Hidden
May 13, 2012
by Helen Frost
When fourteen-year-olds Wren and Darra meet at a Michigan summer camp, both are overwhelmed by memories from six years earlier when Darra’s father stole a car, unaware that Wren was hiding in the back.
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What can I say about this book that isn’t obvious? It was so beautifully written, it had real, relatable characters, and it brought many tears to my eyes. Overall, 5 stars!
Hidden was a really interesting book. I loved how the two main characters’ lives tied together, and once I finished the book, I thought it was really cool how Darra’s poems had a hidden story between the lines. Not metaphorically, literally.
This book got me all confused at first, but then i figured it out! It had an ironic twist too..
its a good book
Hidden is a short story and I love the way that Darra and Wren are so much alike in some ways.
Hidden is a really good short read and is very suspenseful at the beginning and has an amazing twist near the end!
This book was so interesting I couldn’t put it down! It was a great book!
I love the book Hidden! It is about a girl who kind of gets kidnaped. What I mean by kind of is the car got stolen. A little girl was inside and the guy was so so so so scared she just stayed in the car the whole time but she finally got out of the car and she hide. And Dara that was the little girls name. The bad guy had a cat and the cat snuggled Dara.
I read this book in one night and it was an awesome quick read!
this is one of my favorite books
Hello my name is Elizabeth, but you can call me Lizzie, I would like to comment on your book “Hidden.” I love how you illustrated the cover, I love how you the font you used, I love the way you used your words|sentences in poems. Well, I guess this is goodbye till the next time I blog you!!!! So farewell my good friend!!!!!
-Lizzie
Lizzie, I have to tell you that although we do get an occasional author visit, your posts here are mostly seen by other DCF readers. There is contact information for Helen Frost on her website, at http://www.helenfrost.net/item.php?postid=22 It says in her biographical information on the site that she used to live in Vermont! — Kate Davie
i thought hidden was a really good book. i like how you can’t stop reading it. once you read the first part it pulls you back in.
anyone here read Dream of night of Belly up?????
oh my gosh i love this book. i love it. i just read it today and iv’e read 50 pages already. i never read this much in class. i think that when you really focus on a book you can really get a lot done.
This sounds really good. I’m hoping to read this soon.
I read this book and right after i finished I turned right back to the first page and read it again. I think anybody should read this book, because the author used very detailed words and made you get very exited!
I LIKE THIS BOOK! BECAUSE IT HAS ACTION [Superfluous letters deleted. -- Kate Davie]
This book was interesting the over ant the first word hooked me and i no that people don’t think the first word can hook people but it can and that is what it did to me. I do recommend this book to people . [Off topic info deleted. -- Kate Davie]
i really enjoyed this book it is a book that definitely keeps your heart rate up. Hidden is kind of mysterious but its the kind of book that you don’t want to put down because it leaves you hanging there wondering.
~Kate
i love this and the mystery it was so interesting u never want to stop reading it! And when wren was stuck in the garage and she hid in a boat! And how she was hiding in the boat from Darras dad you should really read this book its very interesting
it is crazy to think that Wren was stuck in the garage for days without anyone but Darra knowing!
It was a really good book.
I really liked this book. It was intriguing and an exciting story. The different characters were cool to read about, both of them from different sides of the story.
Hidden is a really good book.There are two girls named Wren and Darra. Wren gets involved in a bad situation when she is a kid. Darra and her mom help Wren. Its a coincidence that several years later Darra meets Wren at summer camp.
Hidden is a great book. You should really read it. Darra, Wren are really interesting charters. You will really really like them!!!!!!!!!!
They are shy at first, than they overcome it and talk to each other.
I love looking at the conflict in the story from both the “victim’s” (Wren) point of view, and “perpetrator’s” daughter’s (Darra), point of view. I think this was an amazing book.
I really liked this book. Its really interesting from wrens point of view. At some points its hard to follow but it was my favorite book.
When I picked up this book I knew that it was going to be amazing. I love this book it has a great plot. If you read this book you will enjoy it.
I love this book! It was so interesting.
Which did you think was more interesting, the plot or the two main characters? — Kate Davie
This book was really good, and in Darra’s Point of view on the long lines in the poem, if you go down the long lines it gives little hints about what it’s saying. I think this is a really neat book Even though in the Summary it gives away what happens the whole story, it has a really good beginning, middle, and end.
i am wating to read this book
I didn’t really like this book. I thought that the plot was a bit bizarre and unrealistic. It just didn’t seem like this could have really happened. The one thing I did like was that is was a really short book and I read it very quickly.
ELF
This book was hard to put down with a very interesting back story. The author used two unique names, Wren and Darra, to make the memories come alive at camp.
this is so good try reading it love it!
so[Extra letters deleted. --Kate Davie] good
that book looks so cool and i can’t wait to read it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this book because,it sounded like it was real to me.I would recommend this book to anyone who like mystery.
Re-post for Gail@BPL
I loved this book! Especially liked the way the author used a different print style for the two characters. I just can’t imagine what it must have been to like to have been through this experience!! Really looking forward to our book club discussion on Hidden!
Helen Frost, the author, seems to enjoy using type-face, and the layout of words as elements of her stories. I loved Diamond Willow which had such interesting layout. – Caroline DeMaio
I love this book because it was sad.
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