Flight of the Eagles

This is probably the most obscure YA series I got into at that age. Goofy and preachy as it can be at times, this brings back plenty of good memories, and I'm sure it can still inspire fun times for younger teens today. This book would be best for the teen crowd who has already devoured the Chronicl......more

I remember hearing my older brother talk about this series growing up. I never picked up the first book to read it, so I just skipped the whole series. Until now. On a whim I decided to see what my brother had liked so much about the Seven Sleepers series, and picked up book one, Flight of the Eagle......more

Continuing to reread my way through my childhood bookshelf, I'm at the Seven Sleepers series. As a kid growing up in rural PA where the only bookstore in my town was a Christian bookstore these books were one of the very few complete fantasy series I could manage to get, so I read them quite a few t......more

I was anticipating something with the subtle spiritual nuances of The Chronicles of Narnia, but the story seemed inordinately thin and the plot was a series of happenings, rather than a tapestry of conflict and resolution. Perhaps my expectations were simply too high.......more