Youth Books

The remarkable story of a life transformed! Prison Fellowship founder Colson shares details of his search for meaning while serving as special counsel to President Nixon during the Watergate investigations. Learn how he found purpose not in success and...

Included In: America the Beautiful Literature Package Assigned In: Units 12-13 In a starred review of this fact-based tale of nine-year-old Mary Ellen and her family's dramatic 1852 journey along the Oregon Trail, PW said, "The contrast between the...

Boys of Grit who Became Men of Honor (Rare Collector's Series) portrays true accounts of young boys who overcame great obstacles to become admirable men. Born to poverty, slavery, blindness, and various trials when others saw only difficulties, these...

Did you know that a simple blacksmith mastered twenty foreign languages primarily because he valued every spare moment of his time? Discover the accomplishments of a highly motivated young man whose entrepreneurial spirit started a revolution in...

You can measure the strength of a man by measuring what it takes to stop him. Thomas Edison always viewed failure as being one step closer to success. The eighteen men whose lives are put on display in Boys of Grit Who Never Gave Up did not let failures...

Newbery Honor-winning author, Jean Fritz, takes us on a journey to the Underground Railroad. Brady has never been trusted with secrets, until now. When he discovers an Underground Railroad station near his family's farm, he is forced to make his own...

The Night Heroes, Volume 3 Two or three more seconds and he would pull the trigger and end his brother’s life. Suddenly there was a flash of movement from off to the right. It was Kyle! Kyle came diving in at full speed, smashing right into his...

In this Newbery Medal-winning novel, Daniel bar Jamin is fired by only one passion: to avenge his father's death by crucifixion by driving the Roman legions from his land of Israel. He joins an outlaw band and leads a dangerous life of spying, plotting,...

Set includes the following volumes: How God Used a Thunderstorm and Other Devotional Stories, Volume 1 The mountains are dark and looming as the lightening splits across the sky. The forest offers shelter and in the distance the traveler spots a lamp...

A boy and his grandfather come face to face with their own mortality within a tomb of snow. Reliance upon God is their only option as escape is impossible. But the story does not hinge upon the question of their rescue; what captivates is the response...

Stories of courageous men and women provide examples for students to follow. Selections are centered around five themes: So Many Things to Learn, Contentment, Courage, In All Thy Ways, and Responsibility. Illustrated with colorful paintings. Calls to...