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"FAST, FUN AND FULL OF SURPRISES. HOLD ON
TO YOUR SEAT; YOU'RE IN FOR A REAL WILD RIDE!"
--Reader's Digest Editor Gary Sledge

"RIP-ROARING ADVENTURES FOR KIDS!"
--New York Metropolitan News (Aug '95)

"WHOLESOME AND EXCITING... A SERIES THAT WILL MAKE BOTH KIDS AND PARENTS HAPPY."
--ABC Radio (Sept '95)

"MORRIS MAKES STRONG USE OF SETTING, MOOD, FORESHADOWING AND CHARACTERIZATION TO HELP BUILD SUSPENSE... THE LANGUAGE IS CLEAR AND COMBINES WITH FAST PACING TO MAKE THE BOOK A GRABBER FOR HI-LOW READERS. A STRONG ADDITION FOR ANY COLLECTION."
--School Library Journal (Dec '95)

"THESE ADVENTURE TALES ARE REAL PAGE TURNERS FOR YOUR CHILDREN."
--Parent Pages (Winter '95)

"THE STORIES ARE WELL DRAMATIZED... READERS WILL SURELY CATCH THE EXCITEMENT, ANXIETY AND FEAR EACH [CHILD] FEELS AS HE STRUGGLES WITH THE UNEXPECTED."
--American Library Association/Booklist (March '96)

"YOU'LL WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT."
--Dallas Morning News (Nov '95)

"THESE ARE SUPER BOOKS! JUST LONG ENOUGH FOR A YOUNG READER TO FINISH IN ONE SITTING... PARENTS NEED NOT BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONTENT OF THESE BOOKS."
--Christian Book Review (Sept - Oct '95)

"AUTHOR DEBORAH MORRIS IS A WONDERFUL STORYTELLER, INCLUDING CONVERSATIONS AND EVENTS SURROUNDING THE ACTUAL ADVENTURE TO LET THE READER GET TO KNOW THE KIDS INVOLVED."
--A Closer Look (March/April '96)

"TRUTH IS STRANGER--AND BETTER READING--THAN FICTION."
Florida Today (April '94)

"MORRIS'S EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT DRAMA AND CAMERA-EYE DESCRIPTION GETS KIDS TO FLIP THE PAGE INSTEAD OF THE REMOTE."
Dallas Child Magazine Editor Marisa Trevino

"TRULY TERRIFYING STORIES TOLD IN CLEAR, YOU-ARE-THERE PROSE."
--The Grand Forks Herald

"A THRILL A MINUTE... NOT ONLY DO READERS GET TO ENJOY ADVENTURE-PACKED STORIES OF REAL HEROES THEIR OWN AGE, THEY'RE ABLE TO LEARN GREAT LESSONS ON SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES THAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO BE MORE EFFICIENT IN ANY EMERGENCY."
--Christian Library Journal

"MORRIS IS A SKILLFUL STORY WEAVER... [HER] FORESHADOWING TECHNIQUE IS WONDERFULLY SUBTLE."
--Minnesota Christian Chronicle (Nov '94)

"GREAT READING FOR YOUNG READERS AND ADULTS AS WELL."
--Librarian's World (Summer '95)

"THE REAL KIDS, REAL ADVENTURES SERIES WILL RESTORE YOUR FAITH IN AMERICA'S YOUNGSTERS... THE STORIES CHAMPION THE NOTION THAT HEROIC COURAGE ABIDES IN THE HEART OF EVERY CHILD."
--Richardson News Book Reviewer Joy Dickinson

"THE STORIES MAKE YOU WANT TO KEEP READING... [THEY] PRESENTED A HERO THE KIDS COULD IDENTIFY WITH."
--Iowa Daily Democrat (July '95)

"MORRIS IS THE QUEEN OF REAL-LIFE DRAMAS."
--D Magazine (Feb '95)


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