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Testament era to ancient Rome to the Dark Ages--from
crusader castles to frontier settlements to Federal
era ships, these books run the gamut of history.
Tale after tale of adventure brings these various
historical epochs to life again with inspiring and
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Ages 12 and up
Masaru
by Michael T. Cibenko
"A
must-read for anyone who appreciates Japanese
culture, lovers of history and philosophy, or
those who simply enjoy an exceptionally
well-told story."
—Jeffrey Bond, PhD
Shiro Nakagawa comes from a family of recent
converts on the island of Kyushu. A young man of
the samurai class, Shiro studies to be a healer,
but has also heard the call to become a Catholic
priest. His plans for the future, however, are
disrupted when the Shogun in Kyoto orders all
churches closed throughout Japan. This order
leads to widespread persecution, abuse and even
slaughter of Christians throughout the islands.
When the small church of Saint Michael in
Hitoyoshi is closed, its priest Fr. Olivera
arrested, and his friend Kumiko brutally
attacked, Shiro knows he must take action. Along
with his boyhood friend, Tomi, Shiro embarks on
a mission to rescue Fr. Olivera and defend the
helpless Kirishitans of southern Kyushu.
But even as the spark of justified resistance
begins to burn, Shiro and his comrades realize
that it's only a matter of time before the
Shogun’s army descends upon Yatsushiro in full
force.
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~ 272 pp. ~ $16.95 with 10% discount, $15.25 |
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Ages 12 and up
Three Years
Behind the Guns
The True Chronicles of a
"Diddy-Box"
by John B. Tisdale
"I
can vouch for many of the facts; and the
description of the Battle of Manila Bay is one
of the best I have ever seen published."
—Admiral George Dewey, Commander at
the Battle of Manila Bay, 1898
When Commodore George Dewey's Asiatic Squadron
sailed into Manila Bay on May 1, 1898 to defeat
the Spanish fleet, it marked a major turning
point in American history. Aboard Dewey's
flagship, Olympia, one very young sailor
with a keen eye and agile pen was writing it all
down. Having run away from home to join the navy
in 1895, Jack Tisdale hoped that he would be
lucky enough to land a berth aboard the
Olympia—a modern steel protected cruiser and
flagship of the US Asiatic Squadron. He ended up
getting his wish, and a lot more than he
bargained for.
Originally published in
1908—a decade after the events described—Three
Years Behind the Guns is an amusing,
gritty look at life aboard an American
man-o'-war at a time when the United States was
on the cusp of becoming a great power.
Paperback
~ 244 pp. ~ $16.95 with 10% discount, $15.25 |
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Ages 12 and up
Leave If You Can
by Luise Rinser
"Provided
an
excellent
example of someone answering God's call to
pursue the vocation He has laid before them."
—Day By Day in Our World: One
Catholic Homeschool Family's
Journey Through Life blog
Two idealistic girls, Angelina and Guilia, run
off to join the partisans in Italy during World
War II to fight the occupying Nazis. An ardent
communist, Angelina deplores the Catholic Church
and imagines a world where all people achieve
material salvation through social policy. The
two girls join a partisan group led by the
dashing Antonio and are soon in the fight
against the Germans. After a particularly sharp
battle, Angelina is missing and Giulia returns
to the scene to find her. To her amazement,
Angelina is living in the ruins of the abandoned
abbey of Santa Maria del Monte.
Originally written in
German in 1959, Leave If You Can is a beatiful
novella of wartime Italy that explores the
challenge of God's mystical call versus the
overpowering allure of the world.
Paperback
~ 156 pp. ~ $13.95 with 10% discount, $12.56 |
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Ages 10 and up
Simon Bruté and
the Western Adventure
by Elizabeth Bartelme
This
is a reprint of a well-told story about holy
Father Simon Brute and his influence on Catholic
America. Raised in the time of the French
Revolution, Simon studied to be a doctor. But he
found his true vocation in the priesthood. He
desperately wanted to be a missionary but was
given the job of teaching at the seminary. He
finally was assigned to go to America and helped
to establish Mount St. Mary in Maryland where he
befriended St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. He was then
sent to be the first bishop in Vincennes,
Indiana on the American frontier. His dream of
being a missionary finally realized. An exciting
and inspiring story!
