Dave Jackson
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In 1906, while visiting his journalist uncle in California, thirteen-year-old Jerry hears the San Francisco earthquake predicted at preacher William Seymour's Pentecostal mission, sees the ensuing destruction, and learns the power of the Holy Ghost.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In 1854, a group of children who come from different circumstances to the Children's Aid Society in New York come under the care of Rev. Charles Brace, who eventually finds homes for them in Cowagiac, Michigan.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Jova, a seven-year-old Kru boy in Liberia and a captive slave of his people's enemy the Grebos, witnesses the dramatic conversion to Christianity of the Kru prince Kaboo and his subsequent disappearance; seven years later, in 1893, Jova sails to America to find Prince Kaboo and bring him back to rule his people.
Author
Series
Trailblazer books volume 18
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Hamilton Jones seeks revenge against the former captain of the ship on which his mother had been taken from Africa to slavery in the Colonies.
Author
Series
Yada Yada brothers volume 2
Publisher
Castle Rock Creative
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Retired Chicago cop Harry Bentley was doing just fine. He had custody of his grandson, DaShawn, giving him a second chance at being a good parent. He was enjoying a second romance with the enchanting Estelle Williams. He had finally connected with God, thanks to the Yada Yada brothers. And he was even enjoying SouledOut Community Church and helping at Manna House shelter for women. Then a blind spot developed in the center of his vision.
10) Trial by poison
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House Pub
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In 1888, change arrives in a small village in Calabar, Nigeria in the form of a courageous missionary named Mary.
Author
Series
Trailblazer books volume 15
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Casey Watkins joins a circus to perform in a death-defying act. He meets D.L. Moody, an evangelist who preaches to large crowds in the circus in Chicago and is fascinated by him. When a dangerous accident leaves him paralyzed with fear he runs to Moody looking for a way out.
Author
Series
Trailblazer books volume 21
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In 1854, after being wounded while serving as a drummer in the British army in the Crimean War, twelve-year-old Robbie Robinson is cared for by Florence Nightingale and becomes involved in her efforts to improve the medical care of the sick and wounded soldiers.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In 1660, after his father is imprisoned in the Tower of London, Richard Winslow goes to stay with his uncle who is in charge of the Bedford jail and there meets and is helped by the Puritan preacher John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Kevin Gilmore, a fourteen-year-old orphan, reluctantly joins the crew of a missionary ship leaving Australia in 1866, but when a hurricane strands him on a South Sea island and he is captured by slave traders, he finds the courage to trust in God.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Teenage Elizabeth Tilley, one of the colonists landing at New Plymouth on the Mayflower, sees her parents die from illness and wonders if God is punishing her for the terrible secret she carries.
Author
Series
Publisher
Castle Rock Creative
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Retired Chicago cop Harry Bentley was lying low after blowing the whistle on a gang of rogue cops and was awaiting the day when Internal Affairs would call him to testify. His cover was working as a doorman in a Chicago lakefront luxury highrise. Through penthouse resident Gabby Fairbanks, Harry meets the Yada Yada brothers and a new circle of friends to replace his old police cohorts. When Harry discovers he has a grandson he didn't know about, will...
19) Hero tales
Author
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Presents biographies of seventeen missionaries, evangelists, and other Christian heroes who worked courageously to share the Gospel with others.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
1991.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Arriving in London in the 1860s, orphans Jack and Amy find themselves the prey of the worst elements of society until they receive aid from William and Catherine Booth and their Salvation Army people.