Children's ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
Mission Total Resilience
Ant Middleton · 2022
🎙 Narrated by Ant Middleton (author-narrated)
68/100
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Middleton brings a credible, relatable voice to kids' confidence-building, and having him narrate his own material adds authenticity that a hired narrator couldn't match. The challenges and pep are solid, though parent reviewers note the content skews toward the older end of the 9-and-up range. It's a decent pick for a tween who needs a motivational nudge, just not a standout in the crowded kids' self-help space.
✦ 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: good Author-narrated by Ant Middleton himself, giving the personal anecdotes an authentic, engaging feel for young listeners.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety88
Substance / usefulness65
Craft & writing68
Originality60
Evidence & accuracy70
Hype vs delivers55
Age-fit78
Human-eye read70
Penny’s verdict68
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