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Looking for Home (Beyond the Orphan Train Book 1)
Beyond the Orphan Train Series, book 1. With their mama dead and their papa gone, there is no way the nine Cooper children can keep their family together. The four young ones must go to an orphanage. Ethan, Alice, Simon, and Will settle in at the Briarlane Children’s Home where there’s plenty to eat, plenty of work, and, it seems to Ethan, plenty of talk about a God who cares about every detail of their lives. Whatever the threat, Ethan is ready to do battle to protect his family. Ages 9-14; 175 pages; paper.
Lost Gip
Little Gipsy is Sandy’s adored baby sister. Left to themselves, Sandy and Gip become inseparable, until the day little Gip is lost. Sandy’s searches all over London are fruitless. He meets lame Johnny Shafto, who befriends him, gives him a home, and helps him search for his sister. Will they ever find lost Gip? 121 pages; paper.
Lost in the Barrens
Farley Mowat. When Awasin and Jamie’s canoe is destroyed by the rapids, they must face the wilderness with no food and no hope of rescue. To survive, they build an igloo, battle a grizzly bear, track several wolves, and slaughter caribou for food and clothing. The two lost huskies they tame bring companionship and possibly a way home from their dangerous adventure. 192 pages; paperback; Bantam Books.
Lost on a Mountain in Maine
By Donn Fendler as told to Jospeh B. Egan; middle-grade. When twelve-year-old Donn Fendler gets tired of waiting for his father and brothers to join him on the summit of Maine’s highest peak, he decides to find his own way back to camp. But Donn doesn’t count on a fast-moving fog that obscures the path. He doesn’t count on falling down an embankment that hides him from sight. And he doesn’t count on taking a turn that leaves him alone to wander aimlessly for nearly two weeks in the empty mountain wilderness. A true story. HarperCollins; paperback98 pages.
Martinko
The story of a Slovak boy, who had been orphaned and then raised by the mayor’s wife. When Martinko was eleven, the mayor’s wife died and he went to live with the parish shepherd. Martinko became a shepherd. This was not without hardship, sadness, and adventure. 96 pages; paper.
Mary Remembers
The story of Mary, a little Mennonite girl who moved with her family to Mexico in 1922. They were one of approximately 8,000 Old Colony Mennonite families who emigrated from Manitoba to Chihuahua, Mexico, during the 1920s to preserve their language and culture. Together with Mary, experience the joys and terrors of her childhood in Mexico. Her true story, written by her daughter-in-law. 112 pages; paper.
Mary, Girl from Friedensruh
This is a continuation of the true story of Mary Friesen from Fort Vermilion, Alberta. In Mary Remembers we read about life in Mexico. Now, in this book, we learn about her life in Canada: English school, blizzards, accidents, and an assortment of visitors. An interesting story. 257 pages; paper.
Matthew Grady Loves His Enemy
A beautiful book to illustrate the concept of nonresistance to children. A young Mennonite minister and his wife show love to the villagers, and they invite the people to the small church where he preaches. But a priest from another church hates the minister. He has a plan to get him to leave. Read this book to see how God works and how love wins in the end. This story is based on true happenings. Preschool through age 10; 36 pages; hardcover.
Me & Nobbles
Bobby, the main character in this book, is raised without Mother or Father. His imaginary friend Nobbles, whom he talks to as a real person, is often his only comfort. This book tells the story of Bobby’s hard life with his nurse, his unlikely reunion with his earthly father, as well as Bobby’s friendship with his heavenly Father. 151 pages; paper.
Michael Faraday, Father of Electronics
Charles Ludwig; middle/upper. Michael Faraday only attended school a year or two in his entire life. Faraday never learned to spell or punctuate, but he was the father of the electric motor, the transformer, and the generator. He discovered benzene, improved steel alloys, and was the first to turn chlorine into a liquid. Even England’s royal family attended his science lectures and sat spellbound as he explained his discoveries and experiments. 208 pages; paperback.
Midnight Rescue
Freedom Seekers series, book 3. Long ago Jordan’s parents named him in the belief that one day he would lead his people across the Jordan River into the Promised Land of freedom. Now Jordan, as a newly escaped fugitive, plans how to rescue his mother, two sisters, and a brother from slavery. But has an escaped convict crept aboard the steamboat Christina? Did he overhear Libby’s talk with Caleb; her giving away of a life-or-death secret? 247 pages; paperback.
Mik-Shrok
When Steve and Liz Bailey arrive in the Alaskan Territory to assist Peter, missionary to the Eskimos, they discover he is missing. Not knowing the country nor the language, they wonder how God will provide for them. The Eskimos are watching to see what the white man’s God will do. 133 pages; paper.
Missionary Stories with the Millers
Experience thrilling adventures as the Christian missionaries meet witch doctors, disease, drought, hate-filled guerillas, a Bible thief, and killer cats! Each one of these stories is based on an actual happening. Follow these missionaries as they respond to God’s call. 202 pages.
Moni The Goat Boy
Johanna Spyri; upper. Another delightful story by the author of Heidi. Moni is faced with a terrible decision. If he is honest his dearest goat, Meggy, will die. When he is dishonest and saves Meggy, his conscience is troubled. Learn how Moni regains his cheerful, happy spirit. This book brings to life the colorful characteristics of the common folk of the Swiss valleys. 211 pages; paper.
More About the Martins
This book continues the story of the happy Martin family. Here are stories about Christmas holidays, gifts to a poor family, Gerald’s conversion, Rose’s hospital stay, and trying to be kind to unruly neighbor children. Practical lessons in each chapter. Ages 8-12; 186 pages; paper.