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Martin, Rebecca | A young boy in 1600's Switzerland learns what it means to be Anabaptist. | Books ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Esh, Claudia | The story of Dirk Willems rescuing his pursuer who fell through the ice is one of the best-known stories in the Martyrs Mirror. However, almost nothing is known about Willem's life prior to his arrest. This book weaves facts of Willem's life and fictional narrative to tell his story through… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Vernon, Louise A. | John Wesley is a fiery preacher who is stirring up the people on the streets of London. One day, while peddling his father's wares, young Robert Upton meets Wesley and his life is changed forever. Robert and his father start going to Wesley's meetings whenever they can. Gradually, Robert begins… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Burkholder, Mary | These short stories are about challenges, struggles, and tough choices faced by young teens. You may recognize some of them ... in your own life.
A Kind of Courage will help you make choices that will strengthen you spiritually and increase your desire to please God. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Aldrich, Bess Streeter | When A Lantern in Her Hand came out in 1928, critics took little notice, but people everywhere soon discovered it. Now translated into over twenty languages, A Lantern in Her Hand has outlasted literary fashions to touch generations of readers. It is the classic story of a pioneer woman. Bess… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Burnett, Frances Hodgson | It's riches to rags for Sara Crewe, the pampered but generous child of a widowed British officer. When her father dies penniless, Sara becomes a cold and hungry drudge at Miss Minchin's boarding school. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Burnett, Frances Hodgson | It's riches to rags for Sara Crewe, the pampered but generous child of a widowed British officer. When her father dies penniless, Sara becomes a cold and hungry drudge at Miss Minchin's boarding school.
This edition is part of the beautiful WordCloud Classics series of imitation leather-bound classics. We believe classics… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Park, Linda Sue | This mesmerizing dual narrative follows two threads - one unfolding in 2008 and one in 1985 - with one hopeful message: that even in a troubled country, determined survivors may find the future they are hoping for. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Hunt, Irene | The Newbery Award-winning author of Up a Road Slowly presents - a brave boy who comes of age during the turbulent years of the Civil War. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Gray, Elizabeth | Adam of the Road is a novel by Elizabeth Janet Gray Vining. Vining won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1943 from the book. Set in thirteenth-century England, the book follows the adventures of a young boy, Adam.
Adam is an eleven-year-old boy who wants to become… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Benge, Janet, and Geoff | "Each true story in this series by outstanding authors Janet and Geoff Benge is loved by adults and children alike. More Christian Heroes: Then & Now biographies and unit study curriculum guides are coming soon. Fifty-five books are planned, and thousands of families have started their collections! America's first foreign… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Twain, Mark | Hilariously picaresque, epic in scope, alive with the poetry and vigor of the American people, Mark Twain's story about a young boy and his journey down the Mississippi was the first great novel to speak in a truly American voice. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Hilariously picaresque, epic in scope, alive with the poetry and vigor of the American people, Mark Twain's story about a young boy and his journey down the Mississippi was the first great novel to speak in a truly American voice.
