Sendi Lee Mason and the Milk Carton Kids

Growing Up Adventures #1

by Hilda Stahl

Perhaps not even Jesus can help when nine-year-old Sendi helps her new friend Gwen search for stolen or missing children and the campaign threatens to reveal a big secret about Sendi's family.

126 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Hilda Stahl was an American author of middle grade and young adult novels, many of them in series. Most of her books are classified as Christian fiction.

Biography from one of her books: "Hilda Stahl was born and raised in the Nebraska sandhills. As a Young teen she attended Bible college, where she met her husband, Norman. They raised their seven children in Michigan, where she lived until her death in 1993. When Hilda was a young mother with three children, she saw an ad in a magazine for a correspondence course in writing. She took the test, passed it, and soon fell in love with writing. She wrote whenever she had free time, and eventually began to sell her work. The first Elizabeth Gail book, The Mystery at the Johnson Farm, was made into a movie in 1989. It was a real dream come true for Hilda. She wanted her books and their message of God's love and power to reach and help people all over the world.
— biography from Elizabeth Gail and the Mystery at the Johnson Farm

Reviews

[Lady reading under the Willow]

I used to read Hilda Stahl a lot as a kid; mainly Sadie Rose. I can't remember if I ever read this series or not.

This particular book had a lot of nastiness, name-calling, and some mature themes. I didn't particularly care for it and won't be keeping it.

[Kristy]

I highly recommend this series for kids...very easy to read, very enjoyable, very uplifting.