This is the sequel to the book Sharna of Rocky Bay. Sharna and Poggy are a sister and brother in a
family that has 6 siblings in the little village of Rocky Bay in Alaska. It is
a fishing village and generally what the men of the village do is fish or go
off to the iron mines and mine iron.
Poggy is 8 years old and Sharna is a year or so older. In
the previous book, Sharna of Rocky Bay,
story is told of a missionary teacher who teaches at the elementary school for
one year and along the way helps Sharna and Poggy to know more about God, who
they refer to as “The Holy Omnipotent Father.”
Sharna and Poggy learned from the teacher that God is a
loving God and that they could pray to Him about their needs and concerns.
In this sequel, Poggy finds a friend—a boy about his age
from “outside” who has come to spend some time with his uncle and aunt. His
name is Stephen, but he is called Spud.
Poggy is happy to have a friend about his age but Spud is
not a Christian so Poggy decides he needs to let his light shine. Spud responds
to the friendship of Poggy and does become a Christian.
The new school teacher is not as Christian as the school
teacher the year before, but Sharna and other students are able to share Christian
kindness and before the school year is over, they realize that he has changed a
lot and is so much more pleasant than he had been at first.
This is a wonderful story that can encourage the reader to
“let their light shine” and also to learn about how people have lived in remote
areas of this world.
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to read the first chapter of this book on line.
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