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The Red Rock Mysteries #10
Escaping Darkness
An unfamiliar car runs Bryce Timberline off a back road. He and Ashley discover a secret that puts them in a race against time to save lives.
Will they be able to get help without becoming victims themselves?
Watch out! The Timberline twins are on the loose. Bryce and Ashley are ATV-riding tweens from Colorado who unearth action-packed mystery and adventure wherever they go. From clearing the name of a local miscreant to thwarting a gold-stealing heist, the twins’ growing faith and the strong example of their parents guide them through even the most life-threatening situations. With the trademark page-turner style used by Jerry Jenkins and Chris Fabry in the Left The Kids series, these fast-paced books will keep even reluctant readers on the edge of their seats. Readers will definitely be hooked! Perfect for ages 8-12.
Will they be able to get help without becoming victims themselves?
Watch out! The Timberline twins are on the loose. Bryce and Ashley are ATV-riding tweens from Colorado who unearth action-packed mystery and adventure wherever they go. From clearing the name of a local miscreant to thwarting a gold-stealing heist, the twins’ growing faith and the strong example of their parents guide them through even the most life-threatening situations. With the trademark page-turner style used by Jerry Jenkins and Chris Fabry in the Left The Kids series, these fast-paced books will keep even reluctant readers on the edge of their seats. Readers will definitely be hooked! Perfect for ages 8-12.
240 pages, Paperback
First published February 3, 2006
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About the author
Jerry B. Jenkins
675 books1,741 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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February 21, 2018
Awesome book! This book was fantastic! Can't wait to read the next one!
May 27, 2023
Number of pages: 224
Age recommendation: 10-14
Genre: Children’s fiction/Mystery
Series: Red Rock Mysteries #10 (must be read in order)
Summary: There’s something strange about the new boy at school and Bryce is determined to find out the truth. Meanwhile, Lynette Jarvis and her family are working on shutting down open displays of Christianity at school.
My thoughts: as the title suggests, this book was quite dark. I actually found it kind of distressing to read about.
There’s some new thing learned about Boo and his past and it’s really sad for him
While there was a lot about God in this book, I’m still not sure how I feel about the Christian content. Bryce talks about “getting religion” the same way my non-Christian friends might, whereas Bryce and Ashley are supposed to be Christians, so I would expect them to speak differently from non-Christians. Becoming a Christian isn’t just another “religious experience;” it’s receiving forgiveness for your sins and a relationship with the Living God! Then there’s the “see you at the pole” event, where all the Christian kids hold hands around the flagpole, praying and singing hymns. I have to agree with whatever characters say it’s basically putting on a show. The school end up shutting it down (because the pretty atheist girl -Lynette- and her family complain) but the kids decide to do it anyway. This makes Lynette’s dad super angry and he wants the kids punished, while the Christians want to sue the school for shutting down “religious freedom.” I’m glad that Ashley remembered their Christian testimony in all this. She asks the Christians to consider how suing the school would affect her and her friends’ abilities to witness to their friends. It also annoyed me that this was only important for the first half of the book and then was basically forgotten and the focus switched to the drug dealing part of the story.
In chapter four there’s a part where they talk about being good and how that relates to salvation and being a Christian. I appreciate how clear it is that no one can earn salvation. You may be able to fool other people, but no one can fool God into thinking you are good enough to get to heaven. The only one that can save us is Jesus – you have to ask Him to save you. However, there is a short little paragraph about once you become a believer your works/actions start being more good than bad, and I wish it were clearer that people change when they become a Christian because they have Jesus living inside them; He gives the desire and the power to be good.
It was a pretty interesting story, but as I mentioned it was not really nice things to read about. (Not Philippians 4:8 material).
My personal rating: 2.5/5 stars.
Link to blog: https://karinaschristianreads.wordpre...
Age recommendation: 10-14
Genre: Children’s fiction/Mystery
Series: Red Rock Mysteries #10 (must be read in order)
Summary: There’s something strange about the new boy at school and Bryce is determined to find out the truth. Meanwhile, Lynette Jarvis and her family are working on shutting down open displays of Christianity at school.
My thoughts: as the title suggests, this book was quite dark. I actually found it kind of distressing to read about.
There’s some new thing learned about Boo and his past and it’s really sad for him
While there was a lot about God in this book, I’m still not sure how I feel about the Christian content. Bryce talks about “getting religion” the same way my non-Christian friends might, whereas Bryce and Ashley are supposed to be Christians, so I would expect them to speak differently from non-Christians. Becoming a Christian isn’t just another “religious experience;” it’s receiving forgiveness for your sins and a relationship with the Living God! Then there’s the “see you at the pole” event, where all the Christian kids hold hands around the flagpole, praying and singing hymns. I have to agree with whatever characters say it’s basically putting on a show. The school end up shutting it down (because the pretty atheist girl -Lynette- and her family complain) but the kids decide to do it anyway. This makes Lynette’s dad super angry and he wants the kids punished, while the Christians want to sue the school for shutting down “religious freedom.” I’m glad that Ashley remembered their Christian testimony in all this. She asks the Christians to consider how suing the school would affect her and her friends’ abilities to witness to their friends. It also annoyed me that this was only important for the first half of the book and then was basically forgotten and the focus switched to the drug dealing part of the story.
In chapter four there’s a part where they talk about being good and how that relates to salvation and being a Christian. I appreciate how clear it is that no one can earn salvation. You may be able to fool other people, but no one can fool God into thinking you are good enough to get to heaven. The only one that can save us is Jesus – you have to ask Him to save you. However, there is a short little paragraph about once you become a believer your works/actions start being more good than bad, and I wish it were clearer that people change when they become a Christian because they have Jesus living inside them; He gives the desire and the power to be good.
It was a pretty interesting story, but as I mentioned it was not really nice things to read about. (Not Philippians 4:8 material).
My personal rating: 2.5/5 stars.
Link to blog: https://karinaschristianreads.wordpre...
February 27, 2021
An unfamiliar car runs Bryce Timberline off a back road. He and Ashley discover a secret that puts them in a race against time to save lives. Will they be able to get help without becoming victims themselves?
I like these kids, curious and active. Each scene stays interesting, racing to the end. I've enjoyed each book in this series, as it contains suspense and fun.
I like these kids, curious and active. Each scene stays interesting, racing to the end. I've enjoyed each book in this series, as it contains suspense and fun.
September 30, 2008
I loved this book!!!! it ranks # 2 for me! i read it in 2 days, it was that good. an abusive situations and drug dealers are involved. kids who are too younge my not need to read this book. it was amazing tho!
June 25, 2008
So far, this is my FAVORITE book of this series. The ending is incredible!!!
March 13, 2009
Another book in a great book in the series by two great authors. I read this book few years ago so I don't remember too much about it but I remember that it was one that I would read again.
July 18, 2013
Jerry B. Jenkins has done it again!
August 8, 2012
Good read, especially for tweens & teens.
September 27, 2014
I enjoyed this book just as much as the others in the series. I would definitely recommend it.
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