Blessed Child

by Bill Bright and Ted Dekker

Book Overview

The young orphaned boy was abandoned and raised in an Ethiopian monastery. He has never seen outside its walls -- at least, not the way most people see. Now he must flee those walls or die. But the world is hardly ready for a boy like Caleb. When relief expert Jason Marker agrees to take Caleb from the monastery, he unwittingly opens humanity's doors to an incredible journey filled with intrigue and peril. Together with Leiah, the French Canadian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849943124
• ISBN13: 9780849943126
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Touched My Spirit

Having just finished BLESSED CHILD, I find myself in a whirlwind of emotion. Though a spiritual person, I found myself touched in unexpected ways and to unexpected awareness. Midway into the novel I realized that Bright and Dekker had written a parable and that I was reading words were obviously inspired beyond the norm. While the plot is fictional, I found the message in BLESSED CHILD clear and personally direct. The plot and dialogue are somewhat weak in spots, but I found myself dismissing these faults as of little consequence. The Joy and Spirit developed in Caleb's character more than made up for any literary inadequacies. Leiah and Jason's characters are more shallowly developed, but as the protagonist is obviously young Caleb, the adults are but background for his story of Love and Belief. Without giving the entire work a complete reading, it would be too easy to dismiss its value. The plot is a good read without the message. Give it a chance. This book was an experience in literature and personal reaction with which I am still dealing.

Can't Get Enough of This Dekker Guy

I'm going to keep it short and sweet. I went on a little bit about When Heaven Weeps, but I couldn't help it--it just really got to me. So did Blessed Child, but in a different way. Blessed Child is unique. All of Ted Dekker's novels give us a wonderful picture of the love of God in action, but Blessed Child has this tranquility in the face of extreme danger that is really compelling. I felt like a totally refreshing shower had washed over me after reading this book--an absolutely unique experience, something I've never encountered in any other book I've read. The only thing that comes close is Leif Enger's Peace Like a River, though the two books are very different. I truly felt like a blessed child of God after reading this book. And so will you, I predict.

Lucky Me--But How Do I Survive Until the Next Dekker Book?

Man, I went into major panic mode after When Heaven Weeps--when was I gonna get my next Dekker installment? Fortunately, I wandered into my local (book store) and--voila!--there it was, on a front table, no less. I almost screamed out "Eureka!"--but I really and truly had found it.What did I find? Something I really didn't expect: a story more gripping, more powerful, more mind-blowing than When Heaven Weeps. After reading the first two Dekker novels, I was absolutely convinced he had the goods, but, hey, how on earth could he top When Heaven Weeps, maybe the most mind-blowing story I've ever read? But--and trust me on this, all you who've devoured the first two--he did it!There's talk of a movie. Please, please, PLEASE MAKE IT. Don't let it get derailed like film version of This Present Darkness. Don't let it be so naive as Left Behind (bless its soul). Nothing less than a huge blowout of a movie, a veritable breakout film, would do this book justice. But why wait? The book's out now. Jump on it.

I Thought I'd Read Just About Everything . . .

. . . but Ted Dekker's Blessed Child is, as they say in the jazz world, beyond category.Take one part supernatural thriller, one part poignant love story, one part slam-bang action tale and you've got the most addictive cocktail of a book to come along in many a moon.I don't want to go too much into the story; it's always better to encounter a great book with fresh eyes. But let me just say that it involves a kid with miraculous powers, a black-hearted priest, a clueless Peace Corps worker, a beautiful but emotionally and physically scarred nurse, and a ruthless politician who'll stop at nothing--including murder and mayhem--to keep his dirty past under lock and key. The action's cranked nearly beyond the breaking point, there's a killer love story, it plants a big wet spiritual kiss smack on your heart--what more could you want?