Paperback
~ 124 pp. ~ $12.95 with 5% discount, $12.30 |
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Ages 12 and up
God and the
General's Daughter
by Anne Heagney
This
is based on the true story of Ethan Allen’s
daughter, Fanny! I don’t want to give away too
much in this blurb because reading the story is
so delightful. You can sort of figure out from
the title, though, that God works in wonderful
ways in Fanny’s life, and through her grows the
Church in New England. Francis Margaret Allen,
daughter of legendary Revolutionary War hero
Ethan Allen, leads a charmed life. She is
beautiful, intelligent, compassionate, and loves
the vitality of freedom in pristine Vermont.
Devoted to the “rock-bound hills” of the Green
Mountains and finding God in every blade of
grass, she doesn’t see the need for organized
religion and its needless rituals. But God has
other plans for Fanny Allen. She has but to open
her mind to the longings of her heart!
Paperback
~ 192 pp. ~ $14.95 with 5% discount, $14.20 |
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Ages 12 and up
Downright Dencey
by Caroline Dale Snedeker
This
treasure of a novel is set on the island of
Nantucket just before the War of 1812. Much more
than a tale of whaling ships and gentle Quaker
eccentricities, it is a tale of friendship-the
kind most truly espoused by these 'plain' folk,
with all the struggle and complexity one should
expect. Dionis (Dencey) Coffyn is a mystery to
her mother, Lydia, whose stern exterior hides a
heart that breaks every time her husband Captain
Tom goes to sea. Within a context of outward
simplicity of living and inward intricacy of
relationship, Dencey matures from the little
girl who, in unquakerly violence of temper,
throws a rock that wounds the town outcast. She
becomes a young woman ready to bear her part in
life with grace and courage. A probing portrayal
of the power of love to overcome social barriers
and religious strictures.
Paperback
~ 268 pp. ~ $12.95 with 5% discount, $12.30 |
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Ages 14 and up
Flight into
Spring
by Bianca Bradbury
Opposites:
Sally Day Hammond is vivacious, tiny, coddled
and Southern; Charles Horne is silent, tall,
unbending and Northern. The American Civil War
has just ended. And a marriage is to be made
between these two? When Charles brings Sally Day
back to live with his strict New England family,
little wonder that tensions rise to the breaking
point. But Sally Day has mettle; in the
desperate honesty of this young couple’s
conflict, both young hearts may yet stretch and
truly meld. In a setting of historical depth,
skilled novelist Bianca Bradbury brings all the
resources of a heartsearching realism to the
predicaments of young married love.
Paperback
~ 184 pp. ~ $11.95 with 5% discount, $11.35 |
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Ages 8 and up
Betsy's
Up-and-Down Year
by Anne Pellowski
This
is the fifth and final book in the Latsch Valley
Farm series, recounting the lives of four
generations of a Polish-American extended
family, living in neighboring homesteads in
Wisconsin. A sequel to Willow Wind Farm,
we follow Betsy Korb, now aged eight going on
nine, as she learns the lessons of sharing,
making up after quarrels, running errands and
broadening her experiences within her large and
loving family, under the firm and wise direction
of Mom and Dad and underpinned by their Catholic
faith. Told in a highly readable style, the
author, Betsy’s aunt, has carefully observed the
triumphs and disasters in the life of the
inquisitive and independent-minded Betsy as she
grapples with the ups and downs of growing up.
Paperback
~ 162 pp. ~ $12.95 with 5% discount, $12.30 |
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Ages 8 and up
Willow Wind Farm
Betsy's Story
by Anne Pellowski
This
is the fourth book in the popular Latsch Valley
Farm series that has so far spanned 100 years
and four generations of a Polish-American
extended family in rural Wisconsin. The story is
based on the lively experiences of Betsy Korb,
7th daughter in a family of 10 children and
niece of author Anne Pellowski. Along with
Linda, Kathy, Danny, Carol, Mona, Dorothy,
Julie, Sara and Kristine, Betsy enjoys the
fun—and disasters—that occur at “medium-sized”
Willow Wind Farm, with its cows, cattle, pigs,
chickens, cats and dogs. She partakes in all the
pleasures of a large family as well as learning
to cooperate with the necessary chores:
preparing meals, washing-up and being an alert
member of a busy, working farm. Set in the year
1967, the book describes a close and flourishing
community still connected to its European and
Catholic roots.
