Piet Prins. Anak and his family live near the Coronation Gulf. He experiences both adventure and danger as he learns to hunt seals, caribou, and walrus. As he confronts the challenges of Eskimo life, including accidentally drifting out to sea … Read More
John Reese. Dwight knows only one dog could have made the enormous prints around the carcass of the slaughtered sheep. One by one, the animals they depend on for their livelihood are being killed, and the county is in an … Read More
Wendy Lawton. Based on the life of Pocahontas, the Powhatan princess who saved the life of John Smith. 146 pages; paper; Moody. The following titles are all part of a series the author has written with 10-16-year-old girls as the … Read More
Dick Anderson. This book is a collection of eighteen short stories about Keyangak, a missionary in Kenya. Read about lions, hyenas, crocodiles, and snakes as well as the human beings who live and work alongside them. 96 pages; paper; Christian … Read More
Fonda Good. Twelve-year-old Olive Brenneman lives on the dry southern California mountainside. She begins thinking that her grandparents and cousins have it much better back in Ohio; it would be wonderful to have a back yard filled with green and … Read More
Josephine Cunnington Edwards. In this fictitious account, George Boylan is happy in his family’s new home on the frontier. One day a hand reaches out and grabs him; he is a captive of the Indians. After riding many miles north, … Read More
Rebecca Martin. This book continues the story of A Captain for Hans and tells of the group’s move to the Palatinate in Germany. Both books are historical novels. Interesting and meaningful for teenagers and adults. 191 pages; paper; Carlisle Press.
Amy Le Feuvre. When orphaned Milly comes to live with her uncle, confirmed bachelor Sir Edward, his life is changed. As she entertains him with Bible stories, he becomes very attached to her and eventually is ready to admit that … Read More