Joshua

by The Navigators (Produced by)

Overview

For centuries God promised to give the land of Canaan to the family of Abraham. With the seasoned commander Joshua as His general, the Lord leads His army to take possession of its inheritance. The 16 sessions of this Bible study on the book of Joshua examine the unforgettable lessons God taught His people about Himself and what it means to be a citizen of His Kingdom. If using in a group, personal study is needed between meetings. Includes study aids and discussion questions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780891091219
Publisher:	NavPress Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/01/1988
Series:	LifeChange
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.41(d)

About the Author

The Navigators is an interdenominational nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people "know Christ and make Him known” as they look to Him and His Word to chart their lives.

Navigators have invested their lives in people for more than seventy-five years coming alongside them life on life to study the Bible develop a deepening prayer life and memorize and apply Scripture The ultimate goal is to equip Christ followers to fulfill 2 Timothy 2:2—to teach what they have learned to others.

Today tens of thousands of people worldwide are coming to know and grow in Jesus Christ through the various ministries of The Navigators. Internationally more than 4 600 Navigator staff of 70 nationalities serve in more than 100 countries.

Editorial Reviews

06/16/2014
The second editorial collaboration between Aronson and Smith (after 2011’s Pick-Up Game) collects nine short stories by Ellen Hopkins, A.S. King, Rita Williams-Garcia, Chris Barton, Nora Raleigh Baskin, and more; not unlike Adele Griffin’s The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone, also out this season, the book is built around the influence of a deceased teenager, remembered and considered by those around him. Kevin Nicholas, charismatic and angry, has been shaped by his father’s suicide; eight years later, 19-year-old Kevin’s body is zipped into a bag, and everyone from his younger sister and high school peers to the cosmetologist prettying his corpse dwell on their relationships with Kevin or use his death to evaluate their own lives. Predictably, anything good that people think they knew about Kevin proves false. The girls connect him with sex, the boys with innocence-destroying competition. The impact of many details and events depends on readers’ willingness to read into what is said. There are plenty of dots to connect and introspection from adolescents on the precipice of something new and unknown, but most of these authors have done better in longer formats. Ages 14–up. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly

The authors included are all well-known young adult writers, such as Ellen Hopkins, Rita Williams-Garcia, and A. S. King, and it is clear that they know and understand their audience. Despite the differing perspectives and characters, the writing is remarkably consistent in tone. The vignette feel of each section may appeal to reluctant readers who can manage a narrative in small chunks without losing the arc of the story itself. More enthusiastic readers will devour it whole.
—School Library Journal

[The characters'] experiences are sensitively portrayed, and they struggle with very real issues of ethnic and sexual identity. ... Complex and emotionally demanding, this collection aims for and will resonate with serious readers of realistic fiction.
—Kirkus Reviews

Rita Williams-Garcia’s fantastic opener introduces Morris, a blank-minded boy working at his uncle’s mortuary the day Kevin’s corpse arrives. Both Ellen Hopkins and A. S. King look at sexual and romantic relationships; Torrey Maldonado examines one of the young men in Kevin’s thrall; and so on. ... Fascinating.
—Booklist

The talents of the writers, including Rita Garcia-Williams, Ellen Hopkins, A. S. King, Will Weaver, and Nora Raleigh Baskin, keep the stories consistently moving and authentically voiced... Useful as a model for a group creative-writing exercise, this would also make for therapeutic reading and discussion in the aftermath of a tragedy.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

There are plenty of dots to connect and introspection from adolescents on the precipice of something new and unknown.
—Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