Paperback
~ 182 pp. ~ $12.95 with 5% discount, $12.30 |
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Ages 8 and up
Stairstep Farm
Anna Rose's Story
by Anne Pellowski
Wisconsin
farm life in the Latsch Valley of the 1930’s
comes alive through the eyes of imaginative Anna
Rose—a five-year-old girl who can’t wait to
catch up with her four older siblings. While
Anna Rose impatiently waits for the longed-for
start of school, her days are filled with family
work—minding geese, picking nettles, chopping
thistles, helping with the haying, minding her
three little sisters—and with family
celebrations—good food, singing, sledding, and
games of Star Light, Moonlight and Uncle
Wiggily. Based on the author’s own experiences,
this story is the third of five books which
vividly describe memorable people and events of
the Pellowski family and its Latsch Valley
descendants.
Paperback
~ 185 pp. ~ $12.95 with 5% discount, $12.30 |
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Ages 8 and up
Winding Valley
Farm
Annie's Story
by Anne Pellowski
Life
for six-year-old Annie Dorawa on Winding Valley
Farm—just down the road from the Pellowskis’
“first farm in the valley”—is busy and happy.
Then one day, Annie hears her father speak about
not planting that year, but instead moving into
town. Is it really possible that they might
leave their beautiful farm? What could her
father be thinking about? This new anxiety,
along with that inner imp of mischief always
threatening to get her into trouble (and which
finally does when brother John is killing
chickens at the chopping block), hover over
Annie as she works and plays with her sister and
five brothers immersed in the vigorous life of
their American-Polish community. Despite the
discovery that life is not always easy or as
she’d like it to be, Annie begins to realize
what warm security is to be found in a
hardworking family rooted in faith and love.
Paperback
~ 204 pp. ~ $12.95 with 5% discount, $12.30 |
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Ages 8 and up
First Farm Farm
in the Valley
Anna's Story
by Anne Pellowski
Six-year-old
Anna Pellowski’s older siblings, Jacob,
Franciszek, Barney, Mary and Pauline are exposed
to English at school, but only Polish is spoken
at home. The younger children—Anna, Julian,
Anton barely know a word of their new country’s
language, but then neither do many of their
neighbors. When the family goes to town to
celebrate the 100th birthday of the United
States, the speaker gives his speech in a mix of
German, Polish, Bohemian and Norwegian! Some
years before, in the mid 1800’s, Anna’s mother,
father and brother Baby Jacob had come from
Poland to live in a tiny sod house in Western
Wisconsin and establish the very first farm in
the entire Latsch Valley. Now the growing family
lives in a real house, with neighbors on every
side, and the world for quietly curious Anna is
filled with fascinating possibilities—as well as
lots of hard work.
Paperback
~ 194 pp. ~ $12.95 with 5% discount, $12.30 |
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Ages 12 and up
John Treegate's
Musket
by Leonard Wibberly
It
is 1769, ten years since America’s colonial
militia had joined with the British regular army
and defeated the French for dominion of Canada.
The current of feeling about what it means to be
loyal to the King has changed. While many
colonists are angry about England’s unjust
taxation, wealthy merchant John Treegate remains
fiercely loyal and certain that an agreement can
be reached between the colonies and their mother
country. Deciding to travel to England to appeal
to the government there means leaving his
motherless, eleven-year-old son Peter on his
own, apprenticed to one of Treegate’s friends, a
manufacturer of barrel staves. Peter’s new
master is not severe, but the senior apprentice
is a vicious bully and worse. A chain of events
leads to trouble for Peter—involving murder,
shipwreck, loss of memory, adoption by a strange
and bitter Scotsman, until finally he is
reunited with his father on the eve of America’s
battle for independence.
Paperback
~ 173 pp. ~ $12.95 with 5% discount, $12.30 |
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Ages 10 and up
Old Sam, Dakota
Trotter
by Don Alonzo Taylor
Homesteading
in the Dakota Territory of the 1880's would not
have been the same for 10-year-old Johnny Scott
and his younger brother, Lee, if they'd had to
do it without Old Sam. Years before, a sudden,
crippling accident had left Sam, a thoroughbred
trotter on his way to championship, in the Scott
family pasture--to die or to recover. By
default, the Scott family inherits the lamed
horse that no one else wants. But Mr. Scott soon
discovers old Sam's uncanny and invaluable
ability to do any task a larger, stronger farm
horse can do. His awkward appearance and hidden
talents proceed to cause both hilarity and
ongoing excitement for these two boys caught up
in the fast-changing world of the American
Midwest.
