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Sisters in Time #7
Betsy's River Adventure: The Journey Westward (1808)
Time Period: 1808 Thirteen-year-old Betsy Miller is shocked when her parents decide to move from their home in Boston to the rugged frontier city of Cincinnati. They'll take a dangerous, weeks-long journey by boat down the Ohio River. If that's not bad enough, Betsy's annoying cousin George is also making the trip-with his equally annoying dog. Especially for girls ages eight to twelve, this exciting story shares the emotional turmoil of a young woman experiencing dramatic life changes-while at the same time teaching important lessons of Christian faith and American history. It's an ideal book for personal reading or homeschooling.
141 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1998
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About the author
Veda Boyd Jones
93 books26 followersVeda Boyd Jones enjoys the challenge of writing for diverse readers. She is the author of forty-two books: five children's historical novels, twenty-one children's biographies, three children's nonfiction books, three picture books, nine romance novels, and a coloring book. Other published works include over 400 articles and stories in children's and adult magazines (Cricket, Highlights, Humpty Dumpty, The Writer, Writer's Digest, Woman's World, etc.), articles in reference books, and five romance novellas. Veda has taught writing at Crowder College in Neosho, Missouri, and currently teaches for the Institute of Children's Literature. She and her husband, Jimmie, an architect, have three sons, Landon, Morgan, and Marshall.
Veda is a previous winner of the Writer's Digest Writing Competition in the articles division for a children's profile of Rachel Carson. Her romance novel Callie's Mountain was voted best contemporary in the annual readers' poll by Heartsong Presents a few years ago. Among her awards through the years from the Missouri Writer's Guild are Best Magazine Article, Best Historical Article, Best Adult Fiction, Best Children's Fiction, Best Children's Book, and Best Romance Novel.
Joe's Ghost is now available on Amazon Kindle.
Veda is a previous winner of the Writer's Digest Writing Competition in the articles division for a children's profile of Rachel Carson. Her romance novel Callie's Mountain was voted best contemporary in the annual readers' poll by Heartsong Presents a few years ago. Among her awards through the years from the Missouri Writer's Guild are Best Magazine Article, Best Historical Article, Best Adult Fiction, Best Children's Fiction, Best Children's Book, and Best Romance Novel.
Joe's Ghost is now available on Amazon Kindle.
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April 9, 2020
About this book:
“Thirteen-year-old Betsy Miller is shocked when her parents decide to move from their home in Boston to the rugged frontier city of Cincinnati. They'll take a difficult, weeks-long journey by boat down the Ohio River.
If that's not bad enough, Betsy's annoying cousin George is also making the trip-with his equally annoying dog. Why does she have to leave Boston and the friends she has there? What will her new life in Cincinnati be like? Will her family’s faith even bring them through the trip?
Let the Sisters in Time series take you back to 1808—where you may find that Betsy Miller isn’t that much different than you!
Especially for girls ages eight to twelve, this exciting story shares the emotional turmoil of a young woman experiencing dramatic life changes-while at the same time teaching important lessons of Christian faith and American history. It's an ideal book for personal reading or homeschooling.”
Series: Book #7 in the “Sisters in Time” series. Click on the numbers to be taken to that review: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, & #6.
Spiritual Content- A few Scriptures are mentioned & thought over; Prayers & Thanking God; Talks about God & getting even; ‘H’s are capitalized when referring to God; Church going; Mary says Betsy should get back at George for his mean teasing, but Betsy is hesitate until Mary mentions that “If he does unto others as he want them to do unto him, then he wants to be teased.”, Betsy replies back that that seems a little backwards (she does later get him back by putting stinky cheese in his clothing but it backfires); Mentions of God; Mentions of prayers; Mentions of churches, pastors, services, sermons, & hymns; A few mentions of Bibles & Bible reading; A few mentions of doing the Christian thing & Christians; A few mentions of Heaven & crosses; A mention of those in the Bible;
*Note: Mentions of a place that looks haunted & maybe has ghosts (Betsy plays a prank on George making ghost sounds and noises to scare him).
Negative Content- Tripping into water & not being able to swim (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of war, kidnappings, & the illegal British imprisonment on American soldiers; Mentions of drownings of a wife and baby & never finding their bodies; Mentions of a robber, being robbed, & held at gunpoint; A few mentions of deaths on an appropriately-named island; A few mentions of rumors; A couple mentions of being scalped by Indians (the fear of it, does not happen); A couple mentions of blood/bleeding; A mention of criminals; A mention of wale oil;
*Note: A couple mentions of George being fascinated by black people in Cincinnati; A couple mentions of Shakespeare.
Sexual Content-
*Note: A couple mentions of Betsy’s stillborn brothers.
-Betsy Miller, 13
P.O.V. of Betsy
Set in 1808
141 pages
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Pre Teens- Three Stars
New Teens- Three Stars
Early High School Teens- Three Stars
Older High School Teens- Three Stars
My personal Rating- Three Stars
This was an interesting one in this series because of the river traveling. Betsy also has to learn the important lesson of having revenge on George, her younger cousin, is not the right thing to do.
Link to review:
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*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
“Thirteen-year-old Betsy Miller is shocked when her parents decide to move from their home in Boston to the rugged frontier city of Cincinnati. They'll take a difficult, weeks-long journey by boat down the Ohio River.
If that's not bad enough, Betsy's annoying cousin George is also making the trip-with his equally annoying dog. Why does she have to leave Boston and the friends she has there? What will her new life in Cincinnati be like? Will her family’s faith even bring them through the trip?
