Children's ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
Jump Ship to Freedom: A Novel (The Arabus Family Saga)
James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier · 2012
🎙 Narrated by Sean Crisden
73/100
👍 Worth It
This is the standout of the trilogy for me - the same hard history, but paired with a genuinely faith-affirming thread (a Quaker character insisting every person is valued 'in the Lord's eyes') and a hopeful, resolved ending. Sean Crisden's narration is award-level, so the audio is a strong listen too. Heavy material, but handled with real care - worth it.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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🎙 Narration: excellent Sean Crisden, an Earphones Award-winning narrator, narrates this Blackstone Audio edition consistent with his acclaimed work across the series.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety65
Substance / usefulness78
Craft & writing78
Originality75
Evidence & accuracy75
Hype vs delivers65
Age-fit62
Human-eye read75
Penny’s verdict73
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