Wendy Lawton. Based on the life of Pocahontas, the Powhatan princess who saved the life of John Smith. 142 pages; paper; Moody. The following titles are all part of a series the author has written with 10-16-year-old girls as the … Read More
Amy Le Feuvre. The story of a little boy who wants to be a soldier like his father. Teddy’s most prized possession is a button from his father’s uniform. His pride and inclination for mischief create a conflict when he … Read More
Fonda Good. Twelve-year-old Olive Brenneman lives on the dry southern California mountainside. She begins thinking that her grandparents and cousins have it much better back in Ohio; it would be wonderful to have a back yard filled with green and … Read More
Agnes Beaumont. Agnes, a young girl, tells the story of her growing faith as she attends John Bunyan’s church. At the same time, she faces opposition from her own family. She is willing to take a stand for Christ, though … Read More
Rebecca Martin. The Yoder family moves to Colorado to take advantage of cheap farmland. Young Joe has studied in history class about the gold rush that occurred some years before, and he seeks to find gold to help the family … Read More
Piet Prins. Anak and his family live near the Coronation Gulf. He experiences both adventure and danger as he learns to hunt seals, caribou, and walrus. As he confronts the challenges of Eskimo life, including accidentally drifting out to sea … Read More
Rebecca Martin. The tumult of the Reformation has swept Switzerland, and Zwingli’s Reformed Church has wrested control of several cantons from the Catholic Church. A Captain for Hans brings the world of the persecuted Anabaptists in the 1630s to life. … Read More
“Can we keep living in Galilee?” Miriam wondered. It would take a miracle. A dishonest tax collector and a poor wheat harvest mean Miriam’s family could lose their home. But God helps . . . in a way they hadn’t … Read More