![]() Joe can’t understand why his mother allows Lucas to live and work with them after all the pain he caused their family. His world spins in the same circle each day: working at his family’s store, taking his sisters on boyish escapades and bickering with his rogue of a cousin, Lucas. "1861 - Sixteen year old Joe Roberts leads a mundane life as far as he’s concerned. Where will Heather and Picket land? How will they make their stand?" Betrayal beckons, and loyalty is a broken road with peril around every bend. They discover that their own story is bound up in the tumult threatening to overwhelm the wider world. "Heather and Picket are extraordinary rabbits with ordinary lives until calamitous events overtake them, spilling them into a cauldron of misadventures. Will Carolyn find her faith and realize that God has never left her?" She struggles with blaming God for what has happened and feels like he has abandoned her. Carolyn is the eldest daughter and leads a normal life for a girl growing up in the 1850’s, until tragedy strikes and Carolyn’s world is turned upside-down. ![]() "Finding Faith is the diary of a 13-year-old girl, Carolyn Woodsmall. The Diaries of the Woodsmall Sisters series But in order for others to rise… …some must fall." Swept from the comfort and safety of his castle, Istus is thrust into a world of suffering and suspicion, to find light only as a star rises to the heavens and a Grey Falcon dashes the sky. The northbound lands have fallen to rebel reign, and mercenaries sail the wintertide sea. Istus is the descendent of a lineage of kings, but as he trains to take his father’s throne, a rebel king is rising. She begins to realize that there really is no place like home." "Twelve-year-old Andrea Carter has several frightening encounters after taking her horse, Taffy, and running away from her home at the Circle C Ranch. "Written for reading levels 2.0–2.8, the Circle C Beginnings series combines fun illustrations and six-year-old Andi’s signature curiosity." Can the twins learn to trust God and work together before it's too late? Or will they fall prey to the mysterious schemes of Pacarina's enemy - an enemy they know nothing about?" Protecting Pacarina's secret leads all of them into the steaming jungles and dizzying mountains of Peru, a foreboding territory made all the more dangerous by Lawrence and Chester's strivings against each other. When Chester's impetuosity engages the unlikely pair as bodyguards to a Spaniard and his beautiful ward Pacarina, the twins quickly realize that the 19th century calls for a chivalry of its own. Lawrence is a realist, fascinated by the study of science, mathematics, and history, while Chester longs for the knightly adventures of chivalrous times past - hard-fought battles, gold-filled caves, damsels in distress. "Lawrence and Chester Stoning are twins, but like Jacob and Esau of old they have little else in common. Regina makes a promise to her older sister just before they are unwillingly separated-each to endure different fates." Few survived the Penn’s Creek Massacre and even fewer lived to tell the story. On October 16, 1755, a band of Indians, led by Allegheny warriors, stormed through Buffalo Valley, burned the Leiningers’ log cabin, and captured the sisters. General Braddock and his army had been defeated and soon the Pennsylvania settlers would suffer the bloody effects of the French and Indian War. ![]() On this particular day the whole valley seemed to rejoice in the fullness of the season-but suddenly Barbara and Regina’s peaceful frontier life is changed forever. ![]() ![]() "Autumn of 1755 bestowed to the Leiningers’ world, not only its rich beauties, but also a rewarding harvest. Will Kathleen's faith be shaken or will she trust God no matter what her circumstances?" Set in tumultuous 1929, the book recounts how Kathleen's opportunities for achievement are many until 'Black Tuesday' and the stock market crash force her prosperous family to move to her relatives' primitive farm. "In Kathleen's Shaken Dreams you will meet a spunky, gifted eleven-yearold girl who enjoys competition and strives for high achievement. A Life of Faith: Kathleen McKenzie series ![]()
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