The Shadow Series: 5. Sabotage

Christine Farenhorst wrote about The Partisans and Sabotage:

The last year of Dutch resistance against Nazi oppression is vividly described. Children and adults will strongly identify with the main characters in this series. Pages will alternately move readers from depths of despair into heroic deeds.

The climax of the story lies, first of all, not in men’s abilities, but in their fallibility, which literally throws them to God. The main characters, you see, are Christians who are able to witness. They are men of conviction, passing on their love of God to their children and others. They are men who, with God’s help, know how to live and die…The factual history presented through this story makes this series a good teaching tool. Be sure to present your child with a good map, however, when he/she begins to read. It will certainly add to the reality of the battles fought. These books also bridge the generation gap. Today’s grandfathers literally lived these small volumes. These books are heartily recommended.

About the Author: Pieter Jongeling

Mr. Jongeling was born in the northern part of The Netherlands and studied to become a teacher. He indeed did teach for some years, but soon became the international correspondent of a Dutch newspaper. In 1942 he was arrested by the Germans and sent to a concentration camp. After the allied victory in 1945 he returned to The Netherlands and became one of the most important journalists and politicians in The Netherlands. For many years he was the editor of a Reformed Christian daily newspaper, in which he wrote most of his children's books as serials under the name Piet Prins. The first thing many people read when the newspaper arrived was these serials. In 1963 Mr. Jongeling became member of the Dutch parliament for the Reformed Political Alliance. One commentator mused: "What makes Jongeling such a remarkable parliamentarian? That's simple. The man works like a horse! He is always fully informed. When Jongeling speaks, the house listens."

Both as a journalist and a statesman, Pieter Jongeling knew himself bound by the inspired Word of God and as such his labour has born much fruit.

[Softcover, 143 pages]