Let the Sisters in Time series take you back to 1808—where you may find that Betsy Miller isn’t that much different than you!
Especially for girls ages eight to twelve, this exciting story shares the emotional turmoil of a young woman experiencing dramatic life changes-while at the same time teaching important lessons of Christian faith and American history. It's an ideal book for personal reading or homeschooling.”
Series: Book #7 in the “Sisters in Time” series. Click on the numbers to be taken to that review: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, & #6.
Spiritual Content- A few Scriptures are mentioned & thought over; Prayers & Thanking God; Talks about God & getting even; ‘H’s are capitalized when referring to God; Church going; Mary says Betsy should get back at George for his mean teasing, but Betsy is hesitate until Mary mentions that “If he does unto others as he want them to do unto him, then he wants to be teased.”, Betsy replies back that that seems a little backwards (she does later get him back by putting stinky cheese in his clothing but it backfires); Mentions of God; Mentions of prayers; Mentions of churches, pastors, services, sermons, & hymns; A few mentions of Bibles & Bible reading; A few mentions of doing the Christian thing & Christians; A few mentions of Heaven & crosses; A mention of those in the Bible;
*Note: Mentions of a place that looks haunted & maybe has ghosts (Betsy plays a prank on George making ghost sounds and noises to scare him).
Negative Content- Tripping into water & not being able to swim (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of war, kidnappings, & the illegal British imprisonment on American soldiers; Mentions of drownings of a wife and baby & never finding their bodies; Mentions of a robber, being robbed, & held at gunpoint; A few mentions of deaths on an appropriately-named island; A few mentions of rumors; A couple mentions of being scalped by Indians (the fear of it, does not happen); A couple mentions of blood/bleeding; A mention of criminals; A mention of wale oil;
*Note: A couple mentions of George being fascinated by black people in Cincinnati; A couple mentions of Shakespeare.
Sexual Content-
*Note: A couple mentions of Betsy’s stillborn brothers.
-Betsy Miller, 13
P.O.V. of Betsy
Set in 1808
141 pages
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Pre Teens- Three Stars
New Teens- Three Stars
Early High School Teens- Three Stars
Older High School Teens- Three Stars
My personal Rating- Three Stars
This was an interesting one in this series because of the river traveling. Betsy also has to learn the important lesson of having revenge on George, her younger cousin, is not the right thing to do.
Link to review:
https://booksforchristiangirls.blogsp...
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
July 15, 2022
Probably the most boring of the series
December 14, 2022
'Betsy's River Adventure: The Journey Westward' by Veda Boyd Jones is another very good book in the Sisters In Time series. Each book in the series is based on real life events, however the main characters in each book are fictional. As well as being entertaining to read, the Sisters In Time books teach important lessons in the Christian faith. I really like that this book teaches the moral of being kind to others even when they are not as nice to us - treating others how we want to be treated.
A must read for girls who like historical fiction books, and want to grow or develop their Christian faith through reading good quality books. As the main character in this book is 13 years old, this book would be suitable for teenage girls, as well as 8 to 12 year old girls.
A must read for girls who like historical fiction books, and want to grow or develop their Christian faith through reading good quality books. As the main character in this book is 13 years old, this book would be suitable for teenage girls, as well as 8 to 12 year old girls.
August 5, 2011
I picked this book at a used book store purely because the title character shares her name with my childhood bestfriend. The blurb on the back and the glimpse inside the front cover made it sound quite interesting - I thought it would read like the American Girl books.
This story was not nearly as interesting as I thought it would be. In parts I felt as if I was slogging through the mud or stuck on a sand bar.
The first bookstore I was introduced to was the religious bookstore near my family's church and I loved reading the books in the children's section - which is where this book can be found. I don't remember any of the ones I read preaching to me as this one did. The mission statement of the Sisters in Time series includes "history and faith in intriguing stories and lead character overcomes personal challenge." Success on both points, however, there seemed to be a strange scolding tone to the entire story that made it harder to read than it should have been.
This story was not nearly as interesting as I thought it would be. In parts I felt as if I was slogging through the mud or stuck on a sand bar.
The first bookstore I was introduced to was the religious bookstore near my family's church and I loved reading the books in the children's section - which is where this book can be found. I don't remember any of the ones I read preaching to me as this one did. The mission statement of the Sisters in Time series includes "history and faith in intriguing stories and lead character overcomes personal challenge." Success on both points, however, there seemed to be a strange scolding tone to the entire story that made it harder to read than it should have been.
June 24, 2010
Life is now challenging for thirteen-year old Betsy Miller as her family decides to move from peaceful Boston to the rugged frontier of Cincinnati. It wouldn't be so bad, as to knowing that her annoying cousin George-and his equally annoying dog are coming along also. Will Betsy and her family be able to trust God? Will they be able to have strength in Him for their journey?
May 18, 2008
Cool!!!!!
August 20, 2008
MUCH BETTER than the other two sisters in time books that I read
March 18, 2009
it was sorta boring.
October 12, 2011
Another good book in the "Sisters in Time" series!
January 27, 2012
This was a great book. It had great character building lessons in it. Great for young ladies and even boys to read. Can't wait to read more of this great series.
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February 8, 2014Very well written book.
I enjoyed the fast pace of the book. The chapters were interesting and a good length to keep the reader involved.
I enjoyed the fast pace of the book. The chapters were interesting and a good length to keep the reader involved.
January 7, 2016
Yes this was much better than the book 'Lydia the Patriot' but I still did not like how they made her a 'baby'.
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