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Left Behind: The Kids #37
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With over 11 million copies sold in the series, Left Behind: The Kids is a favorite of readers ages 10-14. Each book follows a group of teens who were “left behind” when other friends and family members were taken to heaven by God in the Rapture. All they have left is their friendship and their growing faith in Jesus Christ. For them, the last several years have not been easy . . . but the end is near. With background plots from Left Behind #10: The Remnant and #11: Armageddon, these books will thrill even reluctant readers with cliffhangers from book to book.
#38 The Perils of Love
With over 11 million copies sold in the series, Left Behind: The Kids is a favorite of readers ages 10-14. Each book follows a group of teens who were “left behind” when other friends and family members were taken to heaven by God in the Rapture. All they have left is their friendship and their growing faith in Jesus Christ. For them, the last several years have not been easy . . . but the end is near. With background plots from Left Behind #10: The Remnant and #11: Armageddon, these books will thrill even reluctant readers with cliffhangers from book to book.
208 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published July 1, 2004
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About the author
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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July 4, 2020
BEST SERIES EVER!!!!! YOU HAVE TO READ THIS SERIES!!!!! BEST SERIES EVER!!!!!
November 25, 2024
So much drama and action super fast read.
January 12, 2025
I absolutely love this series!!
March 13, 2025
Finally! Would’ve been 5 stars but they really messed up their own timeline in the first half. Doesn’t really matter but I found it annoying.
April 11, 2021
About this book:
“With over 11 million copies sold in the series, Left Behind: The Kids is a favorite of readers ages 10-14. Each book follows a group of teens who were “left behind” when other friends and family members were taken to heaven by God in the Rapture. All they have left is their friendship and their growing faith in Jesus Christ. For them, the last several years have not been easy . . . but the end is near. With background plots from Left Behind #10: The Remnant and #11: Armageddon, these books will thrill even reluctant readers with cliffhangers from book to book.”
Series: Book #37 (of forty) in “Left Behind: The Kids” series. (Reviews of books #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35, and #36.)
Spiritual Content- The Rapture has happened (all main characters were left behind); All about the Rapture, the Antichrist, Tribulation, & telling people about Christ; Scriptures are read, quoted, mentioned, & discussed; Many Prayers; Lots of witnessing, discussing, & sharing testimonies; Many talks and discussions about God, faiths, trusting, & sin; ‘H’s are not capital when referring to God; Mentions of prayers & praying; Mentions of Bibles & Bible reading; Mentions of those & places in the Bible; Mentions of churches, pastors, & preaching; Mentions of Jesus, Jews, rabbis, & the Messiah; Mentions of miracles & angels; Mentions of religions & religious people;
*Note: People think Carpathia is god & worship him; A mention of aliens.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: two ‘shut up’s; Mentions of curses (said, not written); Many mentions of executions, beheadings, guillotines, & deaths (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of fires, pain, & deaths (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of amputations; Mentions of partying, smoking/tobacco, beer, & drugs; A few mentions of tattoos & piercings; A mention of being drugged;
*Note: A mention of a father who left his family.
Sexual Content- A not-detailed kiss; Embraces (not-detailed); a ‘hot’; Mentions of Judd & Vicki’s feelings for each other; Mentions of love lives, courting, & proposing marriage; Mentions of blushes; A couple mentions of kissing.
-Judd Thompson Jr., age 21 (?)
-Vicki Byrne, age 19 (?)
-Lionel Washington, age 18 (?)
P.O.V. switches between them & Mark
183 pages
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Pre Teens- One Star
New Teens- Three 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.}
Judd and Vicki fans will be excited for this book! We’re nearing the end of the series and things are continuing to happen.
Link to review:
Coming Soon.
*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.
“With over 11 million copies sold in the series, Left Behind: The Kids is a favorite of readers ages 10-14. Each book follows a group of teens who were “left behind” when other friends and family members were taken to heaven by God in the Rapture. All they have left is their friendship and their growing faith in Jesus Christ. For them, the last several years have not been easy . . . but the end is near. With background plots from Left Behind #10: The Remnant and #11: Armageddon, these books will thrill even reluctant readers with cliffhangers from book to book.”
Series: Book #37 (of forty) in “Left Behind: The Kids” series. (Reviews of books #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35, and #36.)
Spiritual Content- The Rapture has happened (all main characters were left behind); All about the Rapture, the Antichrist, Tribulation, & telling people about Christ; Scriptures are read, quoted, mentioned, & discussed; Many Prayers; Lots of witnessing, discussing, & sharing testimonies; Many talks and discussions about God, faiths, trusting, & sin; ‘H’s are not capital when referring to God; Mentions of prayers & praying; Mentions of Bibles & Bible reading; Mentions of those & places in the Bible; Mentions of churches, pastors, & preaching; Mentions of Jesus, Jews, rabbis, & the Messiah; Mentions of miracles & angels; Mentions of religions & religious people;
*Note: People think Carpathia is god & worship him; A mention of aliens.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: two ‘shut up’s; Mentions of curses (said, not written); Many mentions of executions, beheadings, guillotines, & deaths (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of fires, pain, & deaths (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of amputations; Mentions of partying, smoking/tobacco, beer, & drugs; A few mentions of tattoos & piercings; A mention of being drugged;
*Note: A mention of a father who left his family.
Sexual Content- A not-detailed kiss; Embraces (not-detailed); a ‘hot’; Mentions of Judd & Vicki’s feelings for each other; Mentions of love lives, courting, & proposing marriage; Mentions of blushes; A couple mentions of kissing.
-Judd Thompson Jr., age 21 (?)
-Vicki Byrne, age 19 (?)
-Lionel Washington, age 18 (?)
P.O.V. switches between them & Mark
183 pages
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Pre Teens- One Star
New Teens- Three 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.}
Judd and Vicki fans will be excited for this book! We’re nearing the end of the series and things are continuing to happen.
Link to review:
Coming Soon.
*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.
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March 26, 2011
See the first book in the series for a full review.
September 15, 2012
These young reader books are very entertaining and eye opening in today's world of turmoil. (s)
January 29, 2017
Pretty good.
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