The German solider pointed his long rifle
right at Patrick. On the tip of the barrel was a sharp silver blade. It came
within inches of Patrick’s nose. “What are you doing here?” the solider
shouted.
Book: Escape to the Hiding Place (AIO Imagination Station Books) by Marianne Hering and Marshal
Younger, Focus on the Family and Tyndale House
Publishing, 2012
Genre:
Adventure
Target Audience: Boys and girls 8-13
Subjects: World War II, Dutch Resistance, Corrie Ten Boom, Serving God while
young
Summary: Being a kid is no fun sometimes. No one lets you do anything. Even
taking a babysitting class requires you to be at least eleven and for Beth,
that is three years away! When she and Patrick complain to Mr. Whittaker, he
sends them on an adventure to Holland
during WWII to see what sort of things children can do to make a difference in
the world around them. Here they meet a young boy who is helping his family
with the resistance against the Germans. And when the resistance gets a baby
that needs reunited with it’s mother, Patrick and Beth are the only ones who
can deliver it. No one is allowed on the roads after dark, German soldiers are
patrolling the streets everywhere – in fact, the number of guards has tripled.
It’s far from safe, but someone has to do it!
Notes:
This is the 9th in the Imagination Station Adventures series. The
series is much like the secular Magic Tree House books but instead of wizards
and magic it’s imagination and inventions giving them the different
place/different time experiences. The radio show the concept is taken from is
very solid – full of great spiritual elements and lessons and challenges as
well as fun and excitement. This book did a much better job than some of the
other in the series at focusing on spiritual elements. The spiritual element in
this story are the faith of the resistance workers as they rely on God to
protect them as they seek to help the Jews. There is also the element of what a
young child can do to help impact their world. The historical figure in this
book is Corrie Ten Boom. The children deliver the baby to her home and get to
hide in the hiding place created to shelter the Jews. sAs with the Magic Tree
House, part of the focus of the series is on giving a picture of the time and
place featured in the setting of the book.
Spiritual Content Recommendation Scale: 5/5
Reviewer: J:-)mi
1 Timothy 4:12 - Don't
let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an
example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.
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