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A Virginian mother who is also a grandmother and author of a YA book or two, was given a copy of Wizard Clip Haunting Jr.—Eve's Story. She didn't like it. She sent me a long and varied critique. She said she would never let her children read it, but perhaps she meant her grandchildren. She feared that readers would copy the behaviors of the priest characters, and that my fictional accounting of the events was not historically accurate.
Therefore, I want to warn the 80 recipients who received a copy of Eve's Story over the past two weeks during my speaking and book-signing tour. Evidently, this YA book is dangerous. Perhaps you should not read it or let children read it. But I'm not giving refunds. Details below.
Of course, these concerns are present (even more so) in the full-length novel. So be careful out there. If you have the same concerns, or not, please comment.
WARNING LABEL - Eve's Story
- Sure, it's a historical novel, but it's historically inaccurate.
- Some behaviors of the Catholic priests are "entirely un-Christian."
- Adam Livingston's daughter, Eve, prays to her deceased mother for intercessory help. Christians are forbidden to pray to the dead for help, even if they're in heaven.
- A faithless Lutheran minister's behavior is exaggerated and in poor taste.
- Adam Livingston engages in a physical battle to the death with a demon. Christians should never do this.
- The descriptions are far too graphic for young readers, as are the Goosebump books.
- A priest would never sin by giving communion to a non-Catholic, even though Pope John Paul II did it several times.
- The portrayal of Adam Livingston's frailties will offend living descendants, although one 8th-generation grandson said he "loved it."
- Baptisms should be in the church and would never have occurred in a river.
- The evil in the story is pervasive and too strong.
- There is much more to dislike since the author's imagination was unnecessary...