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Hoover, Katrina |
Description. Faces of Syria is a collection of heartwarming photos and heartbreaking stories of Syrian refugees who are living in Lebanon and Jordan. Although the refugees have escaped the brutal civil war that is destroying Syria, their lives are not easy. |
Books ⋅ History ⋅ Intermediate |
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Brubaker, Brooke |
A story about the first German printing of the Martyrs Mirror in America. |
Anabaptist History and Thought ⋅ Books ⋅ History ⋅ Intermediate ⋅ Intermediate Readers ⋅ Reading |
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Singmaster, Elsie |
Clouds of war rolled over the Cloister where the Martyrs Mirror was being printed. A knock was heard on the door. It was the soldiers, and they demanded that unbound copies of the Martyrs Mirror be handed over for the military to use as gun wadding. Would a book that… |
Anabaptist History and Thought ⋅ Books ⋅ History ⋅ Intermediate ⋅ Intermediate Readers ⋅ Reading |
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Byron, J. |
Paul's epistle to Philemon is one of the shortest books in the entire Bible, and it certainly leaves plenty to the imagination. From the pen of an accomplished New Testament scholar, this vivid historical fiction account follows the slave Onesimus, fleshing out the lived context of first-century Ephesus and… |
Advanced ⋅ Books ⋅ Church ⋅ History ⋅ Intermediate ⋅ Reading |
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Payne, Elizabeth |
Ruled by awesome god-kings called Pharaohs, ancient Egypt was a land of bustling cities, golden palaces, and huge stone monuments. Beginning with the Rosetta Stone, author Elizabeth Payne examines archeological studies that have helped unlock the incredible secrets of Egypt's first kings. |
Clearance ⋅ Intermediate |
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Bauer, Susan Wise |
Story of the World, Volume 1: Ancient Times--From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor |
History ⋅ Intermediate ⋅ Living History Level 12 ⋅ Living History Level 21 ⋅ PA ACTS 195/90/35 - NPIS ⋅ Primary ⋅ Read-alouds 12 ⋅ Read-alouds 21 |
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Romero, Libby |
Step on board the Mayflower and meet the amazing crew and passengers, from burly sailors to pilgrims, servants, orphaned children, and animals. Discover who the pilgrims were and why they chose to risk their lives to make the treacherous journey across the Atlantic, relive the ferocious storms as the Mayflower … |
History ⋅ Intermediate ⋅ Living History Level 21 ⋅ Read-alouds 21 |
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Dave and Neta Jackson |
Timeless lessons for families from great Christians of the past. Drawn from the lives of fifteen key Christian heroes, Hero Tales, Vol. II is a beautifully illustrated treasury of forty-five exciting and educational readings designed to help foster Christian character qualities in families with elementary-age children. This inspiring collection presents… |
History ⋅ Intermediate ⋅ Intermediate Readers ⋅ Living History Level 43 ⋅ Read-alouds 43 |
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Taylor, Mildred D. |
Why is the land so important to Cassie's family? It takes the events of one turbulent year - the year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliates Cassie in public simply because she is black - to show Cassie that having a place… |
Intermediate |
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Dunham, Montrew |
This series of biographies, longtime favorites of young readers, now add the first new titles in over 20 years. Rich or poor, great American men and women lived out childhoods as vastly different as the adults they became. Here young readers will learn about the early years of the first person… |
Intermediate |
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Keller, Helen |
The Story of My Life, first published in 1903, is Helen Keller's autobiography detailing her early life, especially her experiences with Anne Sullivan. |
Intermediate |
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Vernon, Louise A |
The story of George Fox, founder of the Quakers, as told through the eyes of twelve-year-old Tommy Stafford and his sister Celia. George Fox was constantly being persecuted. He was imprisoned, beaten, and ridiculed, but this only increased the number of his followers. The Stafford family decided to make the… |
Intermediate |
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Yep, Laurence |
The prequel to the Newbery Honor-winning Dragonwings. In rural China in 1865, 14-year-old Otter begins his journey to America to meet his father and legendary uncle on the transcontinental railroad. In the freezing mountains of the Sierras, Otter begins to discover himself and what he's made of. 352 pages. |
Intermediate |
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Hesse, Karen |
A poem cycle that reads as a novel, this Newbery Medal winner tells the story of Billie Jo, a girl who struggles to help her family survive the dust bowl years of the Depression. |
Intermediate |
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Wilder, Laura Ingalls |
Farmer Boy is a children's historical novel written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and published in 1933. It was the second-published one in the Little House series but it is not related to the first, which that of the third directly continues. |
Intermediate |
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Zook, Mollie B. |
A fictionalized account of the experiences of Russian Mennonites Hans and Netta Neufeldt Reimer from the time of the Russian Revolution until their emigration to Germany. |
Intermediate |
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Vernon, Louise A.
