Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Children of Exile, 296 pages. Simon
(2016), $18. Language: G; Mature
Content: G; Violence: PG (some danger).
Even though Rosi and the
others have been raised in a loving environment by the Freds for almost 12
years, they have always known that they have biological parents somewhere
else. Then one day angry men come and
rip the children away from the Freds in order to take them back to their
parents. Some of the children have
dreamed of this day, but Rosi is not so sure – especially since home is much
angrier and dangerous than life with the Freds ever was. The peace that Rosi was taught does not seem
to be able to hold.
Haddix spends so much time
being coy and mysterious, that she doesn’t make any of the characters very
relatable. I don’t want to be a spoiler,
so I can’t really express my disappointments with any clarity. Haddix has so many other masterful works, I
wouldn’t feel bad passing on this series (how can it not be a series, the way
it ended).
NOT RECOMMENDED. Cindy, Library Teacher
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1 comment:
I felt the same way, but Haddix is local, so my students will read anything by her, so I did buy a copy. Coy. Yup. A tad preachy, too.
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