Far away from her Irish home, Mary Freeman begins to adapt to life in Midwest America, but family turmoil and her own haunting memories threaten to ruin her future. It takes a crisis in her daughter's life — and the encouragement of Sally, a plucky Southern transplant — to propel Mary back to the ro... (more)

It’s late summer 1838. President Martin Van Buren issues an order that the fifteen thousand Cherokee Indians living in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina are to be evicted from their homeland. Forced to migrate to Indian Territory, the Cherokees begin their tragic, one-thousand-mile journey westw... (more)

Climb to Unexpected Treasures News that gold has been discovered in Canada’s Yukon Territory is rapidly spreading through the United States and its territories. And the route that gets you there from Alaska is the Golden Stairs. In the spring of 1898, nineteen-year-old Livia Bray and her mother,... (more)

Many Christian books on environmental care and awareness have been published in recent years but few, if any, grapple effectively with today's sustainable development agenda, which is increasingly focused on finding creative ways to balance environmental conservation with humanitarian concerns. Resp... (more)

Young Dane Weston's dream is to become a doctor. But it will take more than just determination to realize his goal, once his family is murdered and he ends up in a colony of street waifs begging for food. Then he ends up mistaken for a murderer himself and sentenced to life in prison. Now what will ... (more)

Kearney, Cheyenne, Rawlins. Reno, Sacramento, San Francisco. At each train station, a few lucky orphans from the crowded streets of New York City receive the fulfillment of their dreams: a home and family. This "orphan train" is the vision of Charles Loring Brace, founder of the Children's Aid Socie... (more)

This resource contains ten Bible stories, each told from the point of view of a child and followed by guided meditations. The stories are taken from the Gospel accounts and include key Bible verses. The correct historical and social background is used in order to enrich the child's understanding and... (more)

In this historically accurate novel set in the 1865 Old West, murder is Jenny Linden's motive for answering a former prison guard's ad for a mail order bride. She's ready to avenge her father's death and return East a rich women. However, can the light of love break into the darkness of Jenny's sche... (more)