Paperback
~ 153 pp. ~ $14.95 with 5% discount, $14.20 |
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Ages 10 and up
Old Sam and the
Horse Thieves
by Don Alonzo Taylor
Lee and Johnny Scott are back—and so is Old
Sam—in this sequel to Old Sam, Dakota Trotter.
Despite the disfiguring injury that ended Old
Sam’s career as a champion thoroughbred trotter,
he is still as fast—and as canny— as ever, an
indispensible help for the Scott family in their
new home. Then, Old Sam mysteriously goes missing.
Johnny figures that any thief who dares to steal
that horse will soon be sorry. With the help of
Lee and their gang of friends, Johnny soon has
things well in hand, finding Old Sam’s track,
setting up a communication system that works with
mirrors and well-placed minions—and generally
running circles around his elders. And, of course,
Old Sam does not let his boys down. That Johnny
also encounters some sobering moments in his
headlong pursuit of justice is a sad, perhaps
unavoidable, consequence in a way of life still on
the fringes of civilized society.
Paperback
~ 134 pp. ~ $14.95 with 5% discount, $14.20 |
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Ages 10 and up
Year of the Black
Pony
by Walt Morey
The
Fellows
family has joined numerous others striving to
make a go of homesteading in the Oregon high
desert. But the venture has been disastrous from
the start. Mr. Fellows, who is not a farmer,
resents any advice from his wife, who grew up on
a farm. Ma is not only troubled about the
farming, but 7-year-old Ellie’s chronic illness
has become a source of constant worry and
expense. 12-year-old Chris, who cannot seem to
please his father no matter what he does, eases
his own misery by stealing time away from work
to watch a neighbor’s scarcely broken black
pony, only to get into more trouble. When it
seems circumstances could not get worse for the
struggling family, Mr. Fellows gets drunk and
dies. Not willing to give up, Ma stubbornly—and
creatively—seeks a way for the family to stay in
Oregon.
Walt Morey’s careful
research and vivid storytelling talent warmly
bring to life the struggles and triumphs of
homesteading in the Oregon high desert country
in the early 1900’s.
Paperback
~ 171 pp. ~ $11.95 with 5% discount, $11.35 |
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Ages 10 and up
The Mitchells
Five for Victory
by Hilda van Stockum
The
five Mitchell children are based on the author's
own family. In the first of three books about
their adventures, Daddy has just gone off to
fight in World War II. One of his final orders
to his daughter Joan is, "No dogs!" She would
dearly love such a pet, but life is full and so
many new friends--pets as well as people--join
the Mitchells, she hardly has time to think
about dogs. The children form a club to do their
part for the war-effort--first and foremost
helping Mother, of course. Humorous and tender
incidents combine with delightful illustrations
to make the Mitchells' story truly
unforgettable.
Paperback
~ 236 pp. ~ $15.95 with 5% discount, $15.15 |
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Ages 10 and up
Canadian Summer
by Hilda van Stockum
The
large and growing Mitchell family, transferring
their location to Montreal, can’t find a house
to buy or rent. They settle, over Mother’s
protests, for a remote, rickety summer house
deep in the woods near a lake. The dangers,
antics, quarrels, and fun which now unroll bring
each member of the family into vivid
characterization. Meanwhile we meet some
delightful French Canadians and taste the
special qualities of rural Quebec in the late
1940’s. Spiced up with van Stockum's charming
illustrations and a raft of memorable
characters, Canadian
Summer rollicking good fun and
enjoyable reading for the whole family.
Paperback
~ 181 pp. ~ $13.95 with 5% discount, $13.25 |
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Ages 10 and up
Friendly Gables
by Hilda van Stockum
It
is two years after the events in Canadian Summer.
The Mitchells are settled in their new home,
Friendly Gables—and twins have just been added
to the family. With Mother recovering from the
births and with other changes in the household,
the children must come to terms with themselves
in new ways. Joan’s first dance; Patsy loses her
glasses; Peter’s disastrous fight; Angela’s
misadventure in the woods; Timmy’s “good news”;
and Catherine’s brush with fire--are only a few
of the incidents in the life of this busy,
growing family. With her usual humor,
compassion, and lovely illustrations, the author
brings the Mitchell “trilogy” to a satisfying
close.
