Never Blame the Umpire by Gene Fehler

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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfAaXcc8CR_ocEbi-DM1YORA7GIHFGayQfnUaKNhd6s6kCHNE_OglpN_2hVGR25p2Amz5EVXuMv1g9iBOa7tcp2jJZMEY1VqLa_Z-HqWhny-6agfwUNIIWV6WJfgxaZbNZQWbmYNXOQoO/s1600-h/wild+card.jpg"><a href="http://firstwildcardtours.blogspot.com/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190009307003588530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfAaXcc8CR_ocEbi-DM1YORA7GIHFGayQfnUaKNhd6s6kCHNE_OglpN_2hVGR25p2Amz5EVXuMv1g9iBOa7tcp2jJZMEY1VqLa_Z-HqWhny-6agfwUNIIWV6WJfgxaZbNZQWbmYNXOQoO/s200/wild+card.jpg" border="0" /></a></a>It is time for a <span style="color:#990000;"><strong><a href="http://firstwildcardtours.blogspot.com/">FIRST Wild Card Tour</a></span></strong> book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! <span style="color:#990000;"><strong>Enjoy your free peek into the book!</strong></span><br /><br /><font color="#cc0000"><em>You never know when I might play a wild card on you!</em></font><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>Today's Wild Card author is: </strong><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.genefehler.com/">Gene Fehler </a></span></strong><br /></div><br /><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">and the book:</span> </span></strong><br /></p><br /><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0310719410">Never Blame the Umpire</a></span></strong><br /></p><p align="center">Zonderkidz (March 1, 2010)<br /></p>***Special thanks to Bridgette Brooks and Pam Mettler of Zondervan Publishing for sending me a review copy.***<br /><br /><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><span style="color:#cc0000;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span> </span></strong></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguaWqJFN-Zm49JdGeir-0kD3ESnFOw5WXo3AsR5jpSeqRaV1wEM2ihQluptY_bDSVdq0C2SR0NFXkNBB5Jz6SKZ7RyfFN3LZZVRG02IaclDXceTikOwTJPJvJtosMnMgQQVWu6e07zBuc/s1600-h/fehlerg.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguaWqJFN-Zm49JdGeir-0kD3ESnFOw5WXo3AsR5jpSeqRaV1wEM2ihQluptY_bDSVdq0C2SR0NFXkNBB5Jz6SKZ7RyfFN3LZZVRG02IaclDXceTikOwTJPJvJtosMnMgQQVWu6e07zBuc/s200/fehlerg.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442833067654356450" /></a><br />Gene Fehler, an award-winning and widely published poet, is the author of ten published books and over eighteen hundred published poems, stories, and articles. He and his wife, Polly, live in Seneca, South Carolina, where he writes, teaches, and participates in sports.<br /><br /><br />Visit the author's <a href="http://www.genefehler.com/">website</a>.<br /><br /><br />Product Details:<br /><br />List Price: $12.99<br />Reading level: Ages 9-12<br />Hardcover: 192 pages <br />Publisher: Zonderkidz (March 1, 2010) <br />Language: English <br />ISBN-10: 0310719410 <br />ISBN-13: 978-0310719410 <br />Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">AND NOW...THE FIRST CHAPTER: Just Press the Button:</span> </strong><br /></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HbAG79jqmPRIczRhl1_Q3I7fXMHLzW7dW37BQj9FBUGrsarxx2Ajq3uK2tKgEObL3vq_IywXJS09qYw_aX1ZCLv8jWPqrP3Trc0Rhs3oNe8X2J5rOCeiAUYxweF96YNMpalKWzH6pyk/s1600-h/neverblametheumpire"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HbAG79jqmPRIczRhl1_Q3I7fXMHLzW7dW37BQj9FBUGrsarxx2Ajq3uK2tKgEObL3vq_IywXJS09qYw_aX1ZCLv8jWPqrP3Trc0Rhs3oNe8X2J5rOCeiAUYxweF96YNMpalKWzH6pyk/s200/neverblametheumpire" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442833574821340050" /></a><div style="OVERFLOW: auto; HEIGHT: 307px"><div class="zondervanbrowseinside" style="margin: 5px 0; color: white; text-align: left; width: 142px; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px;"><div><div style="height: 29px; background: url('http://www.zondervan.com/zondervan/images/bi_bg_top.gif') no-repeat;"><div style="overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 6px; float:left; width: 18px; height: 20px; margin-left: 10px;"><a style="display: block; height: 20px;" title="Go to: Zondervan.com" href="http://www.zondervan.com">Z</a></div><div style="overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float:left; width: 95px; height: 12px; margin-left: 5px;"><a style="display: block; height: 10px;" title="Browse Inside Never Blame the Umpire By:Gene Fehler" href="http://www.zondervan.com/Zondervan/browseinside.html?isbn=9780310719410&WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidgete602737f-5c9a-42a2-ab5f-e20753e17fd5" target="_blank" >Browse Inside</a></div></div><div style="padding-top: 2px; text-align: center; padding-left: 1px; background: url('http://www.zondervan.com/zondervan/images/bi_bg_mid.gif') repeat-y;"><a href="http://www.zondervan.com/Zondervan/browseinside.html?isbn=9780310719410&WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidgete602737f-5c9a-42a2-ab5f-e20753e17fd5" target="_blank" ><img style="border:none; width: 124px; display: inline;" alt="Cover of Never Blame the Umpire" title="Browse Inside Never Blame the Umpire By:Gene Fehler" src="http://www.zondervan.com/images/product/medium/0310719410.jpg"></a></div><div style="height: 39px; background: url('http://www.zondervan.com/zondervan/images/bi_bg_bottom.gif') bottom no-repeat;"><div style="overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float:left; width: 38px; height: 20px; margin-left: 10px;"><a style="display: block; height: 20px;" title="Browse Inside Never Blame the Umpire By:Gene Fehler" href="http://www.zondervan.com/Zondervan/browseinside.html?isbn=9780310719410&WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidgete602737f-5c9a-42a2-ab5f-e20753e17fd5" target="_blank" >Browse</a></div><div style="overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float:left; width: 38px; height: 20px; margin-left: 4px;" title="Learn more about Never Blame the UmpireBy:Gene Fehler"><a style="display: block; height: 20px;" href="http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Product/ProductDetail.htm?ProdID=com.zondervan.9780310719410">Info</a></div><div style="overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float:left; width: 38px; height: 20px; margin-left: 4px;" title="Add this to your website."><a style="display: block; height: 20px;" href="http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Product/ProductDetail.htm?ProdID=com.zondervan.9780310719410&bis=1">Add</a></div></div></div></div></div>

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It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!

You never know when I might play a wild card on you!

Today's Wild Card author is:

Gene Fehler

and the book:

Never Blame the Umpire

Zonderkidz (March 1, 2010)

***Special thanks to Bridgette Brooks and Pam Mettler of Zondervan Publishing for sending me a review copy.***

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Gene Fehler, an award-winning and widely published poet, is the author of ten published books and over eighteen hundred published poems, stories, and articles. He and his wife, Polly, live in Seneca, South Carolina, where he writes, teaches, and participates in sports.


Visit the author's website.


Product Details:

List Price: $12.99
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Zonderkidz (March 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0310719410
ISBN-13: 978-0310719410
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5

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