Imagine... the Tower Rising (Imagine...Series)

by Matt Koceich

[phyllish]

An interesting adventure

My rating is 3.5 stars

When I saw this book available for review, I was intrigued. There are not many stories about the Tower of Babel, and especially not for kids.

There is high adventure as Bella and her new friend, Zion race to the top of the tower, chased by wolves and an evil being. I liked the way the elements of the spiritual armor we are told to don in the book of Ephesians showed up in the story to help Bella fight her battles.

I also appreciated the message of how important it is to not allow the accolades of others to become idols. It was nice that the author didn't shy away from using a rich vocabulary yet kept the story age-appropriate.

Imagine... The Tower Rising was not at all what I had expected. I thought it was going to be on the lines of the Adventures in Odyssey series or Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle, telling the story of a Biblical event through the eyes of a child from the present age. Not much of this story is about the building of the tower nor of the people at the time. Instead, when Bella travels unexpectedly in time to the Tower of Babel, her adventure is with fighting the powers of darkness attempting to build a tower to heaven in order to conquer the Kingdom of Heaven. I wasn't clear why it was her responsibility to stop the building of the tower. . .

A fun adventure, I classify this one as Christian fiction but not Biblical fiction.

Imagine... The Tower Rising is a fun adventure for elementary readers.

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I was given a copy of this book. I was not required to give a favorable review nor was any money received for this review. All comments and opinions are my own.