THE STRANGERS Greystone Secrets, Book 1

Jorjeana Marie narrates this adventure with chapters alternating between the points of view of three children--Chess, Emma, and Finn Greystone. The siblings confront a dangerous world of secrets while trying to make sense of a bizarre kidnapping and their mother's mysterious disappearance. Marie creates character voices and reads the narrative in appropriate tones. Chess's chapters are serious and quiet, audibly revealing the weight of his responsibility to protect his siblings from danger in their shared effort to find and rescue their mother. Emma is the smartest in the family. Her voice and chapters are urgent yet levelheaded as she races against time, solving vexing clues that defy conventional logic. In Finn, listeners hear the bubbly buoyancy of a happy 7-year-old, constrained by circumstances but never conquered by fear. L.T. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine [Published: APRIL 2019]