Dixie and Stripes

Dixie Morris Animal Adventures #2

by Gilbert Morris

In this Dixie Morris adventure, Dixie goes to live with her Aunt Sarah who is a doctor for the animals of the Royal Circus. Trouble starts when someone lets Stripes, the Bengal tiger, out of his cage. Will Dixie be able to lure him back in before there's a disaster?

Genres: Christian Fiction, Childrens

171 pages, Paperback

First published February 15, 1998

About the author

also published under the name Gilbert L. Morris

Gilbert Morris was one of today's best-known Christian novelists. He lived in Gulf Shores, Alabama, with his wife, Johnnie. He is the father to Lynn Morris and Alan Morris

Series:
* Adventures of Kerrigan Kids
* American Century
* Appomattox Saga
* Barney Buck
* Bonnets and Bugles
* Cheney Duvall, M.D. (with Lynn Morris)
* Cheney and Shiloh: The Inheritance (with Lynn Morris)
* Chronicles of the Golden Frontier
* The Creole (with Lynn Morris)
* Danielle Ross Mystery
* Daystar Voyages
* Dixie Morris Animal Adventures
* Far Fields (with Robert Funderburk)
* House of Winslow
* Jacques and Cleo: Cat Detectives
* Katy Steele Adventures (with Alan Morris)
* Lady Trent Mystery
* Liberty Bell
* Lions of Judah
* Lone Star Legacy
* Omega (with Lynn Morris and Alan Morris)
* The Price of Liberty (with Robert Funderburk)
* Reno Western Saga
* Seven Sleepers
* Seven Sleepers: The Lost Chronicles
* Singing River
* Spirit of Appalachia (with Aaron McCarver)
* Too Smart Jones
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Reviews

[Myra · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ok, this used to be one of my favorite authors. I have read and reread his books for my teenage years, devoured them in college, and personally purchased them for my library and gifted several to budding readers. Basically, this author could do no wrong in my eyes over the last 35-40 years, well, that is until this series.

Even though I had issues with the previous book in this series, my distaste with this specific book is in a completely different vein. Let me begin by stating that I did NOT finish this book; I could not. I was actually frustrated and reading should be for fun especially when you are looking for something for your young elementary age child. Too many characters were presented and it just became to confusing. I almost felt like I needed to write notes to keep everyone straight. This is a children's book so it should be light reading but I felt like it was a school assignment and a quiz was upcoming. I found myself rereading several pages to try to keep people straight. Simply put, I did not enjoy what I had read and decided to call it quits.

This author is a great part of my formative years and deserves props for building my love of reading but this series (and I only read the entire first one and less than 25% of this book) really left a bad taste in my mouth. I cannot recommend this series, but his other works including his 7 Sleeper Series are highly recommended.