{"id":1046,"date":"2009-06-17T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T12:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielgoepfrich.com\/?p=1046"},"modified":"2022-10-24T21:13:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T01:13:23","slug":"sir-dalton-and-the-shadow-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/sir-dalton-and-the-shadow-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Sir Dalton and the Shadow Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Sir Dalton and the Shadow Heart<\/a><\/em>
by Chuck Black<\/h3>

To be honest, I didn\u2019t think I would like this book. I don\u2019t read a lot of fiction anymore, and this is specifically a \u201cYouth Fiction\u201d book. To some extent, I thought some of the characters\u2019 names were a little cheesy. Jesus became \u201cSejus\u201d; Lucifer (the Dark Lord) became \u201cLucius\u201d. (But, again, this is youth fiction. Even though I decoded it quickly, my son didn\u2019t see it until I pointed it out. That\u2019s the point.)<\/em><\/p>

But not all were like that. In fact, Black did a great job with the name of the main character\u2019s enemy \u2013 Skia ek Distazo<\/strong>. It\u2019s Greek for\u2026well, you figure it out yourself.<\/p>

The story is good \u2013 about a young Knight of the Prince who has to face his demons before becoming who he was designed to be. It\u2019s a great place to start for spiritual discussions with kids \u2013 it even has built-in discussion starters and questions in the back!<\/p>

So, since my review is not exactly from the perspective of a kid, I thought I\u2019d let you know what my oldest boys thought.<\/p>

Nathan\u2019s review (age 10)<\/strong><\/p>

I liked the book. It was pretty cool. What I liked best was how they wrote the book. They used good vocabulary. The battles were the coolest part.<\/p>

My favorite part was when Sir Dalton was battling his enemy, Skia ek Distazo (aka Lord Drox). There was one particular part that I liked about it. You see, Skia ek Distazo has Death Ravens (ravens with four wings). He motioned for one of the Ravens to dive at Dalton. Earlier he had ducked when this happened, but this time he didn\u2019t because he knew what was going to happen. Instead of falling for it again, this time he\u2026 (Yeah, right! Read it for yourself!)<\/p>

I would recommend it for anyone who likes battles and knights and castles.<\/p>

Micah\u2019s review (age 9)<\/strong><\/p>

I didn\u2019t really want to read it, but when I got into it, I felt like I was actually in the book. I totally liked the four-winged raven and the hounds.<\/p>

At one point during a battle in a cave, I thought, \u201cIf I was going to fight someone, I wouldn\u2019t go into a cave to do it.” My favorite part was when Drox and Dalton were fighting.<\/p><\/blockquote>

Sir Dalton and the Shadow Heart<\/em> is available directly from Random House here<\/a> or from Amazon here<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sir Dalton and the Shadow Heartby Chuck Black To be honest, I didn\u2019t think I would like this book. I don\u2019t read a lot of fiction anymore, and this is specifically a \u201cYouth Fiction\u201d book. To some extent, I thought some of the characters\u2019 names were a little cheesy. Jesus became \u201cSejus\u201d; Lucifer (the Dark […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"widget-thumbnail":false,"rpwe-thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Daniel Goepfrich","author_link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/author\/dgoepfrich\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Sir Dalton and the Shadow Heartby Chuck Black To be honest, I didn\u2019t think I would like this book. 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