This week I’ve just done light reading. I’ve been reading through a children’s  series called “The 39 Clues”. Basically several  people loosely related (as in distance cousins) are racing around the planet searching for clues that will enable them to become a world leader. The main characters are the poor cousins – orphans Amy and Dan. The can trust no one except each other. I enjoy a good mystery and these are pretty good. Occasionally the siblings get into a fight, but in the end they always make up and have a good relationship. One thing my oldest daughter doesn’t like about this series is that she thinks it cheapens history – making historical figures out that they just did the things they did for the advancement of the family goals.

16-year-old  daughter – Glimpses of Truth by Jack Cavanaugh (her favourite Christian author)

14-year-old son – The Tomorrow Code by Brian Falkner. This is sci-fi and not everyone’s cup of tea. He won another Faulkner book at the summer reading club and enjoyed it, so he decided to give this one a try and enjoyed it also.

12-year-old son – Gregor and the Marks of Secret by Suzanne Collins

10-year-old daughter – The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart.  You know it’s good when they read it again and again.

8-year-old daughter –The Blue Lotus (The Adventures of Tintin) by Herge

6-year-old son – Flip and the Morning by Wesley Dennis

3-year-old son – Blaze Shows the Way by C.W. Anderson. We seem to be into horse stories this week.

20-month-old son – Carl at the Dog Show by Alexandra Day. This is one of his favourites because it’s about his favourite animal – dogs.

 What’s been on your shelf this week?