Trailblazer Books
Arriving in London in the 1880s, 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.
Sarah tries to smuggle a New Testament into England in order to save the life of William Tyndale, a man imprisoned for translating the Bible into English.
After coming to Wittenberg to seek an education, Karl Schumacher becomes a student of Dr. Martin Luther and, when the latter is declared a heretic, Karl accompanies him when he travels to Worms to defend his views.
While traveling in the south of India, fourteen-year-old John and his mother encounter the Irish missionary Amy Carmichael and find themselves drawn into helping the work of the Dohnavur Fellowship
Two young African boys are captured by slave traders, then rescued by David Livingstone. Ages 8-12.
A young English boy is sold to be trained as a chimney sweep and is rescued by his brother with the help of John Wesley. Ages 8-12.
A homeless boy in London is caught in an armed robbery and then sent to an orphange where he confronts the mighty faith of George Muller. Ages 8-12.
Missionaries Adoniram and Ann Judson are accused of espionage
Neil Thompson is befriended by Hudson Taylor and shares adventures with him at sea and in China, where Taylor sets up a mission
A young slave girl on a Maryland plantation is led to freedom by Harriet Tubman.
The adventures of a young American boy who travels to the Oregon Territory with his missionary aunt and uncle. Ages 8-12.
In 1888, change arrives in a small village in Calabar, Nigeria in the form of a courageous missionary named Mary
After coming to China as a missionary, Gladys Aylward adopts several orphans and tries to save more during the war between China and Japan
Young Adriaen Wens must decide whether to cooperate with authorities when his mother is arrested for following the leader of the Anabaptists. Ages 8-12.
Casey convinces his family to join the circus but a terrifying accident leaves him paralyzed with fear. Ages 8-12.
Elizabeth Fry is Betsey and Loren's only hope for freedom
His father killed and his mother kidnapped by Sauk Indians, young Gilbert Hamilton searches for his mother with the help of an evangelist. Ages 8-12.
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
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.Jova witnesses the disappearance of the Kru prince Kaboo and later sails to America to bring him back
In 1772 as his group of Christian Indians is being led to a new home in Ohio by Moravian missionary David Zeisberger, fourteen-year-old Joseph Shabosh is torn between the minister's teachings and the tempting by a Mohegan brave to follow more traditional Indian ways.Fourteen-year-old Joseph Shabosh is torn between the minister's teachings and the tempting by a Mohegan brave to follow more traditional Indian ways
Trying to provide for his family after his father dies, Robbie Robinson is thrust into the Crimean War as a drummer boy. Ages 8-12.
John Bunyan is locked away in the Tower for preaching the Good News of the Gospel, but when Richard, the jailkeeper's nephew, hears him, he is impressed with Bunyan's determination to speak and feels as if he should help him make his escape. Original.
After the Ku Klux Klan burns down her father's business, eight-year-old Celeste Key becomes one of the first students at Mary Bethune's new school
A fictionalized account of the five missionaries who carried God's word to the fierce Aucas, or Huaorani, of Ecuador in 1956
Thrilling adventure stories introducing young readers (ages 8-12) to Christian heroes of the past. As Adam Christian graduates from the famous Sitka Industrial and Training School, he dreams of one day becoming famous like Dr. Sheldon Jackson, who started the school. The last thing Adam wants to do is return to his dull life in northern Alaska, so he asks Dr. Jackson if he can join him on his 1897 expedition to the Yukon to rescue hundreds of starving gold miners. Surprisingly, Dr. Jackson agrees, and eager to say good-bye to his home and his people, Adam sets off on what he hopes will be the adventure of a lifetime. But the excitement and fame Adam seeks soon are swallowed up in trials that not even the hardy young boy is prepared to face. Disaster seems to strike at every turn when they try to bring a herd of reindeer from Norway all the way to the Yukon in an effort to help the troubled miners. Will they reach the men before it's too late? HELP IS ON THE WAY, BUT WILL IT BE ON TIME?
