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Left Behind: The Kids #7
Busted!
These latest volumes of the hot-selling Left Behind juvenile series continue the story of four kids left behind after the Rapture. With themes and events that parallel the adult series, these books carry Left Behind's important message to the younger generation.
In #7 Busted, Vicki is sent to a juvenile detention center after school authorities charge her with distributing The Underground newspaper. The rest of the young Tribulation Force try to keep in touch with Vicki. Will she be able to hold up under the pressure?
128 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published February 12, 2000
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Jerry B. Jenkins
672 books1,732 followersJerry Bruce Jenkins is an American novelist and biographer. He is best known as the writer of the Left Behind series of books for Tim LaHaye and The Chosen novels to accompany his son Dallas's TV series. Jenkins has written more than 200 books, including mysteries, historical fiction, biblical fiction, cop thrillers, international spy thrillers, and children's adventures, as well as nonfiction. His works usually feature Christians as protagonists. In 2005, Jenkins and LaHaye ranked 9th in Amazon.com's 10th Anniversary list of Hall of Fame authors based on books sold at Amazon.com during its first 10 years. Jenkins now teaches writers to become authors here at his website. He and his wife Dianna have three sons and eight grandchildren.
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November 7, 2018
About this book:
“Pursued by authorities from Nicolae High, Vicki and Judd attempt escape. A friend’s betrayal puts Vicki on trial. With Old Testament prophecies coming true before their eyes, the Young Trib Force struggles to spread the truth no matter what the cost.
But the noose is tightening. Will the group stick together? Who is the insider at the school helping them?
Follow Judd, Vicki, Lionel, and Ryan and the growing Young Trib Force as they continue their perilous journey through the earth’s last days.”
Series: Book #6 (of forty) in “Left Behind: The Kids” series. (Reviews of books #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, and #6.)
Spiritual Content- The Rapture has happened (all four main characters were left behind); All about the Rapture, the Antichrist, Tribulation, & telling people about Christ; Bibles & Scriptures are read, quoted, mentioned, & discussed; Prayers; Lots of witnessing, discussing, & sharing testimonies; Many talks and discussions about God & faiths; ‘H’s are not capital when referring to God; Many mentions of Jesus, the two witnesses, & the Messiah; Many mentions of those in the Bible; Many mentions of religions & religious people; Mentions of prayers & praying; Mentions of pastors, churches, & Bible studies.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘duh’, a ‘dumb’, a ‘wuss’, a ‘shut up’, and two ‘stupid’s; Mentions of drunks, drugs, weed, & cigarettes; A mention of a death by fire (not-detailed); A mention of suicide and/or murder.
Sexual Content- Mentions of dating; A couple mentions of the virgin’s birth (including a mention of a woman’s eggs & a man’s seeds); A mention of getting pregnant.
-Judd Thompson Jr., age 16/17
-Vicki Byrne, age 14/15
-Lionel Washington, age 13/14
-Ryan Daley, age 12/13
P.O.V. switches between them
111 pages
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Pre Teens- One Star
New Teens- Two Stars
Early High School Teens- Three Stars (and a half)
Older High School Teens- Four Stars
My personal Rating- Three Stars (and a half)
{These ratings are for content, since everyone has a different opinion on the Rapture and how it will happen.}
Lots of Spiritual Content in this book and the plot is picking up quickly.
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.
“Pursued by authorities from Nicolae High, Vicki and Judd attempt escape. A friend’s betrayal puts Vicki on trial. With Old Testament prophecies coming true before their eyes, the Young Trib Force struggles to spread the truth no matter what the cost.
But the noose is tightening. Will the group stick together? Who is the insider at the school helping them?
Follow Judd, Vicki, Lionel, and Ryan and the growing Young Trib Force as they continue their perilous journey through the earth’s last days.”
Series: Book #6 (of forty) in “Left Behind: The Kids” series. (Reviews of books #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, and #6.)
Spiritual Content- The Rapture has happened (all four main characters were left behind); All about the Rapture, the Antichrist, Tribulation, & telling people about Christ; Bibles & Scriptures are read, quoted, mentioned, & discussed; Prayers; Lots of witnessing, discussing, & sharing testimonies; Many talks and discussions about God & faiths; ‘H’s are not capital when referring to God; Many mentions of Jesus, the two witnesses, & the Messiah; Many mentions of those in the Bible; Many mentions of religions & religious people; Mentions of prayers & praying; Mentions of pastors, churches, & Bible studies.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘duh’, a ‘dumb’, a ‘wuss’, a ‘shut up’, and two ‘stupid’s; Mentions of drunks, drugs, weed, & cigarettes; A mention of a death by fire (not-detailed); A mention of suicide and/or murder.
