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Teens

Caught Up

by John and Patty Probst

Janee Stemper has worked her entire life to achieve fame and fortune. Her talent and beauty has helped launch a career as a successful actress. But her life is empty, full of anger and sadness. Who would have thought that four defining moments in Janee’s life would drive her far from love and God? She is on the very brink of destruction. Is there any way back? Will she discover hope and happiness in a most unexpected place or be forever doomed? Follow Farmer and Emile’s granddaughter through the dramatic epic of the Trevor family, expansive in scope and powerful in message.

Paperback, 424 pages

PRICE: $35.00

Created for Work: Practical Insights for Young Men

by Bob Schultz

All young men should be on the road to developing a healthy attitude toward work. Honest productive work is the backbone of strong families and blessed nations.

Bob Schultz's previous book, Boyhood and Beyond, addressed essential issues related to godly character as boys transition into manhood. In Created for Work he applies his engaging homespun wisdom, with stories from real life, to teach young men (and boys) what it means to be good workers.
Modern culture seems addicted to ease and entertainment. It has produced a generation of educated yet often dishonest, unproductive, and weakwilled men. God desires higher standards for His people. He is looking for young men who do not shy away from hard work, who are not afraid to get their hands dirty who can follow directions, think creatively, respect authority, and happily complete their duties in a timely manner. These are the ones He is training up to be future fathers, teachers, and Leaders. Created for Work inspires young men and offers the tools and encouragement they need to embrace God's ways and give an honest day's work.

Questions at the end of each chapter.
Paperback, 181 pages

PRICE $10.00

Crimson Cross Adventure Series:

The Crimson Cross series is inspired by a mysterious silver and ruby cross, a precious relic of the Holy Land, originally given to Christopher Columbus before his epic voyage of discovery. In each volume it is passed on to a young hero or heroine who has proven to be worthy of it. As they play a crucial role in dramatic moments of America’s history, they face difficult choices and challenges – not unlike those confronting today's youth.

Mercy Clifton - Pilgrim Girl

Mercy Clifton - Pilgrim Girl

by Peter Marshall

The 1620 storm-tossed voyage of the Mayflower is the worst experience of Mercy Clifton's sixteen years. She and her mother and father are Pilgrims, bound for the New World, where they can worship God in peace. Relying heavily on her friends, Elizabeth and Priscilla, and the affection of an English Springer Spaniel named Loyal, Mercy survives the crossing and their first perilous months in America. But she is tested through painful loss, her attraction to the handsome but disturbing Jack Billington, and the perils of living in a danger-filled wilderness. Mercy faces her greatest challenge when she and her Indian friend Amie make an ominous discovery. Young rebels in the colony have so provoked the Native Americans that all-out war seems certain.

Paperback, 194 pages

PRICE: $10.00

Pedro de Torreros and the Voyage of Destiny

by Peter Marshall

For most of his fifteen years, Pedro de Torreros has dreamt of going to sea. And when fate visits the Spanish monastery where he has lived since being orphaned, his dream becomes a reality. Pedro finds himself aboard the Santa Maria under the command of Christopher Columbus and headed across unexplored oceans toward the fabled Spice Islands of the Indies. Facing danger and exhilaration with every wave, Pedro will dare to discover his destiny.

Paperback, 208 pages

PRICE: $10.00

Nate Donovan - Revolutionary Spy

by Peter Marshall

In 1777, during the War for Independence, Nate Donovan is the younger brother in an Irish Quaker family in British-occupied Philadelphia. He is too young to join the Continental Army that is fighting for America’s freedom, but when the war comes through the Donovan’s front door, Nate becomes the youngest member of General George Washington’s spy network. Dangerous? If Nate and his Indian friend, Running Fox, are caught as spies the penalty is death by hanging. The Crimson Cross series is inspired by a mysterious silver and ruby cross, a precious relic of the Holy Land, originally given to Christopher Columbus before his epic voyage of discovery. In each volume it is passed on to a young hero or heroine who has proven to be worthy of it. As they play a crucial role in dramatic moments of America’s history, they face difficult choices and challenges – not unlike those confronting today’s youth.

Paperback, 201 pages
PRICE: $10.00

Janee

by John and Patty Probst

Paperback, 404 pages

PRICE: $22.00

BOOK REVIEW

This book was a little disappointing to me as the first two book was more historical. This one is about the granddaughter of Farmer and Emilie Trevor and she lived in California with her parents Lana and Harold. In book two it had led up to this book. Janee was in the movies as a small child and when she was nine years old her grandfather Farmer was killed by a hunter and Janee could not accept it. She had always gone to church and as she had a good singing voice she sometimes sang solos. But at Farmer's funeral Janee was very bad, and she blamed God for letting her grandfather get killed, so she told God that she hated him and would never believe on him again. And this is what she did for most of her life.

