On our recent family road trip, I packed a bag of books for my kids to read in between audiobooks and The Serpent Slayer and the Scroll of Riddles was the first book my 8-year-old son grabbed. He devoured it in hours and has already picked it up for a re-read. We had great conversations on the road about the Biblical stories that the kids in the book found themselves plopped into and the overarching story of redemption in the Bible.
It’s no exaggeration to say that there is a shortage of engaging and biblically rooted fiction for tweens. I’m excited to recommend this book for young readers. My son also wanted me to say, “It’s really great!”