The Adventures of Harry Fruitgarden: What's it All About (Book 1)

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Summary: Excellent Book for Pre-Teens
Review: My 12 year old son and I both read and enjoyed this book very much. It is extremely difficult to find non-denominational spiritual books for kids, and even harder to find good example books for boys. This is both. Also, unlike myself, my son does not enjoy reading very much, he is very active, but this book held his interest. Harry Fruitgarden is a 6th grader who is a thinker, a very curious boy. We follow Harry through every day, realistic, school boy adventures. Each one very subtly unfolds a lesson or a prompting to think about life in a bigger picture. Don't get me wrong, Harry makes mistakes, his character is not some overly fake positive angel, he is a very realistic kid. The first chapter opens with a hilarious escapade of cat & mouse chase with the yard duty when Harry's curiosity led him off the school grounds at lunchtime. This of course lands him in the principle's office. But Harry is smart, and manipulates the situation to his favor and pushes the limits even more (I won't give it away). But parent's don't fret, there are excellent underlying messages, I honestly even noticed a difference in my son's reactions (for the positive) with different situations, that I know were due to reading this book. It definitely opened up his thinking & pondering realm even more..for the better. Where are the others? It's supposed to be a series?!!!