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Soul Surfer #2
Burned
It took real faith and courage to get Bethany back on a surfboard after losing her arm to a shark. In this new four-book fiction series based on the life of surfer star Bethany Hamilton, Bethany and her friends discover God's love and guidance as they tackle the waves that life hands them. Also available: 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 Kalalun 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 girl at an orphanage in Mexico who must have her arm removed. Concerned by her condition, Bethany makes a promise to the child that threatens Bethany's opportunity to surf in a prestigious contest.
128 pages, Paperback
First published March 12, 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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December 8, 2025
If you love the first one you’ll love this one.
June 22, 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 two, Burned, fourteen-year-old Bethany thought she was going to Samoa with her family to surf—but it turns out God has much more planned for her when she meets an angry, young man and helps him learn to love again.”
Series: Book #2 (of four) in “Soul Surfer” series. (Book #1 review, Here!)
Spiritual Content- Many Prayers; Witnessing; Scriptures are read, quoted, mentioned & remembered; Bible reading; Church going; Many talks about God, Jesus, sin & faiths; ‘H’s are not capital when referring to God; Mentions of prayers; Mentions of the Bible; Mentions of church & a sermon; Mentions of Christian music & bands; A couple mentions of religions.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: an ‘idiot’, an ‘oh my gosh’, a ‘stupid’, three forms of ‘screw up’; Mentions of pain, blood, stitches & injuries (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of eye rolling, bad attitudes & bitterness; A couple mentions of kicking, slapping and/or swearing at someone; A couple mentions of tattoos; A couple mentions of Bethany’s shark attack (barely-above-not-detailed).
Sexual Content- N/A
-Bethany Hamilton, age 14
-Liam MacLeod
P.O.V. switches between them & Malia
129 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
My personal Rating- Three Stars (and a half)
Lots of Spiritual Content in this little book! Like the first book in this series, “Clash”, this one also has good lessons in it. :)
Link to review:
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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.
“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 two, Burned, fourteen-year-old Bethany thought she was going to Samoa with her family to surf—but it turns out God has much more planned for her when she meets an angry, young man and helps him learn to love again.”
Series: Book #2 (of four) in “Soul Surfer” series. (Book #1 review, Here!)
Spiritual Content- Many Prayers; Witnessing; Scriptures are read, quoted, mentioned & remembered; Bible reading; Church going; Many talks about God, Jesus, sin & faiths; ‘H’s are not capital when referring to God; Mentions of prayers; Mentions of the Bible; Mentions of church & a sermon; Mentions of Christian music & bands; A couple mentions of religions.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: an ‘idiot’, an ‘oh my gosh’, a ‘stupid’, three forms of ‘screw up’; Mentions of pain, blood, stitches & injuries (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of eye rolling, bad attitudes & bitterness; A couple mentions of kicking, slapping and/or swearing at someone; A couple mentions of tattoos; A couple mentions of Bethany’s shark attack (barely-above-not-detailed).
Sexual Content- N/A
-Bethany Hamilton, age 14
-Liam MacLeod
P.O.V. switches between them & Malia
129 pages
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
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
My personal Rating- Three Stars (and a half)
Lots of Spiritual Content in this little book! Like the first book in this series, “Clash”, this one also has good lessons in it. :)
Link to review:
http://booksforchristiangirls.blogspo...
*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.
November 22, 2009
This is the only one ive read of these seires, more about her family and faith than the attack.
November 18, 2010
I loved this
January 16, 2015
A short, simple story that'll keep you reading 'till the end.
October 28, 2013
This book is great. I loved the first one, and I loved this one too! Read this if you like stories about surf.
December 15, 2016
to me, it was sort of boring
August 1, 2023
This is a book that is very touching. It reminds me of my teenage days wandering through a small out-of-the-way Christian bookshop in the town I grew up in. I've read some stories that are Christian romance fiction and enjoy the challenges people of faith face in daily life. This book is one of those.
Bethany Hamilton was well known for having survived a shark attack in Hawaii, that left her with one arm. This has not disadvantaged her at all. She became a surfer who travelled the surfing circuit.
She travels to Samoua to a Surfing camp, with her family, and meets some people who are caring and kind. She also meets an angry boy who is deliberately dropping in on her waves, ruining her smooth ride and potentially causing horrendous accidents. That's known to surfers as being 'Burned'.
Bethany fights off her anger and discovers the cause of Liam's anger. The result is a collaboration that helps disabled people learn to surf. It's very uplifting.
Bethany Hamilton was well known for having survived a shark attack in Hawaii, that left her with one arm. This has not disadvantaged her at all. She became a surfer who travelled the surfing circuit.
She travels to Samoua to a Surfing camp, with her family, and meets some people who are caring and kind. She also meets an angry boy who is deliberately dropping in on her waves, ruining her smooth ride and potentially causing horrendous accidents. That's known to surfers as being 'Burned'.
Bethany fights off her anger and discovers the cause of Liam's anger. The result is a collaboration that helps disabled people learn to surf. It's very uplifting.
April 27, 2021
Another one of Rick Bundschuh's great books!
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