Blessed Child

BOOK NAME: Blessed Child
AUTHORS: Ted Dekker and Bill Bright

For 10 years Caleb was raised in a monastery by Father Matthew. When his life was threatened, relief expert Jason Marker and French Canadian nurse Leiah risked everything for the precious life of this young boy. After being taken away from his easy, calm life in a monastery, Caleb’s relationship with Jason and Leiah gets stronger, but at the same time his faith is slowly fading. Caleb cures many people, but can he cure himself and make things right with God? Will God forgive his sins and renew his faith?

The attention towards Caleb isn’t the only reason some people despise him. Caleb happens to know something about a man running for president that nobody else knows about. He has no desire to tell anyone about this valuable information, but if he did this man’s popularity would be corrupted. Caleb doesn’t know what is in store for him and he doesn’t have much time to figure it out!

The amount of faith Caleb has amazes me! In my mind, Caleb is just a small, innocent boy, but when he felt a certain way, I felt it too. The author did a glorious job getting me into the book. Honestly, I attempted to read this book once before, but just wasn’t ready to read it! Then I started again and was interested in it. It doesn’t matter if you’re a guy or a girl… this book is enjoyable! I really hope that y’all read it and that it “grabs” you like it did to me!

Comments

2whitie
January 14, 2010, 10:00 am

This souds like a book that i would totally read! Not 0nly does it have a nice plot, it has a strong, but not ovetrpowering sense of religion.
Emma
January 15, 2010, 12:26 pm

OMG! I just got my baptism this year and that book would really be gr8! Where did you get it?
Crocks04
January 16, 2010, 8:46 pm

I am a Christian, and my dad reads a lot of Ted Dekker books..
But Isn’t this specific book for adults? =/
DanielRadcliffe4586
January 18, 2010, 2:16 pm

Interesting
Appalooosa
January 19, 2010, 12:18 pm

2whitie, I actually hope you DO read it. It was real good! It took me a while to get into it, but when I was ready to read it… I enjoyed it!

Emma, I actually got that book from one of my grandparents, but I’m sure you could get it in any book store. I’m pretty sure of it.

Crocks04, actually this book isn’t an adult book. It is more for all ages. Pretty much for teens. I’m 13. You might wanna check with your parents before you read his other books though. Ted Dekker doesn’t really say on his books what ages they are for. I even thought the book “House” by Ted Dekker and Bill Bright was a kid book, but this woman from my church said it WASN’T at any rate a kid’s book. I hope this helps ya out a bunch!

DanielRadcliffe4586, yeah… it really is!
ray
January 19, 2010, 4:56 pm

good for you CHRISTIAN
spiderman!
January 19, 2010, 5:21 pm

hey i like the book you read.what is the title of the book………………….
spiderman!
January 19, 2010, 5:48 pm

my favorite book is junie b. jones and flat stanleys books i like them books because it intresting its funny and sometiimes teach me somthing
PatheticallyPathetic
January 20, 2010, 11:15 am

This is Emelie or you may know me as “Appalooosa”. This is my new account I will be using! THANKS!
starz321
January 21, 2010, 9:35 am

this sounds like a really good book!!!! i wil be on the look out for it!!! i bet my even my mom would like to read it…
2whitie
January 21, 2010, 10:30 am

Thanks! I will read it when i see it! Then i will show my AWANA leaders and they most likely rad this stuff all the time. Thanks for spotting it!
Crocks04
January 21, 2010, 6:44 pm

Appalooosa,
Have you ever read Frank Peretti?
I like his books
CherylByrel:D
January 29, 2010, 7:54 am

Hi,I used to be a christian,but now I see myself as more of a free thinker.I believe this book is for people of any religion.I think books about religion do not necessarily mean they r meant for the religious type.I do like the sound of this book,and i think i wld enjoy quite much,as they reflect people’s who r similar to us’s thoughts(i noe,i dun think ,’us’s’ is even an actual word either!)I am really glad i found this blog,as i didnt noe of any people who shared the same interests as me(namely,reading)Hope to read this book soon.
PatheticallyPathetic
February 16, 2010, 11:26 am

Satrz321, I hope you AND your mother read this book. I bet you would BOTH love it!

2whitie, cool! I do TREK at my church with the other 7th and 8th graders. I think that’d be cool to show your AWANA leaders!

Crocks04, I have. I’ve read all his kid ones. They’re pretty good! Hope you enjoy them!
nemelum
February 22, 2010, 2:36 pm

wow i feel just the same way becaue book is very interesting.
PatheticallyPathetic
March 4, 2010, 3:13 pm

nemelum, you read the book? Did ya like it? I CERTAINLY did!
luv2read
April 26, 2010, 1:34 pm

my one friend read House. I’ll have to ask her how she liked it. She showed me part of it. looked interesting. Have you read Frank Peretti’s two books called Hangman’s Curse and Nightmare Academy? Two GREAT books. I liked the second one better!
PatheticallyPathetic
April 29, 2010, 12:32 pm

luv2read, I’d like to read House, by one of my Mom’s friends read it and about wet her pants. I like to be scared, but I don’t know if it’s wise to read it now. I might read that later on.
I’ll have to try those other books, though.
Check out my favorite book “Dizzy” by Cathy Cassidy!
luv2read
August 7, 2010, 7:09 pm

I am totally into Ted Dekker. My one friend (the same that read “House”) recommended I read his book “Blink” (or “Blink of an Eye”), I really liked it then I read “Skin”, “Thr3e”, and I’m working on the third graphic novel of The Circle Trilagy, “White” (I know it’s spelled wrong).
I saw this book in my church library, and I got Thr3e instead. I highly recommend any of his books. My overall was fav Thr3e, though. “Thr3e” and “Blink” were turned into movies. I’ve never watched either. I also think “House” is a movie, too.
luv2read
October 18, 2010, 4:50 pm

I read “House” and it SO good. I’m working on Ted Dekker’s Lost Books Series. Did you know that Blessed Child has a sequel?
love2read
February 1, 2011, 12:03 pm

I changed my username from luv2read to love2read b/c I forgot my password. Anyway, I saw the movie “Thr3e”. It’s not very good. It did kind of creep me out a little though. I would say you should read the book first.
I also read the sequel to “Blessed Child”. AWESOME book! I loved it! I would totally read it if I were you.
swimgrl7
May 7, 2012, 11:02 am

people dont need to b telling people what religion they r on this blog honestly i can say tht i m a christian but i am not gonna go bragging on some website. All of ted dekker rock and you dont need to b christian they can turn you back to him or to him.