Briggleton's Choir

I wrote this book after I had gone to college and realized how much young minds are the prey of the education system. This story is meant to dispell the lie that children don't understand the hypocrisy of the system. Just as in the story Alfonso understood that his father was doing the wrong thing by killing Jews even though it wasn't considered the 'right thing' to do in that time, everyone has a conscience given to them by God, and they have the choice whether to stand up for what they believe.

In this story, I wove in the element of the character musically learning to find his voice, to represent him finding his voice as a person. As a Christian, I believe that when people are before the Lord, singing and giving praise, we are bringing ourselves to Him and trusting Him to work through us mightily. My hope is that through this story, readers will be encouraged not to silence that still small voice inside from God, even when the world is screaming through many different voices.