
You are in an office with somebody who is telling you that he or she has no reason or desire to live any longer. Bruce Black’s blog, Wordswimmer discusses emotional equilibrium in HIDDEN.It was a scenario that every psychiatrist has learned to dread.May 2011 issue of BookPage features an interview and article about HIDDEN.Elizabeth Bird reviews HIDDEN and compiles a list of other reviews and interviews. A Fuse #8 Production / School Library Journal.At the end of this 10-minute interview at the Allen County Public Library, I read the first few pages of HIDDEN.20 minute reading of HIDDEN, 20 minute interview. April, 2021 interview with Amanda Zieba.Peter Sieruta’s blog features an especially thoughtful review of HIDDEN.2012 – 2013 Maryland: Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (grades 6-9).2012 Texas Lone Star Reading List (middle school).2012 – 2013 Vermont: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award.2013-2014 Mark Twain Readers Award, Missouri.2013-2014 Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards.2014 New York State Reading Association’s Charlotte Award.
2013-2014 Young Hoosier Book Award, Indiana. 2016 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award (Illinois). Paul Hankin’s “Top ten plus 1” list of 2011 Middle Grade Fiction. Sylvia Vardell’s “Top 20 Children’s Poetry Books of 2011”. Richie Partington’s “Best of 2011” list. “100 Magnificent Children’s Books of 2011”. Kirkus Review’s Best Children’s books of 2011. 2012 IRA (International Reading Association) Teachers’ Choices. Bank Street Best Children’s Books, Starred. Lee Bennett Hopkins Children’s Poetry Award, Honor book.
William Allan White Award-2014 Winner, Kansas, grades 6-8. Now, in Cabin Eight at Camp Oakwood, each girl knows the other’s most private secret-and neither of them wants to talk about what happened.įor the most part, they manage to avoid each other-until their Lifesaving teacher introduces a game called “Drown Last,” and Wren and Darra meet underwater in an intense encounter that leaves them both gasping for air-and answers-when they surface. Darra was the only one who guessed that Wren stayed hidden in their locked garage-how could she help Wren and still protect her father?įor Wren, hungry, thirsty, trapped and terrified, not knowing who to trust, the hours dragged on as she searched for a way out. It has been six years since something happened that affected each of them profoundly: Darra’s father stole a car and drove it home, not knowing that Wren was hiding in the back. When Wren and Darra meet at age fourteen, they recognize each other instantly, though they’ve never actually met.
Ideal for ages 10-14 (Older readers also enjoy HIDDEN.) Brief Description (contains spoilers) Get to know her–this girl from back then, those two days on TV.