Storm

Soul Surfer #3

by Rick Bundschuh

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 three, Storm , a car wash and a surf-a-thon with inflatable toys seem like great fundraisers for a mission trip for Bethany’s youth group. But an unexpected and life-threatening challenge for Bethany and her friend Holly brings a mysterious twist to their plans for Mexico.

Genres: Christian

128 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2007

About the author

Rick 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.

Reviews

[Lindsey (Books for Christian Girls) · Rating 4 out of 5]

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 three, Storm, a car wash and a surf-a-thon with inflatable toys seem like great fundraisers for a mission trip for Bethany’s youth group. But an unexpected and life-threatening challenge for Bethany and her friend Holly brings a mysterious twist to their plans for Mexico.”


Series: Book #3 (of four) in “Soul Surfer”. (Book #1 review, Here! Book #2 review, Here!)


Spiritual Content- Many Prayers; a bit of Witnessing; Scriptures are quoted, mentioned & remembered; Bible reading; Church events; Many, many talks about God, trust, worrying, prayers, faiths, & Heaven; ‘H’s are not capital when referring to God; A couple talks about Corrie ten Boom; Andrea’s parents don’t believe in God, but do try going to church; Andrea is searching & trying to pray; Many mentions of a mission trip; Many mentions of prayers; Many mentions of Church & youth group; Mentions of the Bible; Mentions of miracles; Mentions of Christian music & bands (Switchfoot and a song is sung); A preview for Bethany’s devotional book at the end.


Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘dumb’, a ‘oh…my…God!’ (not quite sure if it’s supposed to be a prayer or…?), a ‘oh my gosh’, a ‘stupid’; A mention of a curse, said not written; Mentions of pain, blood, & bruises (barely-above-not-detailed); A couple mentions of tattoos; A couple mentions of Bethany’s shark attack (barely-above-not-detailed).


Sexual Content- A mention of “crazies that get out in the back country and take off all of their clothing.”.

-Bethany Hamilton, age 14
-Andrea
P.O.V. switches between them & Holly(once)
128 pages

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Pre Teens- One Star (and a half)
New Teens- Four Stars
Early High School Teens- Three Stars (and a half)
Older High School Teens- Three Stars (and a half)
My personal Rating- Three Stars (and a half)
I’m not a beach girl at all, but if it’s true that Kauai doesn’t have snakes…Aloha, y’all! ;)
Hahaha, really though, “Storm” had tons of Spiritual Content like its previous books in the series. Those who enjoyed those, should enjoy this one as well. :)


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*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.

[Jayla · Rating 3 out of 5]

An entertaining, quick book to go through.

[Gabrielle · Rating 4 out of 5]

it was a good book

[Brittin Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great! I love the others, and this one is super good, too! These are probably my favorite series! LOVE!