She became famous as a movie star and also a singer, she also did all the sex and drug scene. She fell for her director and became pregrant with his child which she aborted. She contacted Aids and really had a very painful death. She did accept God as her Savior before she died.

What really got to me was after she died and the way the book described heaven, I know this book is fiction and I looked at it that way, BUT, there was some sadness and crying and worring up there and the Bible states that there will not be any more sickness, sorry, or pain in Heaven. A last third of the book was about entering Heaven and Janee seeing her relatives and friends there. I wonder if she will see her aborted baby there? The authors made heaven sound so beautiful that the only things I didn't agree on was the sadness and tears.

—Edna (myfavoritethings.blogspot.com)

The Drums of War Series - Vol. 1: Independence

by Peter Reese Doyle

This story is set in Williamsburg in 1775 when the Royal Governor of Virginia sent British troops to steal gunpowder from the town's magazine. The drama builds to a climax as Patrick Henry leads Patriot militiamen toward a showdown with the British governor

Paperback, 175 pages
Price $9.00

The Drums of War Series - Vol. 2: Bunker Hill

by Peter Reese Doyle

In April of 1775, British troops were ordered to disarm the citizen-military forces in the American colonies. They invaded the countryside, but militia companies rushed to repel them. The first major battle erupted at Bunker Hill where the Patriots met General Gage's troops. The war for American independence h ad begun!

Paperback, 175 pages
Price $9.00

The Drums of War Series - Vol. 3: A Captive in Williamsburg

by Peter Reese Doyle

George Washington has been chosen by the Continental Congress as commander of the American militia to confront the British army which occupies Boston. But now Virginia is threatened with invasion as Indians to the west and the British navy at her coastline make plans to attack.

Paperback, 175 pages
Price $9.00

The Last of the Wagon Pioneers

by John and Patty Probst

In the first in the seven-book Strangers and Pilgrims series, Farmer Trevor knows he was born to be more than a simple farmer. He dreams to discover life in a new land during a time of change and growth. Taking his two small children and his wife Emile across dangerous terrain, Farmer embarks on a journey beyond his wildest imagination. He carries a worn piece of paper promising a new life and a claim to Section 9 of an Oregon homestead. As the last of the Wagon Pioneers, the Trevor family must rely on their faith in God, the love of a family, and a horse-drawn chuck wagon to make the journey.

Paperback, 308 pages

PRICE: $15.00

BOOK REVIEW

"The Last of the Wagon Pioneers" by John and Patty Probst that I just loved, it made me go back into my young days as I was always reading "The Little House" series over and over.

This book is the first in the seven part "The Strangers and Pilgrims Series," that follows the lives of four generations of the Trevor family.
In "The Last of the Wagon Pioneers," I met Farmer Trevor, a very likeable fellow who knows that he did not want to be a farmer in the town of his birth. Despite being discouraged by his father, he dreamed for years of moving to the west and becoming a rancher.

Farmer risks everything and with his wife and two small sons he heads out west. As the back of the book reads, "Taking his two small children and his wife, Emile, across dangerous terrain, Farmer embarks on a journey beyond his wildest imagination. He holds a worn piece of paper promising a new life and a claim to Section 9 of an Oregon homestead. As the last of the Wagon Pioneers, the Trevor family must rely on their faith in God, the love of a family, and a horse drawn wagon to make the journey."

The Trevors have a few disadvantages as the car had been invented and as they travel out west they see more and more of them, wishing he could afford one, so that their travel would be faster. Some of the people looked at them like they were crazy going that long way from Texas to Oregon, but you have to do what you have to do, if you want it bad enough. Farmer was very sad that his farther was mad at him for leaving the farm, but was happy and surprised that Emma's parents supported their move.

Farmer Trevor and his family successfully travels across America and starts living out Farmer’s dream.When they reached their home stead, it was very hard on Farmer to build his log home by him self and he must hurry as winter was not far off. He was very surprised one Sat. morning when all the wagon, cars, trucks etc came into his yard and told them, that they were having a house raising. They even made the house a lot larger that the two rooms, Farmer was planning on, as they already had the two sons and another baby due any day. Farmer and Emma learned the real meaning of being a Christian and having real neighbors.

—Edna (myfavoritethings.blogspot.com)

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