Sexual Content- Mentions of dating; A couple mentions of the virgin’s birth (including a mention of a woman’s eggs & a man’s seeds); A mention of getting pregnant.
-Judd Thompson Jr., age 16/17
-Vicki Byrne, age 14/15
-Lionel Washington, age 13/14
-Ryan Daley, age 12/13
P.O.V. switches between them
111 pages
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Pre Teens- One Star
New Teens- Two Stars
Early High School Teens- Three Stars (and a half)
Older High School Teens- Four Stars
My personal Rating- Three Stars (and a half)
{These ratings are for content, since everyone has a different opinion on the Rapture and how it will happen.}
Lots of Spiritual Content in this book and the plot is picking up quickly.
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.
March 11, 2010
The 4 kids get caught for spreading a underground religous newspaper called the Underground. Vicki gets caught for spreading it and she is sent to a detenion center away from her friends. Will she last in there?
I thought this was a good book. It dealed with alot in the plot and had some suspense at to what would happen. It makes me want to keep reading the series.
I reccomend this to fans of the series
I thought this was a good book. It dealed with alot in the plot and had some suspense at to what would happen. It makes me want to keep reading the series.
I reccomend this to fans of the series
September 22, 2022
I have so far read up to #31 in this series. I absolutely LOVE them. The books explains the Rapture and the Tribulation so good. The ‘Underground’ so, so, cool. All I really have to say is that this is an awesome book series. Don’t worry about Shelly, God’s going to work in her life like He did and will do today, tomorrow, yesterday, and forever. John will be giving his life up later in a book.
God Bless you. Have faith, may it go with you.
-Becca
God Bless you. Have faith, may it go with you.
-Becca
May 27, 2013
A Quickie Review
The seventh outing picks up right where the previous one left off, and is intense and dramatic without being violent. Still, I have a feeling that things are about to get really crazy, and I really wish the authors would quit beating around the bush and get to that point.
Content Concerns: The intensity might be a bit much for some readers.
Score: 3.5/5
The seventh outing picks up right where the previous one left off, and is intense and dramatic without being violent. Still, I have a feeling that things are about to get really crazy, and I really wish the authors would quit beating around the bush and get to that point.
Content Concerns: The intensity might be a bit much for some readers.
Score: 3.5/5
March 11, 2023
In this book Vicki is at a detention home and has a friend in which they talk about
Jesus and are fed. I compare this to her and Elijah (one of the witnesses at the wailing wall in
the book.) Elijah was fed and taken care of by ravens, and she was taken care of by someone.
Judd, Mark, and John get the next edition of the Underground to students. The whole crowd
around the auditorium to watch the broadcast of the 7 Year Treaty (7-year Tribulation
Period) with Carpathia and President Fitzhugh. The students will watch in marvel while
having their copy of the Underground taken from them. The Rabbi scheduled to speak talks
about how he spent 3 years reading sacred books and found out that Jesus is the Messiah
("Yeshua Hamashiach") He stated this on live TV while everyone is entrusting the
"deceiver". The TV began to censor, and students left the auditorium. Vicki is now out of the
detention home and put with a Jewish Family the "Stein's." Their daughter Chaya was
raptured because her classmate talked to her about Jesus and while studying became a
Christian and hid it from her family. Vicki is now not able to go back to NCHS or see her
friends, she goes to a new school where she starts all over again. She returns back to the
school with Chaya who was told to disappear or dead and is taken into the school with Shelly
and then they find out that Coach Handelsman (The one who didn't want the Underground
shipped out) had taken the fall for the newspaper and was suspended with no pay and Vicki
still in the pavement. With Judd and Bruce gone on an airplane to Israel to see the witnesses
preach they leave behind the other kids, and they are still as we speak "BUSTED!!!" While
Judd and Bruce are in Israel Vicki and Coach Handelsman are in trouble with the police.
They watch the witnesses and were told by a Singaporean man to come speak to them. Judd is
sent back to Chicago and finds himself in a world of trouble. Vicki, now out of the detentionhome, was now sent back and faced many challenges. Judd is now released from the
interrogation of GC people, and he runs into monetary problems.
