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Fun, absorbing novel for children aged 7+ that explores the difference Jesus makes when we don’t fit in.
Part of the Abigail series.
9-year-old Abigail can’t sing, and she can’t dance. So when her friends start rehearsing a musical performance, Abigail feels very much left out and self-conscious. Isn’t she good at anything? Doesn’t anybody want to be her friend?
Jesus does! When Abigail reads Psalm 139, she realizes that Jesus made her wonderfully, just the way she is, so she doesn’t need to worry about not being good at musical things. And when she encounters John 15, Abigail learns that Jesus loves her perfectly and empowers her to be a loving friend, even when others let her down.
As Abigail sees what a wonderful friend Jesus is, it transforms her other friendships—and it ends up transforming the girls’ musical performance too!
1. Flora’s Surprise
2. Can’t Sing, Can’t Dance
3. Kids’ Club
4. Feeling Weird
5. Perfect Love
6. Help Needed
7. Abigail the Sturckle
8. Problems
9. Sturckled Again
10. Wonderfully Made
11. The List
12. Uninvited
13. All Alone
14. The Very Best Friend
15. Saturday
16. A Little Cheer
17. Delia
18. Three Surprises
19. A Brilliant Idea
20. One Week Later
21. What Friends Are For
A Note from the Author
Book-Club Questions
| Age range: | 7+ |
|---|---|
| Contributors | Bethany McIlrath |
| ISBN | 9781802542608 |
| Format | eBook |
| First published | February 2025 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | The Good Book Company |
Bethany has created a delightful series that helps young readers connect their faith with their everyday life. Abigail’s adventures are fun and relatable, delivering valuable lessons for all kids and making this series a great one to add to your bookshelf.
In the Abigail books, Bethany McIlrath demonstrates how a family’s commitment to their shared faith can help a nine-year-old girl navigate the everyday problems that children face. Each book not only tells a clever, funny story about Abigail but also successfully unpacks the biblical truths that Abigail discovers along the way.
We were so excited for this addition to the Abigail series! We had the privilege to read Abigail and the Big Start Over. My daughter and I loved that one and knew we would enjoy this one as well.
The series centers around 9-year-old Abigail, who is a normal young lady discovering and learning about the world and others and life. You'll walk alongside Abigail as she navigates some difficult situations and circumstances. These are all relatable and genuinely common situations that most kids will encounter at some point. But Abigail remembers that Jesus is our help and our strength. She uses this to help move forward in her heart and thinking.
The book is structured with twenty-one chapters, a note from the author, and a book-club questions section. McIlrath admits in her note that she was just like Abigail - feeling left out, alone, and like an odd-ball. It's always comforting to know you are not alone in those feelings but even more so knowing that Jesus understands, is always with us, and desires to be our friend and Savior.
I appreciate this fiction series for older elementary kids to learn how to implement their faith in real-world situations.
I received a copy of this book from The Good Book Company in exchange for an honest review.
This series of books is a delightful way of engaging children with reading fiction, while also teaching them some fantastic truths about what God is like. This specific book is very sweet, showing us that even when we feel like we don't really fit in with our friends, or don't have the talents and gifts that we might want, that doesn't mean that we aren't loved or valuable. We have Jesus, the one who will never leave us or abandon us. He is the one who loves us as we are, and enables us to be the best that we can be! This is a great book for your 6-11 year old if you want them to grow in both reading skill and love for Jesus.
