Recent reviews:
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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. -
Good Grief
Life was very good for Suzie and her husband—could God prove Himself still good after Daryle died of cancer? -
What Are You Figuring Now?
The man who surveyed the capitol city of the United States was not only a surveyor, but also had other incredible talents. -
The Missing Invitation
Megan is doing her best to make a new girl feel welcome, but don't the other girls like her anymore? -
Path of the Pale Horse
During the Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic of 1794, Lep does his best to help the sick—and questions whether his medical knowledge has any value. -
One Rich Girl
A mother celebrates her life with many children, proving that she is one of the richest women in the world. -
FreeFall
How are we to cope when the bottom suddenly falls out of our life? -
The Fields of Home
When Ralph got in trouble in Boston, he was sent to live with his grandfather in Maine, and found himself in one of the hardest situations he had ever experienced. -
The Great Brain Series
John D tells story after story about how his brother Tom, the Great Brain, swindled him and every other boy in town. -
Unyielding Hope
Lilian's adoptive mother recently died, and she is ready to leave for Europe with her father—and then she hears that her sister may still be alive. -
Tanisha
When the Hammond family was asked to take a needy 4-year-old into their home, Twila was excited—but Tanisha proved to be quite a handful for them. -
The Cat That Walked a Week
When a little boy's cat was kidnapped and taken far away from home, how could he get back to his little boy again? -
The Joke's on George
When George Washington visited Charles Willson Peale's museum, he received quite a surprise. -
The Shepherd of Salm
The Taufer, or Anabaptist, congregations on the border of France clung to their faith in God to see them through the tumult of the French Revolution. -
Footprints in the Ash
What can Mount St. Helens teach us about Noah's Flood? -
Dragons of the Deep
Simple, interesting text and beautiful color pictures describe many giants who have lived or still live in the sea. -
The Tower By the Sea
Just because an old woman has a magpie and a cat that get along with each other, does that make her a witch? -
Mary Emma and Company
After moving to Boston when they had to leave Colorado, Ralph's mother and the family have to find a way to make a living for themselves, and make a home. -
Wanted! Criminals of the Animal Kingdom
Thirteen animals are presented, with descriptions of their “crimes” and information about how to deal with them. -
Life in the Great Ice Age
Life during the Ice Age, among the cave men, is described through the eyes of a young boy and his family. -
Days With Mary
Mary spends a happy year working and playing with her large family on their farm in the 1950s. -
Adam and His Kin
What were the days of Adam, Noah, and Abraham really like? -
Fire of the Word
Anne Ayscough loved reading the Bible and learning about God, but was forced into a loveless marriage with a man whose family were staunch Catholics. -
Genesis: Finding Our Roots
This indepth study of the first 11 chapters of Genesis pulls in resources and information from many different fields, including archeology and linguistics. -
Promised Land
As they work to grow closer together and make wise decisions for their family, Daud and Hana must also protect those around them—even when someone is out to take their lives. -
Tales of Faith series
Three stories based on well-loved tales, set in the middle ages, with a delightful Christian twist and spiritual lessons in each one. -
Frances Ridley Havergal
The life story of a famous hymn writer, written for children, along with stories about some of the different songs she wrote. -
Project Scrooge
Still clinging to unresolved bitterness, Sanford isn’t about to try to get up any Christmas spirit for the season. Can Natalie, teaming up with Sanford’s granny and some friends, help him learn to forgive? -
12 Dates of Christmas
Alex wants to date Reagan, but she’s determined he has done far too much against her to make that a remote possibility—so when she challenges him to apologize for something he’s done in exchange for a date, can he come up with anything? -
Each Perfect Gift
Now that Ben is a Christian, he wants to learn all he can about being Christ-like. But when the one girl he doesn’t want to see again appears in his life, claiming she’s pregnant with his child, can he do what Jesus wants him to? -
Publishable by Death
After starting a bookstore, Harvey is ready for life to quiet down when someone is murdered close to her shop—can they catch the perpetrator in time before others die? -
A Cross to Kill
Still running from his past, John Cross rescues Christine Lewis from certain death—but he doesn’t know that this will cause even more trouble for him. -
Tales of the East Series
Adventure stories for children based in Ancient Israel around King David’s lifetime. -
A Heart for Freedom
When she becomes heavily involved with the student movement in Tiananmen Square that resulted in a massacre, Chai Ling has no idea where this will lead her later in life. -
Early Thunder
Daniel was a Tory, as his father was, in Salem, Massachusetts on the eve of the Revolutionary War—what would happen when the pressure came on him to declare his beliefs publicly? -
Beyond the Trail
Book review of Beyond the Trail Synopsis: The Kauffman family needed to move 500 miles, but didn't have the means to go by train, so they traveled by horse-drawn wagon. -
Toliver's Secret
Grandfather is injured and can't deliver a vital message; Ellen is too afraid to do it—how will the message get through to General Washington? -
Arrow in the Sky
The Yoder family, now living in Arkansas, are growing rice—but what will happen to them as the Great Depression gets bad? -
Crown
Thirty lessons make up the best book I have ever read about marriage. -
Christmas on Breakers Point
When Uncle Bud wants a miracle involving another person for his last Christmas gift, what can Mallory do? -
Made for Brave
Alyssa's life certainly didn't follow the plan she had mapped out—could she survive losing her young husband to cancer? -
A House With Holes
In the context of renovating an old, dilapidated house in Charleston, the author gives much wise advice for marriage. -
Hashtag Rogue
When Flynne sees danger that no one else seems to be aware of and takes steps to save someone when she really doesn't know what she is doing, will she succeed—or will The Agency end up being destroyed? -
Adventures in Poverty
When their income dropped to nearly nothing, what could the Bolton family do but move onto undeveloped land with no modern conveniences! -
The Trouble With Nancy
When her family was in trouble, Nancy impetuously did the only thing she could think of to make the money they needed to survive—disguised herself as a boy and joined the Pony Express!
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