Jesus and are fed. I compare this to her and Elijah (one of the witnesses at the wailing wall in
the book.) Elijah was fed and taken care of by ravens, and she was taken care of by someone.
Judd, Mark, and John get the next edition of the Underground to students. The whole crowd
around the auditorium to watch the broadcast of the 7 Year Treaty (7-year Tribulation
Period) with Carpathia and President Fitzhugh. The students will watch in marvel while
having their copy of the Underground taken from them. The Rabbi scheduled to speak talks
about how he spent 3 years reading sacred books and found out that Jesus is the Messiah
("Yeshua Hamashiach") He stated this on live TV while everyone is entrusting the
"deceiver". The TV began to censor, and students left the auditorium. Vicki is now out of the
detention home and put with a Jewish Family the "Stein's." Their daughter Chaya was
raptured because her classmate talked to her about Jesus and while studying became a
Christian and hid it from her family. Vicki is now not able to go back to NCHS or see her
friends, she goes to a new school where she starts all over again. She returns back to the
school with Chaya who was told to disappear or dead and is taken into the school with Shelly
and then they find out that Coach Handelsman (The one who didn't want the Underground
shipped out) had taken the fall for the newspaper and was suspended with no pay and Vicki
still in the pavement. With Judd and Bruce gone on an airplane to Israel to see the witnesses
preach they leave behind the other kids, and they are still as we speak "BUSTED!!!" While
Judd and Bruce are in Israel Vicki and Coach Handelsman are in trouble with the police.
They watch the witnesses and were told by a Singaporean man to come speak to them. Judd is
sent back to Chicago and finds himself in a world of trouble. Vicki, now out of the detentionhome, was now sent back and faced many challenges. Judd is now released from the
interrogation of GC people, and he runs into monetary problems.
February 15, 2018
Page 99
AS I look into the sea of faces, he wrote, from every conceivable background, I am moved as never before. God's Word is true. Before my very eyes I see God's plan to carry the gospel to the end of the earth.
AS I look into the sea of faces, he wrote, from every conceivable background, I am moved as never before. God's Word is true. Before my very eyes I see God's plan to carry the gospel to the end of the earth.
July 14, 2019
Whoa! Someone's going to jail! Or at least to a juvenile detention center.
This book has some big changes in store for the Young Trib Force. And Pastor Bruce Barnes is even more of a Godsend than these kids ever knew before.
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This book has some big changes in store for the Young Trib Force. And Pastor Bruce Barnes is even more of a Godsend than these kids ever knew before.
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January 7, 2021
I think this is the best book so far in the series. Vicki was in and out of trouble the whole time. So many plot twists. Judd went to Israel with Bruce and then came back and almost got in trouble with the law. It was crazy. Definitely kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 26, 2018
This book was really well written, and it kept my interest.
July 4, 2020
BEST SERIES EVER!!!!! YOU HAVE TO READ THIS SERIES!!!!! BEST SERIES EVER!!!!!
December 3, 2020
they literally just kept getting worse
July 1, 2021
2.5 stars, just got too unbelievable with the shenanigans around the newspaper and the school officials.
March 2, 2024
Young adult/teen version of The Left Behind Series. Based on what the author interprets will happen in the end times.
October 28, 2009
Old Children's Book. Liked it as a kid, but haven't read it in years.
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February 24, 2009its getting very good
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March 29, 2010F JEN bk.7
March 26, 2011
See the first book in the series for a full review.
December 8, 2013
i love how the series breaks down the events in the adult books to one event of three per adult edition. this is a great book to introduce the topic of the revelations to teens
February 13, 2014
The book tells the story of the end days.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes books that keep you guessing.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes books that keep you guessing.
September 11, 2015
iliked the book quite a bit
December 26, 2016
I am flying through this series with pleasure...
December 17, 2025
Its a sub-par fanfiction ment to get you wet for christ. Go read the bible instead; don't let mega corporarions profit off your faith by telling you what to think about the bible.
May 3, 2022
THIS WAS AMAZING I WILL READ ALL OF THEESE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE AND PASS THE ACTUAL BOOKS DOWN TO MY KIDS IT WAS SOGOOD I DONT KNOW HOW PEPLE DONT LIKE THIS
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June 13, 2011April 2010 - the continuing saga. Vicki goes to jail and Judd goes to Jerusalem.
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