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Title: Not for a Diverse Group
Review: I bought this set for our church library but had to discard the first book, which features two Korean boys, supposedly sent by "mistake" to an adoptive Christian family. The tone didn't seem right to me. A Korean friend read it, at my request, and was upset. "Not realistic," she said, in these ways: Boys would never be sent by "mistake," not only because careful records are kept but also because boys are more prized in Korea. The twin boys supposedly rejected the pink room that was prepared for them. "Korean boys like pink," she said. And little Korean boys would not be as destructive and violent as they are portrayed to be.If an author needs to set up a conflict -- be careful when you use ethnicity. We certainly could not have this in the library of our diverse church.The Koreans play a minor role in the rest of the series and their portrayal is not objectionable. I compare this series to a Christian Hardy Boys.
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