My novel for kids, Dark Enough to See the Stars, motivates the reluctant reader with adventure. A twelve-year-old slave boy runs away from his master’s plantation and meets friends and danger along the way as slave catchers pursue him to Canada.
But don’t take my word for it; read what thirteen-year-old Eric has to say.http://thiskidreviewsbooks.com/2015/08/03/review-dark-enough-to-see-the-stars-by-cindy-noonan/
Want another good read? I just finished Blood on the River: James Town 1607, by Elisa Carbone. Not only is this an exciting, well-written tale of Captain John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Jamestown Colony, it offers a Christian worldview.
Twelve-year-old orphan Samuel Collier is assigned as a page to Captain Smith and sails to the New World. He soon realizes this new land is nothing like England. Not all colonists are willing to work, which could cause the colonists all to starve over winter. Indians are sometimes friendly and sometimes enemies. Captain Smith teaches Samuel he must learn to work with others and control his anger in order to survive. Reverend Richard Hunt, who has arrived to convert the Indians, shows him that when he chooses to make decisions out of love, they will be good decisions. Samuel befriends the Indians, studies their language, and under Captain Smith’s wise guidance, discovers these skills will bring him to a destiny far beyond serving as a page.
Boys will love the adventure, and parents will love the history this book provides. I learned interesting facts about the colony and the Algonquin Indians. Did you know our word “wow” might be of Indian origin? The characters come alive as we watch Samuel grow from an angry boy to a loving, disciplined teen. This novel truly gives history a heartbeat. I give it five out of five hearts.