Man, what a great book. This initial story in this multi-book series really does a fantastic job of helping kids think through what the Christian journey looks like. While we wish it had done more to better model how Christian relationships between siblings should look, the rest of the book will be a faith-building journey (see our review of the first book in the Baxter Family books to see a series that does a fantastic job at this). Christians will see so much familiar faith-centric content. There are references to verses, spiritual armor, the real nature and danger of evil and so much more. After the children experience growth in the spiritual realm, they actually get the chance to go back and handle a moment from their daily lives, now in a Kingdom focused way. The result is both incredibly powerful and practical. To be intentional about maximizing the spiritual impact on your child, we would highly recommend that each parent has an initial conversation before their child begins reading to prep them to look for the symbolism and parallels to our quest to find and follow the narrow path. Encourage them to come to you throughout the read and share around this topic. Even better, make this a series to read together. There is enough here that you may find yourself challenged as well.

For those who end up loving the series, there is also a children’s daily devotional book.