Books like Corrie Ten Boom: Keeper of the Angels' Den

I read this book to my 6th and 7th grader as part of our WW 2 study and as part of required reading with the curriculum we use which is My Father’s World. I’ve read Corrie’s own auto-biography, The Hiding Place, which obviously chronicles her story in her own words. In my opinion, there is nothing more powerful than that. So even though this book is still incredibly good, because it is told as a third party perspective, it isn’t quite as compelling. So that is the only reason I gave this four stars instead of five (however that may be unfair). This is a story I would strongly encourage you as parents to read to your children! I try to read biographies to my children of men and women who have strong faith and character, who I want my kids to look up to and emulate. Corrie Ten Boom is all of those things and more! Not only does she show courage when it comes to risking her life for innocent Jews, but I think the most powerful part of her story and influence comes at the end of the war when she speaks of love and forgiveness. She speaks openly about how she herself struggled to forgive a guard she later came into contact with who had been cruel to her but was able to do so with the help of God. This is a life changing book that is well written and one you or your children will not soon forget! Also, Corrie Ten Boom is the famous one, but her sister Betsie is also a hero that you will hear about in this book as well. Betsie inspired and encouraged Corrie by saying : “there is no pit so deep that He is not deeper still.”