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The story of John Wycliffe, based on his own writings and histories of the time. Told from the perspective of 13-year-old Arnold Hutton. Paper. 136 pages. |
Intermediate |
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Eight years before the American Revolution, orphan Peter York is adopted by a strict Quaker farmer. Peter sees his chance to break away by capturing a runaway indentured servant for reward money. But the capture leads to consequences Peter cannot foresee. Written by a Newbery Honor-winning author. |
Intermediate |
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Meigs, Cornelia |
This biographical novel traces the fascinating life of Louisa May Alcott from her happy childhood in Pennsylvania and Boston to her success as a writer of such classics as "Little Women." |
Intermediate |
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O'Dell, Scott |
The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day by award-winning author Scott O'Dell is historical fiction set in Europe during the 1500s. In this Christian fiction book Tom Barton and his uncle Jack are smugglers who are used to breaking the law. |
Intermediate |
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Sterling, Dorothy |
Born into slavery, young Harriet Tubman knew only hard work and hunger. Escape seemed impossible--certainly dangerous. Yet Harriet did escape North, by the secret route called the Underground Railroad. Harriet didn't forget her people. Again and again she risked her life to lead them on the same secret, dangerous… |
Intermediate |
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Bishop, Claire Huchet |
Twenty school children hide ten Jewish children from the Nazis occupying France during World War II. |
Intermediate |
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Fritz, Jean |
Ten-year-old Ann overcomes loneliness and learns to appreciate the importance of her role in settling the wilderness of western Pennsylvania. |
Intermediate |
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Speare, Elizabeth George |
Calico Captive is Elizabeth George Speare's first historical fiction children's novel. It was inspired by the true story of Susanna Willard Johnson who, along with her family and younger sister, were kidnapped in an Abenakis Indian raid on Charlestown, New Hampshire in August 1754. |
Intermediate |
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Vernon, Louise A. |
The King James Bible is surrounded by a mystery. Everyone wants to know who the secret editor is who published the work of fifty-four different translators. Before Nat Culver finds answers to his questions, he is plunged into a series of baffling incidents. Could it be another translator, jealous of… |
Intermediate |
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Lenski, Lois |
In this classic Newbery Honor Award book, Lois Lenski authentically reconstructs the fascinating story of Mary Jemison's capture, flight, and early years with the Seneca Indians. |
Intermediate |
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McSwigan, Marie |
A daring adventure based on a true story about a group of Norwegian children who smuggled nine million dollars in gold past Nazi sentries during World War II. A story of courage and wits and grim determination.--The New York Times. |
Intermediate |
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Wilder, Laura Ingalls |
Laura's family's first home in Minnesota is made of sod, but Pa builds a clean new house made of sawed lumber beside Plum Creek. The money for materials will come from their first wheat crop. Then, just before the wheat is ready to harvest, a strange glittering cloud… |
Intermediate |
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Meloche, Renee Taft |
The people of Bristol, England, though God had more important things to care about than an orphan's breakfast. But George Müller (1805-1898) and soon the orphans themselves - knew that wasn't true. George had opened an orphanage, trusting God to provide for the needs of the orphans… |
Intermediate |
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Vernon, Louise A. |
In this highly readable biography, Vernon explains William Tyndale's work of translating, printing, and distributing the Scripture, focusing on Tyndale's helper, Colin, who begins his work as a carrier boy smuggling in a copy of Luther's New Testament to Tyndale. 144 pages. |
Intermediate |
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Drucker, Malka |
Warsaw, Poland, 1941. WWII has been raging for two years when Jacob's aunt takes him to meet Alex, a Christian man who will pretend to be his father. This is a fictionalized account of the four years Jacob spent with the Roslan family in daily terror of being caught. With… |
Intermediate |
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O'Dell, Scott |
A fascinating story about Sacagawea, the Indian girl who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their famous journey. Sacagawea narrates the story, relating with ODell's magical touch the ordeals of the trip, describing the land and Indian life, and telling of her growing feelings for Captain Clark. |
Intermediate |
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Dick, Lois Hoadley |
Whom should Cissy Nidd believe? Her father, maker of counterfeit coins? Or John Bunyan, the prisoner in her father's jail who dares to speak of worshiping God in spirit and in truth? As Cissy endures the horrors of plague and the Great Fire of London, she learns the difference… |