This edition is part of the beautiful WordCloud Classics series of… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |||
Dawood, N.J. | The ragamuffin Aladdin finds an old lamp which makes his fortune; a prince disappears on a flying horse; A falcon proves wiser than a king...These tales of kings and princes, magicians, and talking beasts, which were daily entertainment in India, Persia and Arabia over a thousand years ago, are retold… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Carroll, Lewis | Alice falls down a rabbit hole, changes size unexpectedly, attends a tea party given by a March Hare, visits a garden of talking flowers, and acts as witness at the trial of a thief who has stolen some tarts. Along the way, she meets such unforgettable characters as the Mad… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Yates, Elizabeth | When Amos Fortune was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction. Although his freedom had been taken, Amos never lost his dignity and courage. For 45 years, Amos worked as a slave and dreamed of freedom. And… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Benge, Janet & Geoff | Amy Carmichael stood on the deck of the steamer, waving good-bye once again to her old friend Robert Wilson. How could she have known she would never see him or the British Isles again? Amy was certain God had called her to India. Indeed! India would be her home for… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Bear, Lily A. | Set in a simpler age, this story based on true happenings takes us back to the time of the Great Depression - a time when many of our modern conveniences could not even be imagined. But one thing was the same: they needed to wait on the Lord and trust… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Montgomery, Lucy Maud | Anne Shirley is skinny, red-haired, and never stops talking -- and she is a girl. The Cuthberts, who had meant to adopt a boy to help them on the farm, are both exasperated and entertained by her constant chatter and romantic imaginings. But they soon find it hard to remember… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Montgomery, Lucy Maud | In the second sequel to "Anne of Green Gables" Anne Shirley goes to Redmond College, where she makes new friends, including the handsome Roy Gardner, whose attentions to Anne make her old friend Gilbert Blythe very jealous. 304 pages. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Montgomery, L. M. | Eighteen-year-old Anne has left Green Gables for university in nearby Nova Scotia, where she will finally fulfill her dream of earning a degree. She sets up home in a cozy cottage in bustling Kingsport with Avonlea’s Priscilla Grant and a new friend, the beautiful Philippa Gordon. But it’s not all… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Lawson, Robert | Ever wonder where inventors get their ideas? As it turns out, the great inventor Benjamin Franklin got his best ideas from a mouse named Amos! Funny, interesting, and wise, this classic tale has been a favorite for generations. Once you've met Amos and read his account, you'll never think of… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Marguerite Henry | Newbery Award–winning author Marguerite Henry’s beloved novel about a boy who would do anything to paint is now available in a refreshed paperback edition.
Benjamin West was born with an extraordinary gift—the gift of creating paintings of people, animals, and landscapes so true to life they “took one’s breath away.” But… | Books ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Yoder, Diane | The story of 16th century Anabaptist martyr Maeyken Wens. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Kjelgaard, Jim | A devoted, courageous dog always stands by the boy who loves him in this genuine classic, in print for 75 years. "A timeless, not-to-be-missed classic." | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Sewell, Anna | Black Beauty tells the story of the horses own long and varied life, from a well-born colt in a pleasant meadow to an elegant carriage horse for a gentleman to a painfully overworked cab horse. Throughout, Sewell rails--in a gentle, 19th-century way--against animal maltreatment. Young readers will follow Black Beautys… | Books ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Sewell, Anna | "Where we saw people who loved their neighbors, and were kind to man and beast, we might know that was God's mark." --Anna Sewell, Black Beauty
Anna Sewell's 1877 classic, Black Beauty, is considered to be one of the foremost works in animal welfare literature and a leading work in the children's… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
O'Dell, Scott | Harvesting the biggest pearl that he and his father have ever seen from an underwater cave where a monster devilfish lurks, sixteen-year-old Ramon can not foresee the trouble that such a fabulous gem can bring. 96 pages. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Farley, Walter | First published in 1941, Walter Farleys best-selling novel for young readers is the triumphant tale of a boy and a wild horse. From Alec Ramsay and the Blacks first meeting on an ill-fated ship to their adventures on a desert island and their eventual rescue, this beloved story will hold… | Books ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
O'Dell, Scott | In this redesigned edition of Scott O'Dell's classic novel, a young Eskimo girl encounters frightening obstacles when she takes her father's place in the Iditarod, the annual 1,172-mile dogsled race in Alaska. 134 pages. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Gates, Doris | The story of a young girl, set in the Great Depression. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Kamkwamba, William | The inspiring true story of a Malawi teenager who brought electricity to his struggling village--now in the ideal classroom-ready edition.
