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Left Behind: The Kids #36

Ominous Choices: The Race for Life

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In Wisconsin, Vicki Byrne and the others try to keep Cheryl Tifanne calm until a doctor arrives. Will her baby survive?

After an accident on the way back to Wisconsin, Judd Thompson rushes for medical help. Lionel Washington is forced to make a life-threatening decision as the Global Community closes in.

In New Babylon, Chang Wong notices strange reports and wonders how this coming disaster will affect the Young Tribulation Force.

Join Judd, Lionel, Vicki, and the others as they struggle to survive the most chaotic days the earth has ever seen.

208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 1, 2004

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Jerry B. Jenkins

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Jerry 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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BEST SERIES EVER!!!!! YOU HAVE TO READ THIS SERIES!!!!! BEST SERIES EVER!!!!!
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About this book:

“In Wisconsin, Vicki Byrne and the others try to keep Cheryl Tifanne calm until a doctor arrives. Will her baby survive?
After an accident on the way back to Wisconsin, Judd Thompson rushes for medical help. Lionel Washington is forced to make a life-threatening decision as the Global Community closes in.
In New Babylon, Chang Wong notices strange reports and wonders how this coming disaster will affect the Young Tribulation Force.
Join Judd, Lionel, Vicki, and the others as they struggle to survive the most chaotic days the earth has ever seen.”



Series: Book #36 (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, and #35.)


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; ‘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 Jesus, Jews, rabbis, & the Messiah; Mentions of singing & preaching; Mentions of miracles & angels; Mentions of religions & religious people; A few mentions of churches & pastors;
*Note: People think Carpathia is god & worship him; A couple mentions of the cult in previous book.


Negative Content- Pain & amputating a limb (up to semi-detailed); Many mentions of executions, beheadings, guillotines, murders, & deaths (up to semi-detailed); Many mentions of blood, losing a limb, & pain (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of bounty hunters; Mentions of fires; A couple mentions of smoking; A couple mentions of tattoos; A mention of suicide (barely-above-not-detailed).


Sexual Content- Many mentions of a pregnant teen, labor, & the pain (semi-detailed); Mentions of feelings for someone; A few mentions of marriage & romance.

-Judd Thompson Jr., age 19 (?)
-Vicki Byrne, age 18 (?)
-Lionel Washington, age 17 (?)
P.O.V. switches between them, Sam, & Chang
192 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.}
Within this a hundred and ninety-two pages, it covers almost a year, which is a little strange, but we’re nearing the end of the series.


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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.
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See the first book in the series for a full review.
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continuing the series from the point of view of the children surviving the end of days
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