http://boysofcourage.com Reviews of books and other products for boys Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:24:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en High Impact Battle Sword, By Vision Forum Review By Matthew Harper Creator: Unknown, maybe Vision Forum Age Range: 10-35 Durability (On a scale from one to ten): 9 Review: With this one-of-a-kind product, and the boys in your family, having two swords for fun-loving combat, will most likely be much better than one. Let the ... http://boysofcourage.com/index.php/2010/07/adventure-and-exploration-high-impact-battle-sword/ Billy and Blaze, by C. W. Anderson Review by Caden Smith Publish date: first, 1936, Macmillan Publishing Co. Pages: 48 Time Period: Middle 1900's Age Range: 7-11 Review: Billy is a boy who likes horses very much. Because he didn’t have one, he often borrowed a neighbor’s horse to ride. However, on one of his ... http://boysofcourage.com/index.php/2010/05/book-review-billy-and-blaze/ Tiger And Tom*, by J.E.White Review by Matthew Harper Publish date: First, 2001, original 1910 (Southern Publishing Association) Pages: 224 Time Period: Mid- 1800's, U.S. Age Range: 8+ Review: This wonderful reproduction of the early 1900's book that showed up in many orphanages in America and is solely a boy book. It tells many stories of ... http://boysofcourage.com/index.php/2010/04/book-review-tiger-and-tom-and-other-stories-for-boys/ The Black Fox of Lorne, by Marguerite De Angeli Review by Matthew Harper Publish Date: First, 1956, Doubleday and Company Inc, original not known Pages: 191 Time Period: Scotland, 10th century B.C. Age Range: 11+ Review: Twins Jan and Brus are going a-viking with their father, Harald the Red-Beard to reclaim some of their mother's land in ... http://boysofcourage.com/index.php/2010/03/book-review-the-black-fox-of-lorne/ The Lost Baron, by Allen French Review by Matthew Harper Publish Date: First, 2001, original,1940(Bethlehem Books) Pages: 297 Time Period: England, 1200 b.c. Age Range: 11+ Review: Martin, son of Sir Anselm of the Hollow, risks his life more than one time, in this fast-paced mystery of 1200. The good king Richard is dead, and his brother ... http://boysofcourage.com/index.php/2010/03/the-lost-baron/ The Bark of the Bog Owl, by Jonathan Rogers Review by Caden Smith Publish date: first, 2004, Broadman & Holman Pub. Pages: 231 Time period: allegory Age Range: 9+ Review: The Bark of the Bog Owl is a picture of David in the Bible. The main character’s name is Aidan. Aidan lives in Corenwald and is ... http://boysofcourage.com/index.php/2010/02/book-review-the-bark-of-the-bog-owl/ Jericho Ride, by Betty Gard Review by Matthew Harper Publish date: 2003, (BJUP Pub.) original, 1946 Pages: 165 Time Period: Modern Texas Age Range: 11+ Review: Tony Vincet is the main character in this fast-paced mystery story. Tony migrates to his uncle's ranch called Camp Jericho, and meets many new friends there.While Tony is there, ... http://boysofcourage.com/index.php/2010/02/jericho-ride/ Little King Davie, by Nellie Hellis Review by Matthew Harper Publish Date: First, 2006, (Lamplighter pub.), original 1892 Pages: 119 Time Period: England, 1800's Age Range: 7+ Review: Poor as he was, little Davie was rich in spirit. With broom in hand, he loved to sing as he swept the muddy crossings. One day, the sweet music ... http://boysofcourage.com/index.php/2010/01/little-king-davie/ The Sword, by Pointy Stick Productions, Eyeball Ent. Review by Matthew Harper Date made: 2008, Pointy Stick Productions, Eyeball Ent. Length: 91 minutes Age Range: 10+ Time period: Medieval- 730 A.D. Review: A Sword is passed from father to son is passed from father to son throughout the generations... In 730 A.D., young Garron is given the task ... http://boysofcourage.com/index.php/2010/01/movie-review-the-sword/ The White Knights, by W. E. Cule Review by Matthew Publish Date: First, 2003, (Lamplighter pub.), original not known. Pages: 185 Age Range: 8+ Time Period: America(or England, don't know which), 1800's Review: When Horace and his friends decide to start the White Knights Club, they didn't know how hard it would be to keep the promise ... http://boysofcourage.com/index.php/2009/12/book-review-the-white-knights/