William Kamkwamba grew up in a tiny farming village in Malawi, Africa, without electricity. When a drought destroyed the crops and famine resulted, William's family could no longer afford his school… | Books ⋅ Biography & History ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading ⋅ Living History Weavings | ||
Martin, Rebecca | Sixteen-year-old Peter strains his eyes down the mountain. Six painful weeks have passed since his minister father was rudely torn from his life by Anabaptist hunters. How will Peter and his family survive amidst the hardship, betrayal and persecution of sixteenth-century European Anabaptism? Always hunted and ever moving, yet always… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Speare, Elizabeth George | "He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze." -from the Song of David (2 Samuel 22:35)"The Bronze Bow," written by Elizabeth George Speare (author of "The Witch of Blackbird Pond") won the Newbery Medal in 1962. This gripping, action-packed novel tells the… | Books ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Curtis, Christopher Paul | The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy who decides to hit the road to find his father—from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go To Birmingham—1963, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree.
It’s 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Yoder, Judy | A story of the struggles of a young man growing up in an Amish church.
The fourth and final book in the Little Eli series. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Brenneman, Helen Good | Maria and Hans Penner, Mennonite refugees from the Russian Ukraine, forge ever west with their family, west to freedom! In east Germany the Communists tragically separate Maria and Hans. Each fears the other lost or killed. Hoping against hope, each continues westward. This book graphically portrays the effects of war… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading ⋅ Literature ⋅ Anabaptist | ||
Yoder, Judy | Eli enjoys his work on the farm in eastern Kansas but is never happier than when he has time to explore Fish Creek. When Dad and Mom begin to pray about another move, will Eli’s dreams of becoming a cowboy farmer on the prairie be lost forever?
Book 2 in the Little… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
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 and Young Adult Reading | ||
Brink, Carol Ryrie | This beloved story follows the frontier adventures of Caddie Woodlawn, a tomboy growing up in Wisconsin during the 1860s. More likely to plow than bake, she's the despair of her mother and older sister. But when Indians threaten to massacre the settlers, its Caddie who saves the day. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Field, Rachel | The story of an orphaned 13 year old girl in 18th century Maine. In her new role as a servant girl, she faces hunger, the threat of Indians, and loneliness from the loss of her family. A Newberry Honor Book. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
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 and Young Adult Reading | ||
Sperry, Armstrong | A legendary adventure story of how Mafatu, the son of the Great Chief of Hikueru, a Polynesian race who worship courage, conquers his fear of the sea and proves he isn't a coward. Mafatu's story has a strength and simplicity that appeal to a wide range in age, and it… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Sperry, Armstrong | A legendary adventure story of how Mafatu, the son of the Great Chief of Hikueru, a Polynesian race who worship courage, conquers his fear of the sea and proves he isn't a coward. Mafatu's story has a strength and simplicity that appeal to a wide range in age, and it… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
London, Jack | Considered to be Jack London's masterpiece, this story features Buck, a dog shipped to the Klondike to be trained as a sled dog. Buck eventually reverts to his primitive ancestry, and learns about the savage world of man and beast in the wilderness. 192 pages. | Books ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Kipling, Rudyard | A pampered millionaire's son learns to be worth his salt among the fishermen working the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. This classic tale has delighted readers of all ages since 1897. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Latham, Jean Lee | Winner of the 1956 Newbery Medal, this novel tells the story of 18th-century mathematical wizard Nathaniel Bowditch, whose determination to master sea navigation resulted in "The American Practical Navigator." 256 pages. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
White, E. B. and Williams… | One of the classics of children's literature, this widely read tale takes place on a farm in Maine and concerns a pig named Wilbur and his devoted friend Charlotte, the spider who manages to save his life by writing words in her web. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Stauffer, Julia | Follow Paul from boyhood to adulthood as he learns to build character and finds true peace in surrender to the Lord. Separated into three parts for children, adolescents, and adults, this book is a wonderful resource for family devotions. 180 pages. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Martin, Rebecca | It is spring 1775, and the American Revolution has begun. How will the young Peter Miller handle the turmoil? Will he stand and be soldier for Christ, or will he give in to the taunts of his friends?
A sequel to A Captain for Hans, The Brickmakers, and Follow Me. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading |