Victory on the Walls: A Story of Nehemiah

This coming to age story is a great one for boys. It leaves you asking questions and wondering “what if.” It brings to life the story of Nehemiah! I highly recommend.

The story of Nehemiah comes to life in this small, easy to read book. I read it to my kids, ages 4-12, and it held them spell-bound. It was a pleasure reading this, as it was even very interesting to myself.

This book's setting is remote in time and place, and the book brings some personality and suspense to what is essentially the Bible account related in Nehemiah, Ezra, and Daniel.Very enjoyable for my family of boys: the plot keeps moving, some of the vocabulary is interesting, and Nehemiah himself is a giant of faith.A couple of gory moments: a prisoner's face is mutilated before his execution -- he is publicly displayed with his face a bloody pulp, missing key elements. Also, the father of a judge is executed, flayed, and his skin is tanned and made into a chair for his son to sit on -- a cautionary measure. Neither of these events is described in more detail than what I just gave, but the flaying is mentioned twice and the mutilation, maybe four times. It is a pivotal moment for the boy lead character.

Fantastic book when read along with the book of Nehemiah in the Bible. It brought to life the personality of Nehemiah.

This has been a wonderful read-a-loud in our family as we were learning ancient history and the return to Jerusalem of Nehemiah! The children are loving this story. They are building a big city of Jerusalem out of legos as I read aloud. Family memories we will enjoy for many years I hope :) Great story, historically accurate, very interesting, and keeps attention. I was only glad I was reading out loud so I could soften the graphic first chapter of someones eyes and nose gouged out. I understand that was real life back then, but I couldn't give my children nightmares. :)

A great way to learn more about Nehemiah and enjoy a good story as well.

I read this as a read aloud to my nine year old son and we both loved it! It puts you in the time of the reconstruction of the temple and we really felt like we were there. We had been studying Biblical history up to this point and this pulled it all together for us. There is plenty of action and drama to keep young kids' attention and it is great that is is written from a young boys perspective. My son kept begging me to keep reading, "just one more chapter" was often the plea so we read it in about three days. Some of my favorite parts were when Nehemiah stood up and defended, without excuse, why they were following God's call and why they would not be intimidated. Powerful stuff!

I loved it so much it was a great story of Nehemiah. And there was even a little mystery involved.

A master piece story stolen from time that is brought alive. Fifty-two days to resurrect the walls of Jerusalem from burned out rubble and stones--a task that with the modern equipment and engineering of today would take years. One courageous man filled with the spirit of God inspires those living in the rubble to rebuild despite attacks by sworn enemies determined to stop the work. A wonderful message for our day and time. Many of the mainstays of our culture are in need of rebuilding and this story provides the blueprint for such tasks and the inspiration to get it done-now.

Está cautivante la historia, da muy buena idea de la época, los lugares, las emociones y todo el contexto histórico. A mis hijos les encanta! Ya hasta las pequeñas me piden se las lea.

Love it. Brings Nehemiah's time period to life in a fun and accessible way for little ones. We did it as part of our history class.