Paperback
~ 165 pp. ~ $13.95 with 5% discount, $13.25 |
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Ages 10 and up
The Cottage at
Bantry Bay
by Hilda van Stockum
This
book, written in 1938, offers a vivid picture of
an Ireland that has all but disappeared. The
O'Sullivan family invite the reader to share
their many homely adventures. Michael and Brigid
brave the wilds and gypsies on an errand for
their injured father and come home with a new
friend; twins Liam and Francie keep everyone
hopping; Mother and Father draw the family
together with story-telling, warmth and humor.
Then Michael and Brigid find a treasure which
changes the course of things for all.
Paperback
~ 239 pp. ~ $15.95 with 5% discount, $15.15 |
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Ages 10 and up
Francie on the
Run
by Hilda van Stockum
In
this sequel to The Cottage at Bantry Bay, six
year-old Francie O'Sullivan, has had a
successful operation in a Dublin hospital to
repair his club foot, but longs to return to his
beloved family in County Cork. He heads out the
hospital door, no permission asked, and boards a
train--won't any train do? Francie finds himself
making a speedy tour (in the opposite direction
from home) around the Emerald Isle, a journey
full of adventure, laughter, endearing
friendships and unforgettable characters, for
Francie and the reader. Enhanced with charming
illustrations by the author, Francie on the Run
is perfect for family read-aloud and will be
enjoyed by all ages.
Paperback
~ 293 pp. ~ $13.95 with 5% discount, $13.25 |
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Ages 10 and up
Pegeen
by Hilda van Stockum
Young
Pegeen,
one of the good friends Francie made on his trip
around the Emerald Isle in Francie on the Run,
has just lost her Grannie and is now alone in
the world. When she is told that she can't stay
on alone in the small mountain cottage, Pegeen
remembers Francie's promise to come for her
someday. With Fr. Kelly's help she writes to the
O'Sullivans, to be welcomed temporarily into
their household while she waits for word from
her uncle in America. No one, except perhaps
Francie, is quite prepared for carefree Pegeen's
knack of turning the world up on end. Her spirit
is a perfect match for his, but two such
personalities in one small cottage on Bantry Bay
have startling consequences. As with the
previous books in the series, Pegeen is enhanced
with numerous illustrations by the author and is
perfect for family read-aloud.
Paperback
~ 266 pp. ~ $13.95 with 5% discount, $13.25 |
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Ages 14 and up
The Borrowed
House
by Hilda van Stockum
When
Janna
is suddenly summoned from Germany to join her
actor parents in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, she is
shocked by the Dutch hatred for the Germans. Her
favorite Nordic tales and Hitler Youth
indoctrination have not prepared her for the
complexities of living in a house requisitioned
by a military friend of her parents, or for the
violence she sees on the streets. With her
parents preoccupied by their perplexing adult
world of careers and relationships, Janna is
lonely and full of unwelcome questions. It is
the house itself which begins to provide real,
if painful, answers to Janna's bewilderment-but
not before it adds its own set of mysteries to
solve. A well-developed, true-to-life tale for
teenagers.
Paperback
~ 221 pp. ~ $12.95 with 5% discount, $12.30 |
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Ages 10 and up
The Winged
Watchman
by Hilda van Stockum
This
acclaimed
story of World War II is rich in suspense,
characterization, plot and spiritual truth.
Every element of Nazi-occupied Holland is united
in a story of courage and hope: a hidden Jewish
child, an underdiver, a downed RAF pilot, an
imaginative, daring underground hero, and the
small things of family life which surprisingly
carry on in the midst of oppression. The
Verhagen family, who live in the old windmill
called the Winged Watchman, are a memorable set
of individuals whose lives powerfully
demonstrate the resilience of those who suffer
but do not lose faith. Includes Illustrations by
the author.
Paperback
~ 191 pp. ~ $13.95 with 5% discount, $13.25 |
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Ages 10 and up
Red Hugh, Prince
of Donegal
by Robert T. Reilly
Ireland
is oppressed by the forces of Elizabeth, the
English queen. A few strongholds in the far
northwest remain free of English domination, but
Elizabeth has her eyes on these as well. In
order to subdue Donegal, the English kidnap
prince Hugh O'Donnell, heir to his ailing
father's castle and lands, and lock him in
prison in Dublin. Red Hugh: Prince of
Donegal tells the tale of Hugh's
imprisonment, attempts to escape, and his heroic
fight against the English. Hugh was a true
champion of Irish liberty during the harsh reign
of Queen Elizabeth I in the 1580s.
