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Join the Chosen Kids on an Exciting Adventure in California

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Check out this exciting new middle-grade series, The Chosen Kids, by RM Ruiz. They offer adventure, a mission, and the beach! via @chautonahavig

Join me with a conversation about The Chosen Kids by RM Ruiz about middle-grade fiction and especially, her Christian middle-grade adventure series for kids. Supernatural tools, a mission from God, and more fill these books about a bunch of cousins fighting evil forces.

RM Ruiz

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Join the Chosen Kids on an Exciting Adventure in California

RM Ruiz took me on a wild ride with her The Chosen Kids idea. While I wasn’t sure what to expect from the books before I talked to Rosemary, by the time she explained things, I had a feeling of this series being symbolic of what God actually has already done.  We’ve been given a mission (in the Bible) to fight the forces of evil (Satan and his minions), and supernatural objects (the Holy Spirit) to ensure we can succeed.  It’s a wonderful parallel that will engage kids’ imaginations.

Okay, so I also loved that the primary character is a bookworm.  Just sayin’.

However, I’m almost as excited about RM Ruiz’ website as I am about this series idea. Seriously, guys!  This website is AMAZING.  Illustrated pictures of the kids you can click on to get more information about them, parental info, just who Jesus is… so much to peruse.  The site reminds me (in the way that it keeps you interested in sticking around) of JK Rowling’s website. It looks nothing like it, and has totally different content. But both sites were designed to make a person want to see what else there is, and that’s pretty cool!

The Chosen KidsThe Chosen Kids by R.M. Ruiz

What if you were just an ordinary kid one minute and tasked by God with saving His world the next?

On the sunny coast of California, 11-year-old booklover Caiden, his siblings, and his cousins set off to The Dunes with their favorite aunt after months of lockdown.
Caiden decides to leave his book at home for the trip and explore the beach, for once.
Their fun-filled day is interrupted when a supernatural encounter sends the group on a secret mission that shows them just how important each one of them is.
But Caiden wanted a fun adventure, not a dangerous quest! He’d like to put it off for ten years—or at least a week.
With special tools and new identities, the family of believers race to stop a devious foe. But will a reluctant Caiden find his courage and rely on his faith in time? Will the chosen kids listen to the Holy Spirit and let Him guide them to victory before the enemy causes an untimely apocalypse?

Debut author R.M. Ruiz gives us an easy-to-read, fun story of faith with relatable characters who must choose obedience over fear. Each of them is appointed a certain role and receives a blessed object to use as a tool on their mission. In one day, the chosen kids must remember to listen to the Holy Spirit and rely on their faith if they are to succeed. Filled with the gospel message, but not preachy, The Chosen Kids: Encounter at the Dunes reminds us that God uses even the most unlikely of heroes for His glory.
Set in the present day, but with a nostalgic feel, this fast-paced adventure is sure to inspire Christian readers ages 9 through 12 (and up!). This unique tale has an open Christian theme which includes supernatural objects powered by God, the strength of Jesus, and the guidance of the Holy Spirit, with prayer, scripture, family love, cousin banter, a smidge of sarcasm, and humor throughout to keep it light. The adventure continues in Encounter at Paradise coming spring of 2023.

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Beyond the Melody by Amanda Cabot

Neither one is looking for love, But sometimes all it takes is one dance. By the spring of 1946, life in Sweetwater Crossing is almost back to normal after the war. Not Anna Finley’s. She lost her chance at happily-ever-after when the man she loved was killed in France. Anna does her best to hide her sorrow and a secret that haunts her as she works on the jukeboxes she inherited when her brother died in combat. There’s no point in dreaming about what might have been. Jim Smythe is also grieving a shattered life. His fiancee broke their engagement, reminding him that a respected magazine said it should take no more than three weeks for a veteran to forget the war. But Jim cannot forget the men in his platoon who didn’t return home, and he’s made it his mission to visit each of the fallen soldiers’ families, hoping to give them some small measure of comfort. Sweetwater Crossing is his final stop. After that, he’ll have to return to Boston and the life that holds no appeal. If only he could find an alternative, one where people saw him for himself, not his family’s name. He’s given up hope that anyone will understand what his parents and fiancee did not, but everything changes when he enters a small cafe and sees a woman whose eyes reflect his own pain standing next to a jukebox. Jim knows he’ll never see her again, yet it somehow feels right to extend his hand and say, “May I have this dance?” It’s a once-in-a-lifetime moment for two wounded people unless they can overcome their fears and find the courage to love again.

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