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The boy who needed to be God

Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming

November 20, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming can sometimes be a bit slow in the pacing, sometimes a smidgen romantically written, sometimes sad, sometimes scary, sometimes heart pounding, but always interesting. For me, the “small details” (such as it wasn’t Kool-Aid, the ingreediants used for the mixture were less than $9 then, Jones’ “rainbow family,”) were in some ways more interesting than the overall picture and that was fascinating.  The “human” side of things (even with Jones […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Religion, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Candace Fleming, cults, Guyana, Jim Jones, Jonestown, November 1978, People's Temple, Social Topics, United States - 20th Century

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:516 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Religion, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Candace Fleming, cults, Guyana, Jim Jones, Jonestown, November 1978, People's Temple, Social Topics, United States - 20th Century ·
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One shiny red apple

Mine! by Candace Fleming

January 4, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

If you have a couple of children who enjoy reading, but not sharing you might want to give them this book. Or one book for each child you have. Because it they are like the mouse, deer, beer, rabbit, and fox of the story Mine! they will not want to share a treat as wonderful as this book. Or in the case of the animals, a red, delicious looking, crisp, round, sweet, apple that is hanging in the tree, ready to plop down and be […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: animals, Candace Fleming, Eric Rohmann, Values & Virtues

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:4 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: animals, Candace Fleming, Eric Rohmann, Values & Virtues ·
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Oh No! I dislike no liking a book so

Oh No! by Candace Fleming

February 18, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Oh, No! has this nifty cover. It has an almost nouveau and classic look to it. It could be woodcuts even. And the story (the animals of the jungle fall into a hole one by one while trying to save each other) had great potential. It was a perfect “helping others” out themed story. However, when the tiger arrives on the scene (though have seen him sneaking around the pages throughout the book), and sees the animals trapped, you find out that Candace Fleming has […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: animals, Candace Fleming, Eric Rohmann, Manners & Etiquette, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:89 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: animals, Candace Fleming, Eric Rohmann, Manners & Etiquette, Social Themes ·
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