Category: Ages 12-14
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Morning Star of the Reformation
Author: Andy Thomson Recommended Age: 12-14 Date Published: 1988 Genre: Historical Fiction Summary: Young John Wycliffe and his friend, Sebastian Ayleton, are merely students at Oxford University in the 14th century. But as the years progress, they find a shared unity in the desire to translate a Bible into English that all men can read. But the religious and…
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Ink on His Fingers
Author: Louise A. Vernon Recommended Age: 12-14 Date Published: 1972 Genre: Historical Fiction Summary: Since the moment twelve-year-old Hans Dunne was accused of stealing type, he became enraptured with the new process of printing that men like Johann Gutenberg were using to print the Bible. But others are competing for the same technique. Can Gutenberg finish the Bible before…
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Kitty, My Rib
Author: E. Jane Mall Recommended Age: 12-14 Date Published: 1959 Genre: Historical Fiction Summary: Katharine von Bora is a Catholic nun with Protestant beliefs. When she and eleven other nuns attempt to escape the Nimbschem convent, they are punished for heresy. Desperate to escape, the women write to the Reformer, Doctor Martin Luther, with the request that he help…
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Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Authors: Richard & Florence Atwater Recommended Age: 8-11 Date Published: 1938 Genre: Humor, Adventure Summary: Mr. Popper is a housepainter with no jobs for the winter. When he writes to an Arctic explorer in the South Pole, his reply back is a live penguin! But how can the Popper family care for this bird, and how can they find money…
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Voice of a Servant
Author: Michelle Grover Recommended Age: 12-14 Date Published: 2023 Genre: Historical Fiction Summary: Gehazi is a servant of the prophet, Elisha, but is constantly plagued with jealousy and envy. Marcus is a soldier in the household of Naaman, burdened with the responsibility of caring for his master. And Cassia is a little Israelite girl who is carried away from her…
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Tirzah
Author: Lucille Travis Recommended Age: 12-14 Date Published: 1991 Genre: Historical Fiction Summary: Tirzah is a Hebrew slave, living under the cruel Pharaoh’s rule in Egypt. But when a man named Moses comes with a message from Yahweh that he will set his people free, will Pharaoh release the slaves, or will they die following Yahweh’s command? Notes from…