Collections
Album 7: Courageous Characters, Fabulous Friends

Episodes:
86: Isaac the Insecure
95: The Very Best of Friends
96: The Reluctant Rival
97: Monty's Christmas
98: The Visitors
99: The Barclay Family Ski Vacation
100: Ice Fishing
101: Scattered Seeds
103: Front Page News
108: Isaac the Courageous
104: Lincoln, Part 1
105: Lincoln, Part 2
Gold Audio 7: On Thin Ice

Episodes:
86: Isaac the Insecure
95: The Very Best of Friends
96: The Reluctant Rival
97: Monty's Christmas
98: The Visitors
99: The Barclay Family Ski Vacation
100: Ice Fishing
101: Scattered Seeds
103: Front Page News
108: Isaac the Courageous
104: Lincoln, Part 1
105: Lincoln, Part 2

132: Thanksgiving at Home *
128: One Bad Apple *
* First time in album (see note below)
Review:

Another good and creative collection from AIO! While not as memorable as the two collections before it, this album is certainly important with its introduction of some of Odyssey’s central characters (Isaac, Rodney, Curt, and the "Bones of Rath"), and its great development of other characters (Monty, Jenny, and Jana). One of the central storylines of the album is the Whittaker-Dowd family and its struggles. Jana struggles with her divorce and her conflicts with her father. Jenny struggles with her intelligence and living a "normal life". Monty struggles with his sister’s reputation and with his mother’s dislike of his father. All of these are played well, and there is a broad variety of interaction between the storylines. The album also includes two perfect follow-ups to earlier albums, The Very Best of Friends (follow-up to Karen, AIO50), and The Visitors (follow-up to Peace on Earth, AIO54).  The Visitors is one of the very best AIO stories in the first few years of the program.

Favorite Episode: The Visitors

Rating: 3 stars

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Notes:
This album includes the first release of two episodes that fans often ask about: 132: Thanksgiving at Home & 128: One Bad Apple.
Order:

Order from FOTF
Order from CBD
Order from Tommy Nelson