It is engagingly written and is a quick and
satisfying read. The characters are very well
drawn--from the brave and long-suffering Hugh,
to the indomitable Queen Ineen Duive, Hugh's
mother; from the brawny and charming MacSweeney
to the cruel English captain Leeds. A rollicking
adventure, Red Hugh is also a great
teaching tool for Irish geography and
culture.
Paperback
~ 208 pp. ~ $13.95 with 5% discount, $13.25 |
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Ages 8 and up
The Kitchen
Madonna
by Rumer Godden
Master
storyteller
Rumer Godden deftly brings to life a portrait of
a lonely boy discovering the creative power of
love. For
quiet Gregory and his sister Janet, Marta, with
her thick Ukrainian accent, her good cooking,
and her stories, is the anchor of the house.
Mother and Father, both busy architects, are
gone all day and sometimes at night. But Marta
is always there. But Marta is unhappy and the
children do not want her to go away. When they
find out that Marta desires a “good place” in
the kitchen, nine-year-old Gregory, with
precocious young Janet in tow, sets out to find
her a Ukrainian icon in busy, modern London.
Overwhelmed, frustrated and even humiliated in
the search, Gregory does not give up nor retreat
into his silence. Rather, with each difficulty
Gregory begins to draw from his own unexpected
and untapped well of faith and
resourcefulness.
Paperback
~ 208 pp. ~ $14.95 with 5% discount, $14.20 |
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Ages 9 and up
Nacar the White
Deer
A Story of Old
Mexico
by Elizabeth Borton de
Trevińo
A
deep friendship springs up between a boy, who
had lost his voice and his mother at the same
tragic moment, and an ailing albino deer sent
from China as a gift to the King of Spain. It is
Lalo's task to nurture the sick deer back to
health in the mountains of Mexico so that he
will be well enough for the sea voyage to Spain.
This gentle story of Mexico in 1630 follows
young Lalo on his journey back to the Mountain
of the Sleeping Lady. The journey and months the
deer and the boy spend with Lalo's goats are
full both of dangers found in a wild landscape
and of charming incidents found in a people
brimming with life and faith.
Paperback
~ 130 pp. ~ $10.95 with 5% discount, $10.40 |
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Ages 10 and up
Ship's Boy with
Magellan
by Milton Lomask
Young
Pedro, the son of a Spanish nobleman, must flee
Seville to escape his uncle who seeks to rob him
of his inheritance. On board the Trinidad,
Magellan's flagship, Pedro finds sanctuary...and
adventure. Any childhood dreams Pedro had of
life on the high seas pale in comparison to the
real perils and victories he experiences on the
first voyage to circumnavigate the globe. To
return to Spain and claim his inheritance, Pedro
must survive hostile natives and mutinous crews
in this tale of wooden ships and iron men.
Paperback
~ 176 pp. ~ $14.95 with 5% discount, $14.20 |
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Ages 10 and up
Madeleine Takes
Command
by Ethel C. Brill
Based
on a true account of colonial New France, this
book tells the tale of 14 year old Madeleine
Verchčre. Madeleine is left alone with two
younger brothers and a few others to guard the
family fort when the Iroquois unexpectedly
attack. Using determined strategems, Madeleine
and her small band attempt to stave off the
assault in this harrowing tale of frontier life
in colonial Canada.
Paperback
~ 224 pp. ~ $13.95 with 5% discount, $13.25 |
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Ages 12 and up
Presenting Miss
Jane Austen
by May Lamberton Becker
This
outstanding biography of a well-beloved novelist
catches the spirit of Jane Austen herself. May
Lamberton Becker enjoyably introduces us to the
18th and early 19th century world Miss Austen
lived in—her family, her friends, her varied
settings and her many keen interests—as we are
given insight to the personal background of all
the Austen novels. Enlivening her narrative with
many quotations from Jane Austen’s own
correspondence, Miss Becker puts her own
enthusiastic appreciation of one of the world’s
most delightful writers at our disposal.
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~ 180 pp. ~ $13.95 with 5% discount, $13.25 |
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