From how he thought all the heroes of the Book of Mormon would have acted to the general feel of the culture at the time. I thought the author did everything almost pitch perfect. Jim with his sense of adventure and Garth with all his knowledge of the Book of Mormon made this team priceless. I absolutely thought that the main characters, Jim and Garth, were the perfect match to go back to the time of the Nephites and Lamanites. A lot of the funny moments wouldn't make sense and it's always a shame not to get a good joke.

Of course you can read it if your aren't but I doubt that it would be as entertaining. I should also mention that this is really a book for people who already are LDS members. It's geared towards middle school aged boys, but I can say (at least in my case) it didn't lessen my enjoyment of the book.

Granted this book really isn't for everybody. This was the first word that came to my mind when I finished. To visit all our Amazon listings, go Chris Heimerdinger, August, 2011.Excellent. To pre-order call 80 or go the Frost Cave store site at:

So when is the next Tennis Shoes book coming out? In October! And it's called Escape from Zarahemla. So, in the hopes of shrinking (a little) the number of emails I get per day about the 'next' Tennis Shoes book, I need fans to know that Escape from Zarahemla, though it is also a sequel to Passage to Zarahemla, is very much a 'Tennis Shoes' book and will bring both novels together in a very fun way. And I don't think I gave away any surprises. So parts of Thorns of Glory will be harder to grasp or enjoy without having first read Escape from Zarahemla.

That stuff will play on and continue in 'Tennis Shoes 12' ( Thorns of Glory). No, Escape won't reveal what happens between Pagag and Steffanie, or Apollus and Meagan, etc., etc., but I can say this much: Important 'backstory' regarding major characters and settings from the Tennis Shoes Adventure Series are revealed in Escape from Zarahemla. I think some misunderstanding comes from an author's desire to keep important aspects of a book secret. Escape from Zarahemla IS a Tennis Shoes book. It seems I might not have described Escape from Zarahemla correctly. I still get at least five emails a day from fans who ask, in essence, 'WHEN IS THE NEXT 'TENNIS SHOES' BOOK COMING OUT?'

And Introducing: Hunter Helaman Heimerdinger.

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