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Concord Cunningham Mysteries #2
Concord Cunningham Returns: The Scripture Sleuth 2
Very Good Soft cover Focus Publishing (MN). Very Good. Soft cover. 2001.
88 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2001
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July 22, 2024
Number of pages: 88
Genre: Children’s fiction
Series: Book #2 in the Scripture Sleuth series
Age recommendation: 8-12
Summary: From ruined plays to stolen gold, Concord Cunningham has a verse to describe every situation and uncover every crook!
My thoughts: I didn’t enjoy this book as much as the first one. There were quite a few stories in this book that weren’t so much mysteries to solve, as they were problems to find a solution for. For example, in the last story they run into a bear, and Concord finds a way to keep them safe from the bear, as opposed to the other stories where someone does something wrong (such as stealing gold), and Concord has to prove who did it. I find the actual mysteries more interesting and fun to read, but the other stories are alright too.
While it’s kind of fun that Concord has a Bible verse for everything, he takes them so out of context it’s kind of ridiculous. For example, he uses a verse about Jesus (the Good Shepherd) knowing his sheep by name and used that to prove somebody knew someone else because they knew their name. As a kid I don't think that I would have cared that it's so out of context, but I don't want to encourage kids to take verses out of context.
I liked that the mysteries were all relatively easy to solve (especially if you looked up the scripture reference).
While I liked the mysteries better, overall, it was still fun to read, just not as good as the other book in my opinion. My little brother loved this book though.
My personal rating: 3/5 stars. (4/5 stars for the intended age group).
Link to blog: https://karinaschristianreads.wordpre...
Genre: Children’s fiction
Series: Book #2 in the Scripture Sleuth series
Age recommendation: 8-12
Summary: From ruined plays to stolen gold, Concord Cunningham has a verse to describe every situation and uncover every crook!
My thoughts: I didn’t enjoy this book as much as the first one. There were quite a few stories in this book that weren’t so much mysteries to solve, as they were problems to find a solution for. For example, in the last story they run into a bear, and Concord finds a way to keep them safe from the bear, as opposed to the other stories where someone does something wrong (such as stealing gold), and Concord has to prove who did it. I find the actual mysteries more interesting and fun to read, but the other stories are alright too.
While it’s kind of fun that Concord has a Bible verse for everything, he takes them so out of context it’s kind of ridiculous. For example, he uses a verse about Jesus (the Good Shepherd) knowing his sheep by name and used that to prove somebody knew someone else because they knew their name. As a kid I don't think that I would have cared that it's so out of context, but I don't want to encourage kids to take verses out of context.
I liked that the mysteries were all relatively easy to solve (especially if you looked up the scripture reference).
While I liked the mysteries better, overall, it was still fun to read, just not as good as the other book in my opinion. My little brother loved this book though.
My personal rating: 3/5 stars. (4/5 stars for the intended age group).
Link to blog: https://karinaschristianreads.wordpre...
October 2, 2021
This book contains twelve short mystery stories that will challenge young readers. Concord, the main character uses the Bible to solve these mysteries.
August 8, 2021
We read these stories with our devotions. They are interesting, bitesize, and make us think logically.
May 22, 2014
Based on the Encyclopedia Brown series of kids mysteries, but has a Christian twist. The Bible verses provided as clues give away the solution, so don't look at them if you want to figure it out on your own.
In this book, Concord goes on more adventures with his reporter dad and helps figure out the truth for him.
In this book, Concord goes on more adventures with his reporter dad and helps figure out the truth for him.
January 29, 2008
great book!
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