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by Nowen N. Particular Boomtown is the story of Pastor Buttons who moves to Boomtown to get out of the city and raise his children in a slower, safer environment. He finds Boomtown is not exactly what he expected when his daughter and son manage to blow up part of Chang's Famous Fireworks Factory on their first day in town. Then Pastor Buttons learns that he's joining a long line of pastors who have tried to lead the little church — until their astonishing demise or disappearance. Throughout the book, Pastor Buttons is nearly blown up, shot, and smashed by a variety of unusual accidents. Everything in Boomtown is unusual and, as the pastor lives through his wild encounters, he learns more about being a good pastor, a good friend, and a good father. With the very adult perspective and focus, I had a little trouble seeing why Boomtown was classified as a children's book, unless it's because of the absurdity of the many catastrophic events — and of course, the cute choice of author name in Nowen N. Particular. There are amusing moments and pleasant warmth in the Boomtown residents. |
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