I read these to my kids, and they certainly held their attention. They held my attention, too. I thought they were fascinating. I have now read about fifteen of these books to my kids (ages 6 and 9), and they keep asking for more.
I do think, though, that this set is somewhat less interesting than books 1-5 (and subsequent books grow somewhat less interesting, though they are still pretty good). I guess there's a reason the authors chose to do the other missionaries first--they picked the most interesting stories to do first, and when those were successful, they moved on to these. I would recommend starting with the first set first.
For example, the biography here about Jim Eliot is pretty good, but the biography of Nate Saint in the first collection was better (both I and my kids agreed). This is an interesting comparison, because they both culminate in the same events (the outreach to the Auca indians, where both Jim Eliot and Nate Saint died). We happened to read this one first, then sometime later read the biography of Nate Saint. This one gets bogged down more in details; maybe Nate Saint had a more varied life, so one could say more about him. I was also surprised that the story about Jim Eliot in here has significantly less detail about the aftermath than does the one about Nate Saint.
On the other hand, the biographies of George Mueller and Mary Slessor were extremely interesting. You should definitely read those. (But you really should also read the ones in volumes 1-5.)
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