After a near-death experience, eleven-year-old Jack awakens to a world where war has been raging since time before time. Battling fantastical creatures, Jack must face his fears if he is to fulfill his destiny. But is his destiny to save the world … or destroy it? The Assassin is closing in. Just as Jack and his friend Alexia discover what it means to be the Chosen Ones, they each face the test of a lifetime. For Jack it is a question of trust;...

The Pilgrim's Progress is a 1678 Christian allegory written by John Bunyan. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature, has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print. It has also been cited as the first novel written in English. Bunyan began his work while in the Bedfordshire county prison for violations of the Conventicle Act, which prohibited the holding of religious services...

Story number 5 of "Bright Star Journals" brings back Cousin Mercy Smithton, who first appeared in our previous book the "The Quickening" (book #4 of "Bright Journals"). You may want to read of Mercy's previous adventures in Logoland in Book 4 of the "Bright Star Journals". In this book (story #5), Mercy and her cousin Paul Fillingston enter into Logoland on horseback into winter. Once there, Mercy and Paul meet Firmgood the gnome. Princess Faith of...

Billy is a rambunctious little lamb whose wondering curiosity often takes him onto many grand adventures. This time his wondering mind leads Billy into a terrible storm where he just might not make it home. Billy the Adventure is the first in a series of children's stories on life's lessons of adventure, trust, and self-content.

Even now, the adventures continue... It's been a strange, difficult year for the Franks family. 2020 has proven to be a year like no other. Steve, Laika and Raoul don't know what to make of these puzzling times, watching their beloved owners endure some pretty harrowing events. The smart-aleck parrot, the lovable orange cat, and the wise but waning husky are at it again, getting into all manner of unplanned shenanigans. And they find themselves...

When Daisy Hopewell's husband is killed in a railroad accident, she's left with no pension or provision for the future. Her three sons help her open a bakery and sell doughnuts in northern Utah Territory in 1869. Alex, the oldest, believes it 's his responsibility to take care of his mother and brothers. With the help of friends in the Union Pacific Railroad, Daisy secures a great location for her bakery at Promontory Point. Everyone converging on...

This novel tells the tale of Faelan, a runaway slave in Alexandria, Egypt. Injured by his Roman master, Faelan encounters Heron, the great mathematician, scientist, and inventor. Can Faelan find a new identity and a brighter future as Heron's apprentice?

Orphan Gabriel (Gabe) Young barely survives in the unforgiving West. He works for meals at mining camps and frontier towns. Then in 1860 he gets lost along the Humboldt River in northern Nevada Territory. He meets a girl who takes him to her parents at a Pony Express station. With them Gabe finds a whole lot more than shelter and a meal. He discovers a father's provision, a mother's love, and a young girl's interest. But most of all, he discovers...

I Love You Much More is an invitation to exploration. Just how high, how deep and how wide is God's love? In this story, the main character Elias, driven by his imagination and curiosity, embarks on a quest to measure the immeasurable-the love of God. Elias, with bold, childlike faith, interrogates God as he compares God's love to some of the highest, widest, deepest, and longest things in the world. Is God's love deeper than the deepest canyon? Is...

Twelve year-old Lillian Bates hates her little brother and faces losing him. She struggles to love. She hesitates against her own caution to do something but does it anyway, wondering why her urge to do it is so strong. Lillian's journey to be more loving is set in 1884 at a remote island lighthouse. With her siblings and cousins, she sifts through cryptic clues on a weather-torn shipwreck. A gruff "pirate" captain and his questionable crew are forces...