A young girl. A missing mother. A nerdy, scientist dad. An orphanage full of kidnapped, singing children forced to mine Zoom by an evil man. What could be better?
I read this book aloud to my class this year, and they couldn't get enough! Christina is a 10-year-old girl who is not allowed to leave her home because her mother died in a terrible explosion when she was very small. She looks through her telescope all the time to watch the Happy Orphans next door. Eventually, she discovers a secret passageway out of her home and meets one of the orphans - a boy named Taft. Taft tells her that Lenny Loompski owns the orphanage and treats all the children horribly! They go on a crazy, life-threatening, suspenseful, and funny adventure to save the orphans from the Masher!
A note of caution: this book is not for the faint of heart. I don't anyone younger than 3rd grade should read it without an adult to talk to!
I highly recommend this book to anyone who loved: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle or Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan.
You can buy it here.
I read this book aloud to my class this year, and they couldn't get enough! Christina is a 10-year-old girl who is not allowed to leave her home because her mother died in a terrible explosion when she was very small. She looks through her telescope all the time to watch the Happy Orphans next door. Eventually, she discovers a secret passageway out of her home and meets one of the orphans - a boy named Taft. Taft tells her that Lenny Loompski owns the orphanage and treats all the children horribly! They go on a crazy, life-threatening, suspenseful, and funny adventure to save the orphans from the Masher!
A note of caution: this book is not for the faint of heart. I don't anyone younger than 3rd grade should read it without an adult to talk to!
I highly recommend this book to anyone who loved: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle or Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan.
You can buy it here.
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