June Bug

by Chris Fabry

Paper Book, 2009

Status

Available

Call number

F FAB

Collection

Fiction

Call number

F FAB

Genres

Christian Fiction

All Topics

Fiction

Publication

Tyndale

Description

Fiction. Literature. Christian Fiction. HTML:From the best-selling author of War Room comes a Christy Award finalist, now a Lifetime original movie called Child of Grace. "I believed everything my daddy told me until I walked into Wal-Mart and saw my picture on a little poster . . ." For as long as she can remember, June Bug and her father have traveled the back roads of the country in their beat-up RV, spending many nights parked at Wal-Mart. One morning, as she walks past the greeter at the front of the store, her eyes are drawn to the pictures of missing children, where she is shocked to see herself. This discovery begins a quest for the truth about her father, the mother he rarely speaks about, and ultimately herself. But when her father's past catches up with them, forces beyond his control draw them back to Dogwood, West Virginia, down a winding path that will change their lives forever.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member BtweenLibShelf

I received this book for a book blog giveaway. It has been sitting in my TBR stack for about two months and I finally sat down and read it. I started reading it and did not want to put it down. It is such a great story about hope and letting God in your life to work things out for you. No Spoilers

here.

June Bug and "her daddy" live in an RV and have for 7 years, traveling the USA. One day June Bug starts asking questions about her family and sees herself on a wall in a Walmart and that is where the adventure of the book gets started. John Johnson is the daddy of June Bug and the love he has for that little girl is profound. The end of the book you will need a tissue for you will shed a tear and happy and sad tear.

I am glad I finally read the book and now I am checking out other books Chris Fabry has written.

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LibraryThing member ldrumm16

I wasn't real sure what I thought of the premise of this book - a seemingly missing child living for years with her abductor in an RV. I was pleasantly surprised to see how the author allowed this story to unfold.June Bug, the character, is an absolute delight. Much wiser than her nine years, she

can read people like a book. She is sharp, bright and intuitive. And like most nine year olds, she says things out loud that she probably shouldn't.I really enjoyed "watching" June Bug put clues together to find out who she really was. Some of the steps she took were so elementary, and yet I never would have thought of them. As the realization that she was not who she thought she was started to become clear, my heart broke for her. I couldn't imagine dealing with something like that as an adult, let alone a nine year old child.I can't say I'm crazy about the ending - it just seemed a bit unrealistic to me. But all in all, this was an enjoyable story that I would recommend.

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LibraryThing member Elentarien

This was a rather sweet book. A good easy read without being too 'deep' or too shallow. While it did have a good ending, I found it a bit sad too. A bit to 'real life' in that sense, I guess. But it was still enjoyable and left me satisfied as a reader. Its supposed to be a 'retelling' of "Les

Miserables", though I didn't see the similarity. Perhaps its been too long since I was acquainted with that story. :) Would recommend this for anyone wanting a good read.

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LibraryThing member mmmorgan1089

bookshelves: christian-fiction

From the opening scene when nine-year-old June Bug is startled to see her picture on a missing persons poster to the surprising yet satisfying ending, readers accompany the precocious girl and her father on a journey of discovery that forces her father to face his past

so that June Bug can find her true future. Throughout the story June Bug’s delightful personality shines through. She is spontaneous, free-spirited and loving, a healing balm for her emotionally scarred father, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan. Several dramatic plot twists enliven the narrative and keep readers engaged as the father’s course of action is determined by forces beyond his control. Fabry’s tale resonates with themes evident in his earlier work, Dogwood (2008): faith and forgiveness; confronting the consequences of mistaken, even if well-intentioned, choices; the longing for home and family and the power of prayer. The publisher describes it as a modern interpretation of Les Miserables and while June Bug is not destined to achieve the status of Victor Hugo’s classic, young June Bug will steal readers hearts and remain with them long after Fabry’s inventive conclusion.

