These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant is a contemporary classic about ultimate sacrifice and humble beginnings. It begins in the middle filling in the past through carefully placed flashbacks. One of my favorite classics of all times is The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, another book about sacrifice, but with a heavy dose of atonement. Cooper, the dad protecting his daughter, Finch, in These Silent Woods, may feel he needs atonement for his actions to save his daughter, but he does not. It takes another character in the novel to make him see himself as Finch sees him and that is a guy with a big heart willing to sacrifice all of his own individual desires for her. This is a book that makes you believe in the beauty of human kindness and that it will continue as long as we are able to see beyond ourselves. It is a classic, and one I hope will one day be taught in the classroom alongside books like The Kite Runner.
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