author: Bruce Ashkenas
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2018/02/23
date added: 2018/02/23
shelves: children-s
review:
'Aglow: A Christmas Fable' by Bruce Ashkenas tells an interfaith story of faith and friendships.
The statue of Mary at St. Dominic's Cathedral in the Bronx is dirty. Friends Adam and Rafe decide to sneak up on the roof of the building and clean it. When the cleaning is seen as a miracle, Adam, who is Jewish, doesn't understand what the big deal is. Rafe is excited by the changes he sees in his crime-ridden neighborhood. Rafe's brother is in a gang and has a miracle of his own happen along the way.
It's a sweet story and parts of it feel like it's from another time. There is gang violence, but it feels like a gang from the 1950s. There is a video game the guys play, but it feels like an old-school console game. Still I liked this story of Christmas miracles and friendship.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Acorn Publishing and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
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