Recent reviews:
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Dual Power of Convenience: Merriweather Island
This is a billionaire, marriage of convenience story—with some twists that make it both fun and inspiring! -
Tempting Tait
After saving a baby from abortion, Tait quickly realizes that he really needs a wife to help him raise his little girl—can Bentley help him find someone? -
Love Her Well
What mother does not need advice on how to love her daughters? -
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
When Joseph's overcoat wears out, he makes a jacket, and then…. -
Attack in the Rye Grass
Perrin Whitman traveled with his uncle Marcus Whitman to Oregon with one of the first wagon trains to cross the Rocky Mountains, and found that relations with the Indians were anything but simple. -
Uncovering the Mysterious Woolly Mammoth
What was life like at the end of the Ice Age, and why did the mammoths go extinct? -
Enemy Brothers
Dym believes he has found his long-lost English brother Tony—but the boy is positive he is Max, a German. -
Return of the White Book
The Karen had once known Yuwah, but Mukawli deceived them and they lost their white book that taught about Yuwah—would they ever find Him again? -
Blind Johnnie
Though he was blind, Johnnie found many ways to be useful to his community and to glorify God. -
The Betrayer's Fortune
When his mother is imprisoned for her faith, Adriaen Wens must make a decision for himself, whether to set her free by betraying Menno Simons, or to take her faith for his own. -
The Fortress
When a boy discovers street children living in caves under Bucharest's concert hall, little does he know that his discovery will ultimately mean life to most of them and his own family as well. -
The Promised Land
Abbie ends up walking the Camino in France and Spain after her world falls apart and she discovers that she can no longer control everyone around her. -
A Room of My Own
Even though her father is a doctor and the family is well-to-do, Virginia's life changes forever during the Great Depression when she starts helping her father care for people in a Hooverville and her uncle is involved in a worker's strike at the local mill. -
Abandoned on the Wild Frontier
Gilbert lost his parents in the War of 1812; could circuit-riding preacher Peter Cartwright help him find his mother? -
Storm Song
As World War II rages overseas, life goes on nearly as normal for the Amish Yoder family in Michigan—until the local school board decides that the teenagers must go to school! -
Eye of the Storm
As the Red Army fights to gain control of Russia, the Mennonites debate whether they should continue their old tradition of returning good for evil, or fight to protect their own. -
Fiction Favours the Facts, Book 3
Twenty-two stories retell familiar and not-so-familiar accounts from the Bible in a fresh way that I love! -
Steamboat Rock
When her family moves to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Hettie wants badly to see a bear, but little does she know the challenges she and her family will face during the next few years. -
They Loved to Laugh
After her parents died, Martitia was taken to live with a family which included five practical jokers of boys. -
Brother Andrew: God's Secret Agent
Andrew van der Bijl went from an adventure-seeking boy in a small village in Holland to an adventure-having man as he smuggled Bibles into countries where they were forbidden. -
Stronger Than Fire
The Spanish people needed the Bible in their own language, but would Casiodoro be able to get it translated before the Inquisition caught up with him? -
You Are Too Small, Little Eli!
As his family struggles to make a living on their farm in Oklahoma during several years of drought, Little Eli helps where he can and wishes he were bigger. -
Bomby the Bombardier Beetle
A father Bombardier Beetle teaches his son how to protect himself from attack, and also where beetles came from. -
To Fly Again
A woman who spent a year as a hostage in the Philippine jungle shares what God taught her about thriving through the hard experiences she faced. -
A Summer of Sundays
Sunday feels lost in the middle of her large family—what can she do to be noticed? -
Noah's Ark and the Ararat Adventure
What was the Flood like, and will Noah's Ark ever be found? -
Captain Garrison
When a profane sea captain falls desperately ill, and then remembers the Moravian missionaries he met as well as the Bible verses his mother taught him, what happens? -
Opossum Opposites
Pictures, rhymes, and prose describe many aspects of opossum life. -
Rabbits & Raindrops
The beautiful pictures in this book tell a delightful story about a litter of rabbits on their first day out of the nest. -
Little Britches Series
This series of eight books, which follow the author through his growing-up and young adult years, is a must-read for all families, and will especially appeal to cowboy-loving boys! -
Horse of a Different Color
After a successful year of hauling wheat, Ralph went into the cattle trading business, and had many more ups and downs. -
Under a Silent Sky
This powerful book tells the story of the Waldensians of the 13th century in an unforgettable way. -
Calm Before the Storm
As storm clouds appear on the horizon in Russia, Katarina just wants things to stay the same—and Johann wants adventure. -
Because of Winn-Dixie
Opal's life changes forever when she finds a dog in a supermarket. -
The Hallelujah Lass
Coventry was never the same after the first Salvation Army ladies came—and neither was Eliza Shirley's life! -
The Good News Must Go Out
Though unwilling to be a missionary, Margaret found herself in the Central African Republic, experiencing some amazing things. -
Adventures With Waffles
Trille and Lena are next-door neighbors and best friends; what kind of trouble do they not get into? -
The Dry Divide
When Ralph finds himself stranded along the Kansas/Nebraska border, penniless, he finds a way to land on his feet and make his fortune again! -
Fiery Night: A Boy, His Goat and the Great Chicago Fire
When their house catches on fire during the Great Chicago Fire, Justin and his family must flee—but he can't leave his goat Willie behind! -
The Green Dress
Harriet is heartbroken that her only friend has died, and afraid for others in the family—what is killing them? -
Daughter of Cana
Tasmin couldn't understand her brother Thomas, and Jude couldn't understand his brother Yeshua. -
Lottie Moon: Giving Her All for China
After growing up with a privileged life in the American South, Lottie Moon poured out the rest of her life to bring Jesus to the people of China. -
Summer of the Talking Crow
When her father finds an injured baby crow and gives it to Louise to raise, she is in for more excitement than she anticipated! -
In God We Don't Trust
Do the history textbooks really tell the truth, or is there another side to early American history that we aren't being told? -
Swift Rivers
As he takes logs down the rivers to the market in St. Louis, Chris learns a lot about life and relationships in this wonderful story. -
Byrd's Eye View
After she takes up the new hobby of photography, Madeline runs across another mystery and must solve it to save her father's life. -
The Cabin Faced West
Ann did not want to move with her family to the West, so how could she ever learn to be content there? -
Out of Darkness
A blind boy himself, Louis Braille invented the alphabet that is still used today by the blind. -
Piece by Piece
When her family is suddenly all killed at the same time, is there any possibility that Dani will ever be able to live again? -
Shaking the Nickel Bush
After a diagnosis of diabetes, Ralph needed a warm climate and sunshine—but he also needed to make a living for himself.
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