This collection of nine stories by different YA authors must have been one heck of an exciting project to work on. Rita Williams-Garcia wrote the first story about unmotivated, eighteen-year-old Morris Adler, who is given a job in his Uncle Sampson’s funeral home. His first task is to pick up the body of Kevin Nicholas, a kid he went to school with and whose suicide is unexpected. This story is not just an introduction to Kevin, the main character of the stories, but also about Morris finally finding his way in the world. That done, we move on to Mick Galindo, a friend of the deceased, whose story fills us in on Kevin as a boy. A seemingly self-confident lad who still suffers from finding his dad dead from suicide, Kevin takes Mick under his wing to teach him the ways of the world. Again, we learn about Mick and are then introduced to other characters whose stories are told in subsequent tales. Candy Lomax tells us about Kevin’s treatment of her when they were growing up. All nine, well-told, stories bring Kevin to life, weaving the separate main characters into one powerful novel. The authors traded ideas and bits of their individual plots through their many revisions making this a compelling, vibrant read. The message of hope and finding one’s way is subtly woven into all the stories. Reviewer: Sarah Maury Swan; Ages 12 up.

Children's Literature - Sarah Maury Swan

Nine well-written vignettes are woven together to create a powerful coming-of-age story. The novel revolves around the life and death of a charismatic, troubled nineteen-year-old named Kevin Nicholas. Through the eyes of friends, girlfriends and strangers, the impact of Kevin’s life and death is discovered. The topics of friendship, love, admiration, anger, suicide, and untimely death are all touched upon as each teenager remembers Kevin through his or her own lens. The chapters are told from the view point of the individual teenagers. Not only do they remember Kevin, but they also become introspective about themselves and how they fit in with their friends and families. They begin to see that people are all connected, and words and actions have an impact on others. While this is not an uplifting story, it is a powerful read for older adolescents as they navigate the muddy waters of growing up. This novel would be a great addition when teaching word choice, character development, point of view, and theme. Reviewer: Lona Trulove; Ages 12 to 18.

VOYA, October 2014 (Vol. 37, No. 4) - Lona Trulove

08/01/2014
Gr 9 Up—Kevin Nicholas, a popular high school football player, has committed suicide, though readers don't know that at first. In fact, through nine stories, each told by a different author and from a different point of view, readers come to know only a little about Kevin himself. Instead, readers observe the reactions of Kevin's sister, his best friends, people who barely knew him, even of the funeral home workers who handles his body. The death of a teenager, especially by his own hand, can be impossible to understand, but lives don't stop just because one life did. Each chapter deals with the process of initiation, acceptance, growing up, and moving on even in the face of death. The authors included are all well-known young adult writers, such as Ellen Hopkins, Rita Williams-Garcia, and A. S. King, and it is clear that they know and understand their audience. Despite the differing perspectives and characters, the writing is remarkably consistent in tone. The vignette feel of each section may appeal to reluctant readers who can manage a narrative in small chunks without losing the arc of the story itself. More enthusiastic readers will devour it whole. Keep it in mind as bibliotherapy, should the unfortunate need arise, or as a springboard for journaling or creative writing.—Katherine Koenig, The Ellis School, PA

School Library Journal

2014-06-10
The death of Kevin, at once charismatic and tortured, is at the epicenter of this collection of short stories by nine well-known authors for teens, exploring the lives of his peers, acquaintances and family as it reveals how each of them is affected.A withdrawn 18-year-old is clamped firmly under the guiding wing of his uncle, a mortician, in the opening piece that begins an intricate weaving together of a host of seemingly unconnected characters. Many of the older teens in these vignettes are troubled, unable to make sense of their places in families that don’t understand or accept them and searching for belonging instead with their friends. Their experiences are sensitively portrayed, and they struggle with very real issues of ethnic and sexual identity. The overall tone is unrelentingly bleak, perhaps in part because the window offered into each of their lives is so brief. Some barely knew Kevin, and others cared for him deeply, even as they were hurt by his emotional unavailability, the stage for which was set when he was young by his father’s suicide. One story even concerns a character who didn’t know him at all, viewing the tragedy through the technological disconnect distinctive to modern social media.Complex and emotionally demanding, this collection aims for and will resonate with serious readers of realistic fiction. (Short stories. 14-20)

Kirkus Reviews