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Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites
A Modern Adventure in an Ancient Land
by Chris Heimerdinger
Salt Lake City, UT: Covenant Communications, 1989 (228p.)

Published In Series:
Tennis Shoes Adventure Series
Volume: [1]


Genre:		Novel
Sub Genres:		Scripture-based Fiction Young Adult Fiction

Subjects: Book of Mormon-Fiction;

Summary:
     Jim Hawkins has a bad attitude. What's more, he enjoys having a bad attitude about everything-- especially about church. Garth Plimpton is a fanatic. He's spent so much time studying the scriptures and thick books on archeology that he can't carry on a normal conversation with other kids. That's why they consider him a nerd. Through an unusual chain of events, these two opposites become fast friends. It all began when Garth told Jim a simple truth:
     "They really existed, you know."
     "Who?" Jim asked.
     "Nephites," Garth replied. "Every character in the Book of Mormon ate, slept, died, was buried..."
     That statement, taken for granted before, would soon echo deeply in the two boys' minds-- because they were on the trail of a chilling secret. At the root of this secret was a faded Indian legend that old men told children to make their eyes grow big. As Garth and Jim put the pieces of the puzzle together, they accidentally stumble upon a mysterious passageway hurling them into another world--an ancient American world.
     Join Jim, Garth, and Jim's pesky little sister, Jennifer, as they journey in a land where the names Helaman, Teancum, and Captain Moroni are more than just words on a page. A world where danger and supsense are a way of life. . . [publisher blurb]

HBLL Call No: BX 8688.3 .H364t 1989

Reviewed In:
[Review of] Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites by Chris Heimerdinger by Robin Parkinson
[Review of] Tennis Shoes among the Nephites by Chris Heimerdinger by Elouise Bell