in a prestigious surf competition is threatened.”
Series: Book #4 (of four) in “Soul Surfer”. (Reviews of Book #1 Here! Book #2 Here! Book #3 Here!)
Spiritual Content- In the Introduction, two Scriptures are quoted & mentioned; All about a mission trip; Many Prayers; Many Scriptures are quoted, mentioned, read & remembered; Many, many talks about God, seeing God, trust, promises & words being worth something; ‘H’s are not capital when referring to God; A devotion is written out; Many mentions of God; Many mentions of youth group & Christian tattoos; A mention of a Bible study.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘geez’, a ‘sucker’, and two ‘oh my gosh’s; A mention of a curse (said, not written); A mention of everyone going to the bathroom after eating; A couple mentions of buying and selling drugs & violence; A couple mentions of beer bottles; A couple mentions of tattoos; Mentions of lice; Mentions of dumps & foul smells (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of pain & blood (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of & Talks about Bethany’s shark attack (barely-above-not-detailed); A child is run over by a dump truck (he is alive, barely-above-not-detailed).
Sexual Content- A mention that some of the orphans have seen sexual abuse;
*Note: A mention of “freezing my butt off.”.
-Bethany Hamilton, age 15
-Eduardo, age 5
P.O.V. switches between them, Anne, Noah & Cheri (once each)
125 pages
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Pre Teens- One Star (and a half)
New Teens- Four Stars
Early High School Teens- Four Stars
Older High School Teens- Three Stars (and a half)
My personal Rating- Four Stars
Well, this was an excellent conclusion to this series! The starfish story is a very favorite of mine, so I was very excited to see it talked about in “Crunch”. This was a really cute series and I can see many girls enjoying them. :)
Link to review:
https://booksforchristiangirls.blogsp...
*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.
October 28, 2013
I love this whole series! I wish they made more :( This book was great! I really love it. If you like Bethany Hamilton read this! (But you should probably read 1, 2 and 3 before... those are great too though!)
January 16, 2015
A great story, and it's my favorite book in the series.
May 11, 2019
This book is well written and i think girls 10-13 will really get the story as in they go on a mission trip and see how other people live in third world country’s. And different ways of living. So overall i thought it was a great read aka also my favorite book in the series!
November 3, 2017
Inspiring
My 12 year old daughter is now a fan of Bethany Hamilton. She is a good role model for young girls everywhere.
My 12 year old daughter is now a fan of Bethany Hamilton. She is a good role model for young girls everywhere.
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