On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 09:12 PM, definitely what wrote: > Chris Turkel writes: > Did anybody mention the Alvin maker books? Might be too 'deep' for a > young teenager but maybe someone would like to try them. > > I don't know about 'deep', but i read the first two and had a hard > time swallowing the two-dimensional bad guys who were just so evil and > if you didn't notice how evil they were why the author would make sure > to LET YOU KNOW AGAIN AND AGAIN and who would want to be mean to this > magical, sweet boy? Feh. > I enjoyed the books but there is a distinct lack of bad guys besides some kind of ever present Unmaker. These books are a straight Mormon allegory, Card says. --- "We cannot accomplish great things - just little ones, with great love." -Mother Teresa