Wow! This book if full of adventure and suspense! The plot is unique and very interesting! I think anyone of any age would enjoy reading this book. It involves likeable characters (especially Con), and religion. Pick up a copy of SECRET OF THE MEZUZAH now! :o) HAPPY READING!

This book is a great beggining for Con's adventures. You get sucked into the book as soon as you start reading. It makes you not want to stop reading it until you are done, but sad when you finish it.

Secret of the Mezuzah is written for young adults, but was very interesting and enjoyable reading for me, a forty-something adult. I appreciated the history included with the present day setting. The characters are engaging and believable. I would recommend this book to adults and certainly to young adults! Fiction, but not fantasy, events that could have taken place and lessons to apply about the people in our lives and around the world.

While still not as good as the first book in the series, Secret of the Mezuzah, this is a well-written adventure story that continues the theme of anti-Semitism in present-day Europe and also introduces the poverty of post-communist Romania. Despite some amazing coincidences that keep the plot tidy, the book is highly recommended for mature children and young teens.

This book is a great continuing adventure of Con's. When you find out that Con and Hannah are going to Romania you know that the adventure is not going to be the same as the last two adventures. The book keeps you on the edge of your seat. Every thing is full of suspense.

This is a very well written good book. I really liked it alot. It's a good book for anyone from the ages of 10 to 14.

I had really enjoyed Bell's first book, Secret of the Mezuzah, so I was looking forward to Con's further exploits. While it's a good adventure story with interesting characters, I wished that the themes of Indian rights, eco-terrorism and the "new west" had been explored more thoroughly. Bell has already demonstrated that she can handle complicated issues in a sensitive way. Still, it's an entertaining read with strong family values.

I echo the thoughts of previous reviewers on the strengths of this book: a very good middle-school level story, and an excellent description about interrelationships in a functional extended family. I would add that, compared to many "policitcally correct" portrayals of the contemporary West, this story is a nice counterweight by presenting life from the viewpoint of the rancher, as opposed to that of the environmentalist, the Bureau of Land Management and the native American. In this story, the sterotypes are not extended. Everyone in it is portrayed truthfully, meaning less-than-perfect. It is healthy for children to realize that any special interest group, including environmentalists and the BLM, can have less-than-pure motives for what they do. And, I believe the portrayal of a Hollywood star whose self-righteousness turns out to be something less than meets the eye, is a refreshing non-Politically Correct perspective. The point is, it's good to have different kinds of portrayals of people and their motives--that way kids can learn how some folks may behave and allow them to be more prepared to evaluate situations at a deeper level than face value.

This is a great follow up on the first Passport to Danger book.
Con's adventures get more interesting every time.