We’re told not to judge books by their covers. When you’re wandering through the stacks at a library, you’ve often judging books by their spines and most often by their titles. I don’t know why “The Cedar Post” jumped out at me, with its boring name and its innocuous pale green binding, but I’m so glad it did. It’s a work of fiction meant to teach a lesson, and it does it better than any other book I’ve read with the same goal. The story is centered on Jon, a teenaged boy growing up in Declo, Idaho, who feels discouraged … Continue reading →