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Hidden by Dotti Enderle (A Book Review)

By Melissa Markham on October 4, 2007 6:54 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

In the beginning of 1999, I was signed up on the Children's Book Writers and Illustrator's list. I was fairly new to the attempt at getting published and I wanted to be part of a critique group. I ended up with five other great gals. One ended up dropping out, but the five of us that remain have been going strong and we have all been published in one way or another.

Dotti Enderle is one of the group and she has written several books, a couple of those which I have already reviewed here on this blog.

Granny Gert and The Bunion Brothers

Grandpa for Sale

Cotton Candy Catastrophe

Last week I was delighted to receive a signed copy of Dotti's newest book Hidden.

The children and I couldn't wait to read it and we got started last week. We enjoyed every bit of this mystery tale.

This is a story of a young girl and her family who are having to clean out the house of their recently departed grandmother. While in the attic, among years and years of belongings, Fiona discovers an undelivered anniversary card that her grandfather had written to her grandmother 60 years ago, but she never received it.

Happy Anniversary, Millie! For better or worse.
Love, Dan
October 11, 1945
(symbols that my keyboard won't reproduce)
P.S. To be on the safe side, I've found a new hiding place.

Fiona instantly believes that there is a secret treasure to be found and she starts to look for it. She tries deciphering those symbols with the help of Eugene, a boy her age who appears and disappears with uncanny regularity. He has lots of great suggestions and the hunt is on.

Along with the treasure hunt, Fiona is busy trying to help her parents pack up, trying to figure out the creepy attorney, and learning more about her family history.This book gets a little dicey in the end. My 7 year old said it didn't scare her, but Fiona is in brief peril so use caution if you do have a child that may be bothered by that. Otherwise, it is a great read and full of fun twists and turns!