Thursday, December 24, 2009

Shadow Children (Among the Hidden, etc.)

My 11-yo and I loved this series from Margaret Peterson Haddix.  (She's the same person who wrote "Just Ella" which my 18-yo read and liked "a bit".)  Very pro-life message, but not overtly so.  Start out with "Among the Hidden" and go from there.  Rarely am I entranced with books like these, but I was pleasantly surprised -- you may be too.
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The Twelve Days of Christmas by Laurel Long

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