Intermediate |
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Stevenson, Augusta |
Recounts the childhood of the man who was President during the Civil War. |
Intermediate |
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Bruchac, Joseph |
For young Samuel Russell, the summer of 1777 is a time of fear. The British army is approaching, and the Indians in the area seem ready to attack. To Stands Straight, a young Abenaki Indian scouting for King George, Americans are dangerous enemies and a threat to his family and home… |
Intermediate |
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Smucker, Barbara |
The dramatic and courageous story of refugees from Russia. An actual event that happened in Berlin in 1946. |
Intermediate |
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Gourse, Leslie |
This is the story of the brave and kindhearted Native American princess who helped bring about trust and friendship between the English colonists and her tribespeople. |
Intermediate |
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Vernon, Louise A. |
"Erasmus laid the egg that Luther hatched," is what the people said. And that made Gerhard Koestler smile. He knew that Erasmus had influenced Luther's thinking. He also believed both men were trying to serve God according to the Scriptures. Gerhard lived in Germany in the 1500s. After a… |
Intermediate |
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Wilder, Laura Ingalls |
LITTLE HOUSE. BIG ADVENTURE. Celebrate the original nine books that started it all! When Laura Ingalls Wilder first wrote of her experiences growing up in the 1800s, no one could have predicted the impact her stories would have on generations of children to come! Follow Laura's life from the… |
Intermediate |
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Dalgliesh, Alice |
Sarah and her father leave their family to build a home in the wilderness of colonial America. When they finish, he goes away to bring the rest of the family, telling her that "to be afraid and to be brave is the best courage of all." "This story is one… |
Intermediate |
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Wilder, Laura Ingalls |
By the Shores of Silver Lake is an autobiographical children's novel written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and published in 1939, the fifth of nine books in her Little House series. |
Intermediate |
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Martin, Rebecca |
This is an inspiring fictional account of blossoming faith, finding Truth and drinking deeply from the true Fountain of Life. Set in New Testament times. Includes a wealth of information concerning Jewish life and customs. |
Intermediate |
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Vernon, Louise A. |
Hutterites are known for their natural medicines and living in Bruderhofs. Michael Bruhn, his sister Gudryn, and their widowed mother live in a castle in Moravia. When a doctor wearing ragged clothing heals Gudryn, Michael thinks he, too, must be a Hutterite. Later, Michael learns that this doctor in rags… |
Intermediate |
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O'Dell, Scott |
This powerful account of the tragic defeat of the Nez Perce Indians in 1877 by the United States Army is narrated by Chief Joseph's strong and brave daughter. |
Intermediate |
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O'Dell, Scott |
The gripping story of young Karana, who survives by herself for eighteen years on a deserted island off the California coast. A haunting and unusual story based on the fact that in the early 1800s an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone on a rocky island far off the coast… |
Intermediate |
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Yates, Elizabeth |
Little Sarah wanders away from her family's cabin into the New Hampshire forest, and settlers come from all across the countryside to help find her. As the long days pass, the searchers grow desperate, but Sarah's father's trust in God holds firm. |
Intermediate |
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Miller, Joyce |
A story of Mennonites in Virginia during the Civil War. |
Intermediate |
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Kauffman, Christmas Carol |
The 1500s were stirring times in Europe. Luther nailed his ninety-five theses to a church door in Germany, exploding a powder keg of unrest that seethed for decades. Against this background, Regina Strahm found herself caught between two religious factions in Switzerland. Her parents repeatedly warned her against the Anabaptist… |
Intermediate |
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Cousins, Margaret |
The amazing life of Ben Franklin - inventor, printer, editor, statesman, ambassador, and arguably one of the most important Americans in history--is depicted with warmth and insight. 160 pages. |
Intermediate |
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Thomson, Andy |
When young John of Wycliffe arrives at Oxford University, He finds it a fascinating and perilous place. There he experiences the plague, clashes between university factions and riots among the townspeople. When not studying his favorite place is the Kicking Pony inn where he and his companions discuss politics and… |
Intermediate |