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33rd out of 111 books
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256 voters
Tower of Thunder (Tennis Shoes #9)
Mass Market Paperback, 406 pages
Published
April 28th 2003
by Covenant Communications
(first published February 2003)
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It seems whenever Chris Heimerdinger picks a genre to write in then he does much better. His first book was firmly historical fiction – with a contrived passage through time – that worked was brilliant. The second one was quite decidedly a fantasy with a magic sword, sorcerers, coffers and assassins. This is my favorite of the series and is the only one where none of the main characters travel in time. The third and fourth books went back to being historical fiction again with a little bit of mu...more
This book picks up where the last one left off. Mary, Josh, and Becky are stuck in the time of the Tower of Babel, searching for a way to get home and to destroy the sword of Akish. Meanwhile, the rest of the family is still searching for them, and Harry and Stephanie having found the time they are in, but not having found them yet.
The story is exciting and brings up some interesting things, but I have a hard time with parts of it, feeling that a little too much liscence was taken with the histo...more
The story is exciting and brings up some interesting things, but I have a hard time with parts of it, feeling that a little too much liscence was taken with the histo...more
This is fantastic. With different narrators, it keeps more than one plot going to keep the interest level high. The Tower of Babel, Shem and Melchizedek, and tiny Abram plus the Jaredites kept me highly interested. To see how he related this was illuminating. I never thought that Abram may have known the Brother of Jared or Shem. It isn't for sure but it is good food for thought. I liked his summaries at the end of some of the chapters. Prince Mardon and King Nimrod were perfect bad guys. It exp...more
I know I've read this at least once, but it's been so long I basically forgot the whole thing. I absolutely loved it! This twisted plot takes Mary, Rebecca and Josh back to ancient times in Babylon during the building of the Tower of Babel. Other family members--Harry and Stephanie--try to come rescue them and, suffice it to say, the plot gets quite crazy! I enjoyed learning about that biblical time (the chapter notes are so enlightening). The story ends at quite a crazy point, so I am anxious t...more
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I was pretty impressed with how many different perspectives that Heimerdinger used to tell this story. He not only took on three new characters (not counting the one for the epilogue), but once again made each voice distinctive and convincing. I also think he is just a good writer. I love his descriptions of not only physical objects but feelings as well. I also think he has great word choice to portray his sentiments exactly. I loved the priesthood blessing/prayer toward the end of the book esp...more
So this book was tough for me to rate. It was a very thought provocing book. I learned some stuff about the Tower of Babel that I just didn't know! That was the good part. The bad part was...reading all of the footnotes at the end of each chapter really broke up the story. Maybe it would have been better to not have read those, but then on their own they were very interesting. So I am undecided. How did I really like this book?
Wow. quite amazing. I couldn't put it down. it was way complicated though. and that kind of bugged me. I can't believe there's only one more so far!! I hope he writes more, but I also sort of hope it ends soon. it's too much for my brain to handle. :D
I gave this three stars because I don't remember which one this is exactly, but I remember enjoying it. If I read it again . . . likely . . . perhaps I'll give a more exact review.
These are ridiculous books, but fun to read. I have to admit, the first two or three were good, but these last few get a little long in the tooth.
This book was absolutely amazing. Christ Heimerdinger has some of the best books out there. The story is so interesting and it doesn't really sound fake. Other than the time travel it is mostly a normal story, with twists and turns like none other. It is absolutely amazing!!!!
Besides getting annoyed at how many To Be Continued... there were this series is really good.
May 02, 2009
Karina
marked it as to-read
Can't wait on what happens next!!! Warriors of Cumorah totally left me open with suspense.
Fine fine. More of the same. So why can't I stop reading these books???
Amazing! I love this action and adventure!
Now that Heimerdinger decided to continue on with his "Tennis Shoes" series, I figured that I needed to re-read a few books so that I could pick up the the story line.
I particularly like the notes that he includes at the end of each chapter. The notes could be the best part of the book.
I particularly like the notes that he includes at the end of each chapter. The notes could be the best part of the book.
FABULOUS!!!!!
Once again a good one! This book after each chapter gives a history of the bible portion being used in the story. I love it!! I have been trying really hard to study more with the scriptures and well we have a lot of history books in our house but the wording is so above my head it has been hard to understand. Chris Heimerdinger is totally on my level for learning the history of scriptures. The story too is exciting and actually creepy and suspenseful more so then the other books. I LOVE IT!!
I enjoyed this entire series, yet it does get a little formulaic and predictable. . .
Mildly entertaining. Like the other books in the series, it is really directed at a young teenager (or younger) age group. I read this and subsequent books in the series at the insistence of my daughter who was a big fan. Though I enjoyed them, I appreciated them even more because they served as a catalyst for discussing related doctrinal concepts and concerns with my daughter, and later my son.
This book is good, and it's full of adventure, and has the craziest cliffhanger ending so far. BUT IT HAS NO MEAGAN AND APOLLUS IN IT. Therefore, it can only get three stars. I remember how livid I was that I waited years for this book only to have to wait several more years to find out more about my favorite Roman centurion and his modern-day girl.
Heimerdinger's tennis shoes series is really great -- except for its taken him what, 20 years or more?, and its still not finished yet? That's a long time to maintain interest in a series. I'm afraid this was one of the last one's I read, although I know I bought #11 just because I had the whole rest of the series. Haven't read it though!
I admit that I have been pretty hard on this series. However, this book is actually surprisingly good. I think what makes this one better in my mind is the setting. There is very little in the Bible about what actually happened at the Tower of Babel so Heimerdinger was just able to have fun with it.
great book. It really got me thinking about the tower of babel days, Brother of Jared, and Melchizedek....it was neat to think of how they all came from the same place and time. It got me studying the old testament.
LOVE this series! The Book of Mormon takes on a hold new light. Amazing read the whole series never gets old. Adventure, romance, spirituality! I would recommend these to 12 and up because of the violence.
The series started out really good, excitement, drama, history, theory, etc. However, in book#9 the story becomes almost ridiculous. It's so farfetced that it's difficult to hang in till the end.
Again, I loved it. However, I hated that not a single word was mentioned about Megan or Apollus. I guess I just have to read the next one.
I can easily say this series is one of my favorites of all time. They are uplifting, exciting and extremely well-written. What's not to love???
I enjoyed this part of the story much better than the previous one. Much better, and it left me wanting to dive into the next one.
Feb 19, 2008
Heidi
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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Definitely one that I could not put down. Such imagination to create such an amazing story! Absolutely fantastic.
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Chris Heimerdinger is an author and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) who has presently written sixteen adult and young adult novels, most of which center on religious themes familiar to LDS members. Most are published with Covenant Communications in American Fork, Utah. One title, A Return to Christmas was also picked up by Random House/Ballantine in 1995. When the t...more
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