Source: Canon+ Audiobook
Mr Jones does not write boy's books though they have boys in them; nor romances, though there is usually romance; nor straight parables on catechisms. He writes life with horse thieves, war heroes, brothers, and learning when to not apologize. His main characters are not quite teenagers and live a life in a world bigger than themselves. They all have their part in historic Christian movements Huguenots, Covenanters, or Dutch Reformed.
Henty's scenes move from adventure story to battle field, but these wind through breakfast, lunch, and dinner, move from Sabbath to Sabbath. Mr Jones is more shocking in his violence because it cuts in between family weddings, field work and church.
Scottish Seas delighted my children and challenged them. Mac is ten and terrified of the ocean and probably witches and ghosts. He goes from not being able to see the world for his fear, to being able to receive the good from unexpected places. He is required to be brave, not apologize when he didn't sin, and learn to write poetry. Along the way he learns the family history surrounding the Scottish Covenanters and King James VI.
There are folktales, legends, and martyr tales woven in. It is less idealized than Little House on the Prarie, but geared towards the same ages.
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