Youth Fiction

These two short stories in one, Roses and Thorns, and the shorter story, Prison Roses, were regarded as one of the most appealing of the volumes published in the 1800's by the American Tract Society for the promotion of Christian character. In the...

The Night Heroes, Volume 8 In the deep south of 1858, he was “just a slave.” But when his wife was taken and he cried out to the King of Kings for help, heaven answered. Now a war was about to break out, not between North and South, but...

Product Description Caleb doesn't remember Mama, who died a day after he was born. But his older sister, Anna, says papa and Mama sang "every-single-day." Now papa doesn't sing at all. Papa places an ad in the newspaper for a wife and he receives...

Daniel’s sharp sickle blade swung back and forth. His wife Barbara gathered the wheat stalks into bundles. Baby Lucy Ann napped in a basket along the edge of the field. Then a hungry bear appeared, picked up the basket with the baby inside, and...

"C'mon—come to camp with me! Just look at the exciting things we will do — ding dong, bang ball, and watermelon seed spitting. Then there'll be swimming and boating as well!" Scamper Squirrel will have a lot of fun this summer at camp,...

Scout's seventh adventure reacquaints us with his three friends and introduces some new characters. One is Uncle Bob, long absent in North America but now back in the old country where he and his wife settle into a small but honest-to-goodness castle!...

When Tom and his friends Bert and Carl set out on an adventure over spring vacation, they are only looking for a good time. But soon a series of baffling events draws them inexorably into another mystery. What connection is there between a dangerous...

Tom and Scout are on vacation with Tom's two best friends, Carl and Bert, and his sisters, Ina and Miriam. On their rambles through the woods, the group of young people are stopped one day by customs officials. They are accused of being in league with a...

Tom, Carl, and Bert are spending the summer on the farm. One day they run into a large, surly man with a black monster of a dog. Scout and the black dog are enemies at first sight. The man arouses the boys' suspicions at once. He is no ordinary...

While Tom and his two friends are making plans for a vacation, Carl's father announces that he has acquired a sailboat, as part of a business deal. The three boys see the chance for a very unusual holiday. Their peaceful sailing trip is sabotaged when...

A story about World War II. During the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, a young Dutch boy's German shepherd proves himself invaluable when his tracking ability saves his young owner's life. One day as Scout was wandering about in the back yard...

When they are invited to spend a few weeks with Uncle Arnie at the seashore, little do Tom, Carl, and Bert realize that they will be staying in the hunting lodge of a medieval castle. Uncle Arnie is quite a storyteller. Soon the boys find their...