Elizabeth Tilley's parents did not survive the Mayflower's trip to America, and she is on her own. But what about the secret she has held since the fateful night when William Bradford's young wife disappeared? Ages 8-12.
In China in 1900, Chou Fu-lin, known as the Wolf Boy because of the scarred face he keeps covered with a mask, works for missionaries Jonathan and Rosalind Goforth, but when the Boxer Rebellion reaches Changte and they are forced to leave, he wonders if he has the courage to help them escape.A boy with a scarred face helps Jonathan and Rosalind Goforth escape the Boxer Rebellion
Asked to help with some university research by Bishop Kivengere, Yakobo and his family are put in danger when Idi Amin's soldiers attack. Ages 8-12.
Alastair finds a way for Joy Ridderhof to record the Gospels in the native language
Although Kyemap wants to accept a missionary’s teachings, he fears the witch doctors and others who might hurt the man. Ages 8-12.
When his father tries to save the family farm in Alabama in 1898 by following the advice of George Washington Carver, fourteen-year-old Jesse struggles to help in his own way
While held hostage on a pirate ship in 1700, thirteen-year-old Theo escapes with his sister and enlists the help of William Penn to rescue their mother
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.
Mollie's friend sends the most interesting letters from but when the girl contracts a deadly illness, Mollie is resolved to help her pen pal. Ages 8-12.
Working at the docks is a dangerous occupation—especially for someone who doesn’t know how to swim. But it’s all Kevin Gilmore can do to keep himself and his ailing mother afloat. When Kevin is suddenly fired one day, their lives are dealt a terrible blow. The next thing he knows, his mother is dead and he’s on his own. All Kevin has of value are the one hundred shares he and his mother bought from a missionary raising money to build a ship called the Dayspring. The new ship will bring supplies to missionaries living on the islands of the South Sea. When he hears that the very same missionary, John Paton, is in town again and ready to launch the Dayspring, Kevin goes to him to cash in his shares, but instead ends up traveling with the missionary on the boat’s first trip to the islands. Will the infamous pirate ships that trade rum for goods capture them before the Dayspring is able to reach the island people?
For Kip O'Reilly, life on the streets doesn't seem all that bad. At least he and the other rovers have each other, and that's more than enough to keep them happy--well, as long as they can steal to survive. Just selling newspapers doesn't quite cut it. When Kip is finally caught stealing one morning, he's sent to jail. Fortunately for Kip, Rev. Brace of the Children's Aid Society bails him out, but only on the condition he comes to live at the Boys' Lodging House and starts earning an honest wage. When the opportunity comes for the children at the Society to head west on the "orphan train" in search of families to take them in, Kip is on board. But when they reach the first town, it seems like everyone else is placed except Kip. Will his honesty about his past petty theft keep people from taking him in?
Trailblazer Books makes history exciting and relevant for both boys and girls. The power of uniting to stand up against terrorists is vividly demonstrated in this story set in contemporary Peru. A young Quechuan guerrilla learns firsthand the courage and faith of committed Christians when Rómulo Sauñe, a Christian missionary, dares to turn the local people away from the hate and terror of the Shining Path to the true power found in Jesus.
Trailblazer Books makes history exciting and relevant for both boys and girls. Mehdi Ksara, a Muslim boy in Morocco, collects items he finds among the foreigners living in his village. He knows he risks his parents' wrath by treasuring the pictures of Jesus given to him by missionary Maude Cary. Will the missionary's God save Mehdi when his pictures are discovered?
A Trailblazer book. When his Indian tribe wants to learn more about God, Garry is chosen to travel the long distance to attend Christian school. What the young man is about to learn will allow him to lead hundreds to Christianity, making Garry the greatest revolutionary for his tribe.
A Trailblazer book. Danny Sims wants nothing more than to fight with the Union soldiers for the freedom of blacks. A birth defect will keep him from fighting, but an adventure with his friend, abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass, teaches Danny to be proud of himself just the way God made him.