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I sent an email to the woman who sent it to me...it was part of an email sent for book recommendations from summer readers...
Ditzy  me didn't think to share the entire email but it might prove useful to some...
So, here it is...I've not read these books so I share them with you anyway because it makes so much sense to endorse things with which I'm unfamiliar. Ok, since the list is from a supernumerary of Opus Dei from Scepter Publishers, I'm taking a chance  ....
Summer Reading for Young Readers
"Reading has made many saints." - St. Josemaria Escriva
Junia
by Michael E. Giesler
The Fictional Life and Death of an Early Christian As the beautiful daughter of a Roman senator, Junia enjoyed the best that life had to offer in first century Rome. She was grateful and anxious to please her family, a dutiful and obedient young woman of privilege. That is, until a chance friendship and its abrupt end sparks an interest in a new religion that will lead to a destiny she never imagined.
Junia is a fictional exploration of life at the very beginning of Christianity from a very personal point of view. It shows how the attractions of the new religion were accompanied by social struggle, family division, and the risk of a disgraceful death to those courageous enough to embrace it. The author is a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei in St. Louis. Price: $7.95; Item ID: 10205
Marcus
by Michael E. Giesler
Depicting the Lives of the Early Christians in Rome In second-century Rome, Marcus tries to resume his life as a student of philosophy at the Athenaeum. His sister, Junia, had been executed in the Amphitheater for the crime of becoming a Christian. A few weeks after her death, Marcus himself is saved from being run over by a reckless charioteer. A young passerby, a Samarian, instinctively throws him out of the path of danger. And through this selfless act of a stranger, Marcus is led to share a new world based on truth and love, but a world beset with new dangers.
Continuing the story of Junia and of early Christian experience in the Roman Empire, Marcus reveals how the followers of Jesus, the Christ, began to transform pagan society. Social and family connections intertwine with friendship and betrayal, prejudice and loyalty, as those who are drawn to the Way must make decisions that define their own lives and forever change the world in which they live. Price:
$8.95; Item ID: 10410
No Longer a Stray
by Terry Deffenbaugh
The Gospel According to PupPup
This book introduces young readers to the story of Jesus Christ through the eyes of a stray dog. It will grab the imagination of many young people, as well as adults who are young at heart. They will become good friends of Christ and embrace his mission and make it their own. They will be surprised and hurt by those who oppose Christ, horrified by his passion and death. But they will begin to understand the redemptive meaning of Christ's love and sacrifice, to appreciate the meaning and value of suffering, and then to read the Gospel.
Author Fr. Terry Deffenbaugh is an Augustinian priest and has worked with young people for many years as a youth counselor and retreat director. Price: $9.95; Item ID: 10339
Through the Mountains
by Paule Fostroy
The Life of St. Josemaria for Young Readers Through the Mountains is the newest biography of St. Josemaría Escrivá in comic book format. As it follows the dramatic events of the life of St. Josemaria, it conveys the fundamental message of his preaching, that of the sanctifying value of work and ordinary life. Its vivid and detailed drawings will grab the eye and imagination of your young reader, leading them to an appreciation and love for this great saint.
Price: $12.95; Item ID:10507
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