Notes from Hiding — Kathryn Judson

Fifteen-year-old Isannah has lived her entire life inside an old prison camp out in the wilderness, with no contact with the outside world. On the upside, Genesee Settlement is a rather nice community, and large enough to have several young men her age as prospective husbands. Better yet, all but one of them seems like someone worth marrying. So, her life looks like it will be fairly smooth and as pleasant as a life of exile could hope to be.But then the ongoing war that sent her parents into isolation comes closer and closer, and Isannah is face to face with possibly losing all she holds dear. She begins a journal addressed to the outside world, in part to let them know what would be lost if in fact someone did wind up wiping out her community.Soon after, the outside world comes crashing into her peaceful life, for better and for worse. For the next three years, Isannah writes to whoever will listen, sharing her hopes, fears, and her zest for life in a world that is set on stamping out freedom and faith, neither of which she is prepared to give up. This book was previously published as a series of ebook shorts: Dear Invader, Dear Citizen, Dear Neighbor, To Whom It May Concern, and Isannah Here.