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LibraryThing member sgranier

Booktalk: For as long as she can remember, nine-year-old June Bug and her father have been traveling around the USA in a beat up RV, stopping to spend nights in Wal-Mart parking lots. On the morning after one of these stops, June Bug goes into this particular Wal-Mart, and, by chance, she sees her

very own face on one of the missing children posters. Although it's been age progressed from a photo of her at two years old, she is certain it's herself because of the distinctive red birthmark on her cheek matching the photo of the missing child called Natalie. Uncertain of what to do, she doesn't ask her father about it immediately. But the more she thinks about it, the more it nags at her and the more anxious she is to find out about "Natalie" and "her family." Read June Bug to learn how June Bug finds "Natalie".

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LibraryThing member debrarbell

June Bug was a good book , easy to read and great to carry along to appointments. I was surprized to find out the actual way her (June Bug)"father" came to be her father. Heartwarming, but a little predictable at the end.

LibraryThing member BookDivasReads

This must be my summer for reading about people from West Virginia or stories set in West Virginia. Chris Fabry has provided a story that literally tugs at your heart-strings. It was impossible to read about June Bug and her father and not feel emotionally invested. This is a wonderful story about

how a little girl is saved by her "father" and in turns winds up being his saving grace as well.

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LibraryThing member CarmenMilligan

A modern interpretation of Les Miserables? Only in the loosest sense of a comparison. With that off my chest...

This is the best of Christian fiction: a good story with good people trying hard to do the right thing in a world which is badly fallen from grace. Belief in and worship of God is a daily

thing, part of everyday life, and there is no huge evangelistic push here.

This is part mystery, part family tale, and all love story - between a father and a child. The characters are all likable, from the hard-nosed and pushy journalist Bentley to the always-in-the-wrong-place-at-the-wrong-time Graham. The only character who earns and deserves my dislike is Dana, mother to the child loved by all.

This is the second Dogwood book I have read (thanks, Judy!), and there is another in the wings, waiting on its turn in my book club. If you like light, well-written Christian fiction, I recommend this.

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LibraryThing member debs4jc

June Bug has always loved her life on the road with her father. Travelling around in the RV she has gotten to see lots of interesting places. Sometimes she does long for a real house, and she really wants a dog, but her Daddy takes good care of her and helps her whenever she feels scared. But now

she has a secret from him. She was in a Walmart and saw a picture of a girl on a missing child poster. A girl that looks just like her. What is her Daddy not telling her?
As this story plays out the reader encounters a smart and brave little girl (June Bug), a man with past secrets that he'd rather not dig up - but he has no choice (Johnson, her "father"), and a Grandmother who has never stopped praying, hoping and believing that her grandchild is out there somewhere - despite what the sheriff and everyone else seems to think.
This story drew me in from page one. As the reader, I knew something wasn't right about June Bug's situation with her father - but was he really her father? What secrets was he holding that he wasn't telling her about? The strange thing was that he seemed to really treat her well, not like a child abductor would. As the story unfolded I was rooting for June Bug to get what she wanted - a happy and stable home, and for the Grandmother to find her lost granddaughter, and for the Sheriff to put all the pieces together. There are many memorable characters that pop up along the was as June Bug and her father travel back to West Virginia to confront the past and set things right - a preacher who gives them a ride and some good advice, a family who gives them a wonderful memory at a swimming pool, and an old friend of Johnson's who provides just what they need to keep going. This was one of the best Christian Fiction books I've ever read. I highly recommend it.

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LibraryThing member dara85

June Bug has traveled all over the country with her daddy, John in an old RV. When the RV breaks down, June Bug sees a missing child poster that looks like her. When they go to stay with Sheila, while waiting for a part for the RV, Sheila reminds John that now that June Bug is getting older she

needs to go to school, she needs friends and she needs to be able to ride a bike. John at first, argues that she is getting an education going all these places and learning about history, but he soon comes around to Sheila's point of view. After seeing the missing child poster, June Bug begins to ask questions about where her mother is and is John her real father. At first, John brushes off June Bug's questions, but finally decides it is time to set things right and return to where it all began.

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