Dixie and Flash

Dixie Morris Animal Adventures #10

by Gilbert Morris

When Dixie Morris joins her parents, missionaries to the Masai in Tanzania, she rescues and trains a cheetah she calls Flash, and must rely on her Christian faith when Miller the trader teams up with the local witch doctor in a plot to steal Flash.

Genres: Christian Fiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

also published under the name Gilbert L. Morris

Gilbert Morris was one of today's best-known Christian novelists. He lived in Gulf Shores, Alabama, with his wife, Johnnie. He is the father to Lynn Morris and Alan Morris

Series:
* Adventures of Kerrigan Kids
* American Century
* Appomattox Saga
* Barney Buck
* Bonnets and Bugles
* Cheney Duvall, M.D. (with Lynn Morris)
* Cheney and Shiloh: The Inheritance (with Lynn Morris)
* Chronicles of the Golden Frontier
* The Creole (with Lynn Morris)
* Danielle Ross Mystery
* Daystar Voyages
* Dixie Morris Animal Adventures
* Far Fields (with Robert Funderburk)
* House of Winslow
* Jacques and Cleo: Cat Detectives
* Katy Steele Adventures (with Alan Morris)
* Lady Trent Mystery
* Liberty Bell
* Lions of Judah
* Lone Star Legacy
* Omega (with Lynn Morris and Alan Morris)
* The Price of Liberty (with Robert Funderburk)
* Reno Western Saga
* Seven Sleepers
* Seven Sleepers: The Lost Chronicles
* Singing River
* Spirit of Appalachia (with Aaron McCarver)
* Too Smart Jones
*

Reviews

[Tarissa]

In this story, we find Dixie Morris, who has plenty of fun and excitement packed into her eleven-year-old character, but she also understands when it's time to be serious. She's moving from Alaska (where she had been staying with family friends) to Africa, where her parents are living. They are missionaries in a little village, where Dixie immediately makes new friends, especially with the chief's children, Wamba & Laski.

Dixie has to trade in all her modern luxuries for the beautiful animals and scenery that she finds in her new home and she's very content with it. And of course, I cannot forget to mention one of the best things that happens to Dixie while in Africa....it's Flash, the spectacular cheetah that she rescues. Plus, she also gets to firsthand experience a wonderful miracle from God that effects the entire village.

This is the first book I've read, that's written by Gilbert Morris. The book kept me very interested in it, but the major thrilling parts should have been described a bit better--I kept feeling like I was missing out on some of the important happenings, that should have caused more excitement. But that is the only thing I didn't particularly like about the book, so I'm not complaining. Other than that, the book was a fantastic journey, both physically & spiritually.

All in all, a very relaxing and enjoyable read. I'll definitely be reading more of Morris's books.